That is not what I meant. My new CPU is much faster than the old one. I was hitting the limits at certain times. And now that I finally can afford upgrading, I

That is not what I meant. My new CPU is much faster than the old one. I was hitting the limits at certain times. And now that I finally can afford upgrading, I did. But this was all before we knew about Meltdown / Spectre... Of course I am annoyed by the fact that I will lose some power. But I do not have much of a choice now, do I? Either way, I am not utilizing my CPU the way servers with many users do. These servers will feel this impact the most. I personally don't care if I lose 2 fps or if my compilation will take 20 seconds longer after all these fixes. But if you budget let's say 5000 USD per month for servers and everything was running fine and now it turns out you need to add an additional 3000 USD a month, then that's where the impact is felt the most and not with normal users like us where the compilation time might take a bit longer. Also, for some people it is just a hobby to always have the latest and best :)