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01-17-2018, 05:34 PM
As a performance junkie, I’m less concerned about the security risks of the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3245606/security/intel-x86-cpu-kernel-bug-faq-how-it-affects-pc-mac.html)—after all, there are no known exploits in use today—than I am about a performance hit from the fixes.
And from what I’m seeing, my concerns are warranted.
My sole experience with a fully updated platform so far is with Microsoft’s original Surface Book. It’s based on an Intel “Skylake” Core i7-6700U and has 16GB of LPDDR3 and a 512GB Samsung 950 Pro NVMe drive. The Surface Book is running the 64-bit Windows 10 Pro Fall Creator’s Update.
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And from what I’m seeing, my concerns are warranted.
My sole experience with a fully updated platform so far is with Microsoft’s original Surface Book. It’s based on an Intel “Skylake” Core i7-6700U and has 16GB of LPDDR3 and a 512GB Samsung 950 Pro NVMe drive. The Surface Book is running the 64-bit Windows 10 Pro Fall Creator’s Update.
To read this article in full, please click here (http://cdmagurus.com/article/3247847/computers/heres-how-much-the-meltdown-and-spectre-fix-hurt-my-surface-book-performance.html#jump)
More... (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3247847/computers/heres-how-much-the-meltdown-and-spectre-fix-hurt-my-surface-book-performance.html#tk.rss_all)