> Edit: /s ... ?!

Why are you surprised? If you are trying to make a point that AES-NI is common, just say so. Trying to do so by saying the opposite and expecting people will pick up on the sarcasm through a pure text medium without necessarily sharing the same knowledge to know whether that statement is true or not just adds confusion to the conversation.

The point itself is useful, but the manner in which you expressed it emphasizes the delivery over the content, to the degree the content is sometimes obscured.

Why do you say that? According to [1], AES-NI is not that rare.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES_instruction_set

I might be mistaken, but I thought it was in every non pentium/celeron/atom chip after 2010 and every chip after 2015 with some extensions.

My desktop and laptop have them and they're mid-high end but not upper high end.

For Intel CPUs (that are found on ARK):

With AES-NI: http://ark.intel.com/Search/FeatureFilter?productType=proces...

Without: http://ark.intel.com/Search/FeatureFilter?productType=proces...