▲ 975 ▼ Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more (www.pcworld.com) submitted 3 years ago by theunmentionable@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments Oh no.
[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 years ago (5 children) Check out the processor in Task Manager's Performance tab permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 years ago (4 children) Linux! But thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 years ago (3 children) Well I had expected someone running linux to know that lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well you expect wrong! Lol tbh it isn't often I need to know the specific model of processor I have, typically "sticker says i5" works just fine, but this time not so much lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] static_motion@programming.dev 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I don't know how much you care about this, but even within each product class (i5, i7, etc) there can be a huge performance delta between specific models, especially in laptop chips. The same applies to AMD. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago This will be a concern next time I buy (or build) a pc, but this laptop is a "Hey Ma, do you still have that old laptop you don't use from 2010? I wanna try linux" machine. Turns out after I installed Fedora I was never able to stop using it since it is so much better than windows so now I'm going on year 2 of "shit I guess I don't really need to upgrade if it works this well!" Lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 years ago (4 children) Linux! But thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 years ago (3 children) Well I had expected someone running linux to know that lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well you expect wrong! Lol tbh it isn't often I need to know the specific model of processor I have, typically "sticker says i5" works just fine, but this time not so much lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] static_motion@programming.dev 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I don't know how much you care about this, but even within each product class (i5, i7, etc) there can be a huge performance delta between specific models, especially in laptop chips. The same applies to AMD. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago This will be a concern next time I buy (or build) a pc, but this laptop is a "Hey Ma, do you still have that old laptop you don't use from 2010? I wanna try linux" machine. Turns out after I installed Fedora I was never able to stop using it since it is so much better than windows so now I'm going on year 2 of "shit I guess I don't really need to upgrade if it works this well!" Lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 years ago (3 children) Well I had expected someone running linux to know that lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well you expect wrong! Lol tbh it isn't often I need to know the specific model of processor I have, typically "sticker says i5" works just fine, but this time not so much lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] static_motion@programming.dev 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I don't know how much you care about this, but even within each product class (i5, i7, etc) there can be a huge performance delta between specific models, especially in laptop chips. The same applies to AMD. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago This will be a concern next time I buy (or build) a pc, but this laptop is a "Hey Ma, do you still have that old laptop you don't use from 2010? I wanna try linux" machine. Turns out after I installed Fedora I was never able to stop using it since it is so much better than windows so now I'm going on year 2 of "shit I guess I don't really need to upgrade if it works this well!" Lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well you expect wrong! Lol tbh it isn't often I need to know the specific model of processor I have, typically "sticker says i5" works just fine, but this time not so much lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] static_motion@programming.dev 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I don't know how much you care about this, but even within each product class (i5, i7, etc) there can be a huge performance delta between specific models, especially in laptop chips. The same applies to AMD. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago This will be a concern next time I buy (or build) a pc, but this laptop is a "Hey Ma, do you still have that old laptop you don't use from 2010? I wanna try linux" machine. Turns out after I installed Fedora I was never able to stop using it since it is so much better than windows so now I'm going on year 2 of "shit I guess I don't really need to upgrade if it works this well!" Lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] static_motion@programming.dev 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I don't know how much you care about this, but even within each product class (i5, i7, etc) there can be a huge performance delta between specific models, especially in laptop chips. The same applies to AMD. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago This will be a concern next time I buy (or build) a pc, but this laptop is a "Hey Ma, do you still have that old laptop you don't use from 2010? I wanna try linux" machine. Turns out after I installed Fedora I was never able to stop using it since it is so much better than windows so now I'm going on year 2 of "shit I guess I don't really need to upgrade if it works this well!" Lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago This will be a concern next time I buy (or build) a pc, but this laptop is a "Hey Ma, do you still have that old laptop you don't use from 2010? I wanna try linux" machine. Turns out after I installed Fedora I was never able to stop using it since it is so much better than windows so now I'm going on year 2 of "shit I guess I don't really need to upgrade if it works this well!" Lol permalink fedilink source parent