I 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

I 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.