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Delay or upgrade by purchasing used hardware. I often buy my gear 3-4 years old from Ebay, it lets me upgrade without the sticker shock. This assumes you don't
by foxhop 9y ago
Delay or upgrade by purchasing used hardware. I often buy my gear 3-4 years old from Ebay, it lets me upgrade without the sticker shock. This assumes you don't need the latest and greatest. I do this with laptops and server gear.
This is similar to purchasing used cars, you can steadily upgrade with much less capital and therefore each purchase holds much less risk. Also it's much better for the environment.
- teej 9y agoBuying old or used hardware from 3-4 years ago does not protect you from Spectre/Meltdown.
- foxhop 9y agoI never said it does. Buying new hardware today does not protect you from Spectre/Meltdown either, the new hardware shipping for the next year at least (and the stuff currently on the shelf) does not protect you. I suggested delaying a new purchase until the CPUs are fixed (who knows how long that will take) or upgrade by purchasing used to get a bump in performance regardless of the hardware flaw (which will still require software mitigation and thus have performance degradation). Most hardware worth using right now has the hardware flaw so you might as well upgrade (for performance) by purchasing used.