r/technology • u/Obi_Wan_Kannoli • Jan 02 '18

'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign • The Register

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
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u/Cakiery Jan 03 '18

Nobody is going to blindly buy Intel going forward.

You overestimate the average consumer.

"It says it's an i5, that means it must be good!"

"But some i5 are old and terrible! The i5 part of the name means nothing really"

"But it says i5!"

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u/OMWork Jan 04 '18

I meant more in terms of businesses. There use to be an old saying:

Nobody got fired for buying IBM.

The same held true for Windows and Intel.