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It depends on the severity of the problem, and the impact on the customers already using these systems. It may be more economical for the customer to apply a patch and lose a few percent of peak performance than to put thousands of boxes offline and schedule personnel to swap CPUs. This is to say nothing of the hassle of bringing your new laptop to a service center, and taking a replacement, or waiting if your exact configuration is unavailable at the moment.


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