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> wonder what the big PC makers do Just some anecdotal evidence: - Dell XPS 13 from 2014 was getting bios updates until 2019 when I sold it. - Asus AM4 mothe
by trte9343r4 2y ago
> wonder what the big PC makers do
Just some anecdotal evidence:
- Dell XPS 13 from 2014 was getting bios updates until 2019 when I sold it.
- Asus AM4 motherboard was getting updates for 4 years. Mainly for new CPU models.
- 1 year old AM5 motherboard from gigabyte has to be used with original firmware, newer is quite unstable.
- Minisforum miniPC gets about 1 year of updates. Firmware download is via Mediafire (file sharing service). There are no downloads for 3 years old device.
I do not thibg bios is too big issue, most things like CPU vulnerabilities are patched in linux.
- dustyharddrive 2y ago> CPU vulnerabilities These are another source of obselence. Intel generally sets an "End of Servicing Updates" date at seven years post-launch.