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Re:Microsoft is threatening to withhold Windows 11 updates i... by numpad0 on Saturday August 28, 2021 @04:18PM (#28341157)
Supposedly some optional side channel attack mitigations that are only present in Core i 8th/Zen 2 or later.

However, 8th/Zen 2 means i3-8xxx and Ryzen 3xxx or later, respectively, which contradicts Microsoft’s requirements which allows Zen+ Ryzen 2xxx/3xxxG. So it’s a bit of mystery.

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Re:Microsoft is threatening to withhold Windows 11 updates i... by badsectoracula on Saturday August 28, 2021 @04:45PM (#28341336)
Withholding security updates on more vulnerable hardware sounds like a galaxybrain solution indeed :-P
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