Reply to post: Re: Patches applied yet?

Meltdown's Linux patches alone add big load to CPUs, and that's just one of four fixes

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Re: Patches applied yet?

"I haven't seen any slow downs."

I see this a lot and always fail to see the point being made. If I bought a Ferrari that can do 150mph, but I only ever drive it at 70mph, the meltdown patch could have clocked it to 100mph and "I haven't seen any slow downs", despite the car now performing measurably slower.

Just because you don't notice the slow down, it doesn't mean it isn't happening. I see what you're saying about Windows rubbishyness, but the two issues need looking at independently. Windows being a bloated bag of nagware doesn't justify CPUs slowing, even if Windows does spend half it's time locking you out of your mostly idle PC to update it.

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