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I know I won't get any updates for the system for my 2012 Dell XPS 8500 (256 GB SSD, 16 GB RAM, i7 CPU - I don't see a need for an upgrade, it's all there).

Does that mean I'll just be left out cold? That's how I understand it.

When I run the Microsoft Powershell plugin that they made available to check the protection status (`Get-SpeculationControlSettings`) I get a "True" for 3 of 8 items (only showing those 3):

  Windows OS support for branch target injection mitigation is present: True
  Windows OS support for kernel VA shadow is present: True
  Windows OS support for kernel VA shadow is enabled: True

Same boat for my XPS 8700, also kept around for same reason. 24gb ram i7 4th gen. Great for development, including VM work. Unless I was regularly doing video transcoding or heavy CAD work, it's more than fast enough.

Contacted Dell support and confirmed they will not be releasing a BIOS update for the system.

First harm to me from this issue. Not sure if it means I will have to join a class action against Dell or Intel

Might want to check again tomorrow. My Dell Desktop (Ivy Bridge/3rd Gen era) received a BIOS update today, specifically noting "Update to the latest CPU microcode to address CVE-2017-5715." It updates the ME firmware too for those recent bugs.

Thanks for the heads, I'll keep an eye out, but it's not listed on the following consumer systems list

http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln308587/micro...

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