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Same boat for my XPS 8700, also kept around for same reason. 24gb ram i7 4th gen. Great for development, including VM work. Unless I was regularly doing video
by mey 9y ago
Same boat for my XPS 8700, also kept around for same reason. 24gb ram i7 4th gen. Great for development, including VM work. Unless I was regularly doing video transcoding or heavy CAD work, it's more than fast enough.
Contacted Dell support and confirmed they will not be releasing a BIOS update for the system.
First harm to me from this issue. Not sure if it means I will have to join a class action against Dell or Intel
- ac29 9y agoMight want to check again tomorrow. My Dell Desktop (Ivy Bridge/3rd Gen era) received a BIOS update today, specifically noting "Update to the latest CPU microcode to address CVE-2017-5715." It updates the ME firmware too for those recent bugs.
- mey 9y agoThanks for the heads, I'll keep an eye out, but it's not listed on the following consumer systems list http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln308587/microprocessor-side-channel-vulnerabilities--cve-2017-5715--cve-2017-5753--cve-2017-5754---impact-on-dell-products?lang=en http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln308587/micro...