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Ask HN: Which laptop is immune to Meltdown and Spectre flaws that I can buy now?
I am in the market for a new laptop, knowing the recent Meltdown and Spectre flaws, I would prefer to buy some laptop which is not susceptible to these flaws. I will be mostly running Windows and having at least 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD is a must.
- cjbprime 9y agoMeltdown is fixed by applying updates, Spectre is not fixed on any x86 machine, but will be getting better by applying mitigation updates over the next months.
- earenndil 9y agoAny laptop is fine, these issues are mostly mitigated in software by browser, OS, and microcode updates. To the extent that they're only mitigated and not fixed -- there doesn't yet exist such a laptop. So if that's what you're after, wait a year or so for the new processors to come out.
- vinni2 9y agoAny processors which do not degrade in performance significantly after the fix? I read in some articles that the AMD processors are mostly immune is there any truth to it? I couldn't find any reliable sources.