I don't know the plans with TALOS II, but those who are interested in what happened to the original Talos Secure Workstation crowdfunding might be interested in the following article, which I think anybody, who is interested in how an alternative could look like, should read:

> https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-s...

You can also use C201 arm Chromebook with libreboot (I do) to avoid concerns about a management engine.

Wasn't the funding for Talos unsuccessful? Are they really going to release it?