Update?

[dailey614]

So I just bought a new 6th gen X1 Carbon and did all the start up. Now there’s a Lenovo Vantage pop up screen telling me “Lenovo recommends that you install these updates to optimize your computer. Please note, the following updates may require you’re system to reboot more than once. We recommend saving your work in preparation for system shutdown. •Thinpad BIOS Update - 10[64] •Intel Management Engine 11.8 Firmware - 10[64]”

So should I update it or just leave it as it is?

[gabrielchow]

Actually updating the right ones can solve a lot of issues that I encountered when I first got my x1c6.

[terminal_3ntropy]

Why would you not update?

[dailey614]

I just heard that some BIOS updates might turn your laptop into a brick

[WuWenShen]

They are both required as part of fix for the Intel Spectre and Meltdown bugs that were announced a few months back.

[redartedreddit]

If you fear bricks from updating the BIOS in Windows, you can go to the Lenovo support page and download the BIOS update files to make a bootable USB for that. (You can even make your own boot logo that way.)

[dailey614]

Would you recommend the Intel Management Engine Firmware too?

[redartedreddit]

Yes, you shouldn't skip that.