Silvermont / Goldmont Erratum - LPC, USB, eMMC Degradation

[Track Drew]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvermont#Erratum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldmont#Erratum

As an owner of an affected device, I'm trying to figure out the best plan of action. I have a Dell Inspiron 11 3147 with an Intel Pentium N3530 (4c,4t). I use it for mobile computing and actually as a daily Email/browser machine (connected to my KVM via HDMI/USB) when I don't need my full blown desktop.

Very happy with the performance once I upgraded it to an SSD and 8 GB of memory. I picked it up for only $290 in January 2015 so I've gotten my money's worth, but I'm wondering if I should sell it while it still works? Or just run it into the ground because I likely won't see an issue before the end of it's useful life? - I just hate dealing with a "ticking time bomb".

Anyone have thoughts on this or dealing with similar devices?

 

[defaultluser]

Keep backups?

These are throwaway machines. They break, you toss and buy another. I don't see this erratum changing that, except accelerating the time to death.

If you don't use the I/O ports for much, it may last longer, but it's pretty much random.