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Ask HN: Bought a new laptop i7 7th gen. Should I return it?

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Spent $850 on an ASUS development laptop. Specs are pretty good with 16gb ram, 256gb ssd + 1tb hdd, GTX 1050. But having seen the recent intel bug news, I feel that I overpaid for a machine that will only perform worse over time. Should I just return it and wait for the next gen CPUs that will have this fixed?

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phren0logy
As always, if you need the computer to get your work done now then you should buy it now. The next generation will always be better and faster.
inteleng
He's specifically asking in the context of the recent Intel CPU bugs.
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lsiebert
New chips without these bugs aren't going to be ready for at least 2 years if not longer. While one bug affects intel, the other bug affects intel amd and arm chips. So it's not like you can get a better computer. I suppose you might join a class action suit though. Make sure your signing up for asus doesn't require binding arbitration.

Ultimately your chip will be plenty fast for dev work. and $850 is damn cheap compared to most macbook pros.

natch
>compared to most macbook pros.

What you wrote is flamebait. It’s an apples and oranges comparison, as has been detailed ad nauseum here on hn.

lsiebert
I mean I use (and post from) a macbook pro myself, so I'm hardly trying to flamebait anyone.