System OEMs Recall Meltdown/Spectre Patches

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Acer, Asrock, Dell, HP, and Lenovo have all made updates on their websites notifying customers that their existing patches are defective. Dell, HP, and Lenovo also withdrew their existing patches.

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[Myrmidonas]

"Evidently, either Intel has even more versions of its patch for different OEMs, or contradictory information on the patches is being communicated to OEMs and consumers. "

What's wrong with people working on intel?

 

[bugnguts]

Hubris

 

[DerekA_C]

Intel is opening up the hole to sink their ship faster this is really going to hurt Intel for the first time Intel could face financial troubles.

 

[targetdrone]

So this product by product bases means those of us running hardware more than 2 years old are bone like we are when it comes to Android updates.

 

[Myrmidonas]

So this product by product bases means those of us running hardware more than 2 years old are bone like we are when it comes to Android updates.

It is a nice opportunity to observe the after sales support of every company involved and see who is going to support the as much older ones and decide who will be your next ventor....

 

[aleunge22]

It is a nice opportunity to observe the after sales support of every company involved and see who is going to support the as much older ones and decide who will be your next ventor....

Absolutely this. For example, HP has been quite transparent and provides updates/timelines throughout all of this. We have high hopes our older Elitebooks will be updated. Our Surface Pros are in the clear too. ASUS, on the other hand, has support going in circles telling us contradicting info, with still no confirmation if our workstations will be patched or not. Do they not understand consumers and businesses alike need to plan ahead?

Definitely a good test to see which systems will be better supported, especially with older hardware.