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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
My objection is to jumping on Intel on the basis of a rumor that, even if true, is subject to multiple interpretations. One interpretation is that declining desktop sales will mean that socketless devices like laptops get the newest and greatest CPU's first. If people are mostly buying mobile computers, that isn't Intel's fault.
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Exactly.
Plus, the reports (and the folks "viewing with alarm") are assuming that *all* future CPUs are going to be soldered instead of that one specific family, which may be intended for gadgets, rather than general-purpose desktop PCs.
Let's see how it plays out, first.