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I think I’ll wait for 9th gen to see how this all shakes out.
by givinguflac 9y ago
I think I’ll wait for 9th gen to see how this all shakes out.
- frou_dh 9y agoFor those of use that keep computers for many years, these flaws certainly put a dampener on new sales. No way I'd buy a brand new computer today with a known flawed/suboptimal CPU, and be lumbered with that for the next 5-10 years.
- sundvor 9y agoYep right there with you. Was hoping to upgrade my OG X1 Carbon laptop this year, now I'm pushing it back another year at least.
- sintaxi 9y agoI suspect CPUs have been flaky for some time. We are only hearing about this because there is finally competition in the space again.
- mehrdadn 9y ago> No way I'd buy a brand new computer today with a known flawed/suboptimal CPU I think at some point you have to give up on the notion that most things will (or even can) ever be perfectly optimal. Whether it's performance, security, reliability, or anything else, everything is flawed in one way or another... it's just a question of how relevant the flaws are for your use cases. In this case I'm not too worried until I hear about an actual Spectre-based attack carried out against a random user in the wild.
- frou_dh 9y agoAll I'm saying is that for a certain set of potential customers, this tips the balance from spending money to not spending money. A handful of people inside Intel and computer OEMs are probably spitting feathers about this circumstance. At the present time, I feel no pressure to accept anything.
- tedunangst 9y agoRandom users in the wild are unlikely to recognize that they've been attacked after the fact.
- perl4ever 9y agoI'm going to be worried until I hear about a way to detect an actual Spectre-based attack carried out against a random user in the wild...
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