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"We currently support 45 editions of Windows. Patches for 41 of them are available now through Windows Update." Wow. I have to admit, that number larger than I would have guessed. (I probably would have said 20.) But ultimately not too surprising.
I would really like to know exactly what compiler changes they made to mitigate Spectre.
tldr: should I never ever update my Windows 8 again lest it becomes slow af?
It seems so. Sooner or later people will post some benchmarks so we'll have more precise knowledge. At this point the statements from MS are a bit fuzzy.
>We will publish data on benchmark performance in the weeks ahead.
edit: Oh, though it seems there's another thread discussing how the mitigations have slowed down "Haswell and older CPUs significantly".
edit edit: like an idiot, i didn't include the link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16113289
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It seems so. Sooner or later people will post some benchmarks so we'll have more precise knowledge. At this point the statements from MS are a bit fuzzy.
Fuzzy, yes. But they do declare that a lot of people will notice slow downs day to day.
Anyone know if there are performance impacts from the macOS updates released recently to address Spectre/Meltdown?
"We currently support 45 editions of Windows. Patches for 41 of them are available now through Windows Update." Wow. I have to admit, that number larger than I would have guessed. (I probably would have said 20.) But ultimately not too surprising.
Anyone know if there are performance impacts from the macOS updates released recently to address Spectre/Meltdown?
https://reverse.put.as/2018/01/07/measuring-osx-meltdown-pat...
This whole episode of CPU bugs and fixes that cause performance problems (most notably on older hardware) is exactly what the tech industry needed to stimulate consumers into refreshing their old hardware that was previously running fine.
It's almost like planned obsolescence. Msybe it was orchestrated.
(I don't think this actually likely, but it's interesting that it could be rather beneficial in the end for some)
"We currently support 45 editions of Windows. Patches for 41 of them are available now through Windows Update." Wow. I have to admit, that number larger than I would have guessed. (I probably would have said 20.) But ultimately not too surprising.
Dealing with such a large number of versions must be a nightmare. A nightmare of Microsoft's own creation...
When I want freedom to do what I want with my computer, I run Linux, but for my Apple devices I want auto updates.