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Re:Intel CEO: Patches will come to 90% of chips in the next ... by appleflaxen on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @07:22PM (#16111491)
but isn't it pretty easy to avoid the security update on those machines?
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Re:Intel CEO: Patches will come to 90% of chips in the next ... by mrpopo on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @09:43PM (#16112179)
In the short term, maybe. But the OS update processes are incremental. If the user wants to upgrade their OS version for some reason (new feature, etc), they will get the performance hit bundled together.
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