Most of the laptops sold in South Korea are sold with 8th/9th-gen Intel CPUs. I wish to build a solid desktop, but due to lack of space in my house, I can't. And Ryzen laptops are rare and pricey for a gaming laptop. But if I opt for a Intel 9th Gen laptop, I worry about Meltdown and Spectre. Although it offers some protection against these vulnerabilities, it's not as good as Ryzen counterparts. However, one user said that day-to-day use with the vulnerable PCs aren't a problem; it's only for server farming that has these problems. Otherwise, they might need to use side-channel attacks to exploit your computer-gaining access to your everyday machine is hard...