On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 7:40 AM, <v...@ukr.net> wrote: > Hello! > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:24:42 -0400 > Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: > >> I plan to build a new machine in the next few months: >> it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as >> price. >> >> A quick look at what was available in April suggested >> an Intel Ivy Bridge i7 ( 22 nm ) ; Phoronix said it works with Kernel >> 3.2 >> + an Intel Z77 mobo (I usually buy ASUS) & that power/watt was >> excellent. >> > If you are considering to buy an Intel CPU, I'd recommend you to pay > some attention to such Intel' technologies as this one: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge#Intel_Insider_and_remote-control > because it doesn't looks like an advantage to the end user, but rather > as a security (or privacy) hole in one's system.
We went through this on this list a couple months ago. That tech has been part of business-grade laptops and workstations for a while. It's intended as a tool for a corporate IT department, not the direct user of the machine. I'm not saying it's something I'd necessarily like to have on my personal devices, just that it's not exactly new. -- :wq
