so, er...
So, uh. Intel said:
"Intel said as much in its statement, claiming "any performance impacts are workload-dependent, and, for the average computer user, should not be significant and will be mitigated over time.""
and then you said:
"While most casual desktop users and gamers won't notice any prolonged slowdown, or any performance hit at all, people running IO or system-call intensive software, such as databases on backend servers, may notice the difference."
So...where exactly are you claiming that Intel was wrong, or misleading? Or are you suggesting that "average computer users" are running "databases on backend servers"?