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10 years? Of course not. But if i bought it yesterday, I'd expect a refund. Just consider that they were still selling affected CPUs even when they knew about the vulnerabilities and even after the papers were published.



> Of course not. But if i bought it yesterday, I'd expect a refund.

If you bought it yesterday, why wouldn't you be able to get a refund? I don't know of any major vendor that would deny you a refund on grounds that the unit is defective.


I know of no mass refunds (as it was with volkswagen) due to spectre/meltdown, and slowing your pc down by 30% after the first patch, and as it seems losing hyperthreading seems like a defective unit to me.


Have you asked the vendor that sold you your PC for a refund? I don't know if it would work, but that's the avenue you would have to take - including sending your PC back. Then what are you going to buy? Another PC with the same issue?


They are still selling them today.




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