Before I patched that system, though, I wanted to record some pre-patch performance numbers to see just how much I was giving up by fully protecting my system against these vulnerabilities (or as fully as possible, at least). I’m still waiting on a microcode update for my aging Haswell desktop, but Dell issued a new firmware update for my Alienware 13 R3 last week that promised some Spectre-cide™ goodness for the Core i7-7700HQ inside. Like many PC owners of late, I’ve been biting my nails waiting for Intel to issue stable versions of its Spectre-mitigating microcode updates and for the blue team’s hardware partners to bake them into new firmware for their products. The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities still loom over the world’s computer users as companies scramble to mitigate them.
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