Exactly this.

Bought the XPS 15, unpacked it, touched it and sent it back on the same day.

I am not paying 2k for a laptop that wobbles.

How is GDPR pro business if companies had to stop contact costumers?

Can you imagine how much businesses are ilegal now? Telemarketing is ilegal now, consultancy companies can't recruit new people via email or phone. People are yet to realize the true impact of GDPR.

> How is GDPR pro business if companies had to stop contact costumers?

GDPR is pro big business. For example, Google, Facebook have not changed their tracking activities at all. OTOH, many small businesses had to stop tracking people and gather less data.

Agreed

That's not the case. They can find costumers through various channels, but they need consent first, they can't spam.

Nothing will happen to companies outside the EU. You can violate GDPR freely.

There is no possible way they can enforce any law, fine or penalty outside their borders. They won't even try.

I heard one person say that they were worried about traveling to Europe to visit if they had any GDPR violations. Do you that's a valid concern?

The EU or its member countries are free to arrest whoever they want whenever they want on their own soil, and not face any kind of externally enforceable sanctions. Best way to avoid being subject to arrest in a foreign country is to simply not go there.

It's not. If you have any legal disagreement with a company outside the EU they tell you to complain on that company origin.

I experienced this myself. EU is absolutely powerless outside their borders.

Looks like Intel is trying to avoiding the best solution to not compromise benchmark scores.

What about Ubuntu users? Is the update our already?

Not yet - keep an eye on their wiki page for Meltdown/Spectre:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAn...