Meltdown and Spectre and thoughts on buying a new computer

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 08:22:08 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 20:59:31 -0500, Bill wrote:
>>Is there any estimates when the fixed chips will be released by Intel
>>or AMD?  
>
>Those new Intel CPUs much likely will suffer from more important risks,
>than hacker attacks. The opinion of my crystal ball is, that the
>redesign of Intel CPUs, by keeping all the advantages over AMD
>CPUs, most likely will lead to serious issues caused by the new design,
>even without a hacker attack. My pendulum is still working on its
>prophecy. I can't tell you what I know after read tea leaves at full
                                                  ^ing
>moon, without killing you after telling you the tea leaves secrets.

IOW nowbody seriously could tell you a date. Neither for the first
generation of redesigned CPUs, nor for the generation of new CPUs, that
doesn't suffer from lethal childhood illnesses.