I suppose it's simply an inherent fact of capitalism that even if (and I have no doubts WHEN) AMD produces a more efficient cpu for laptops it won't help them nearly as much as it should. Intel simply has all the hardware contracts with OEM manufacturers and the enthusiast base for do-it-yourself laptops isn't remotely comparable to that of desktops.
Besides brownie points among those in the know (of which there are few) what does AMD have to gain from putting so much effort into mobility processors? They're still trapped in their much smaller market.
The average user has no clue what Centrino means. They see Ghz and pass judgement. The average consumer (and thus, the almighty dollar) tends not to understand that not all Hertz in the CPU world are created equally.
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PCI-X and PCI-Express are not the same thing ;-)
I suppose it's simply an inherent fact of capitalism that even if (and I have no doubts WHEN) AMD produces a more efficient cpu for laptops it won't help them nearly as much as it should. Intel simply has all the hardware contracts with OEM manufacturers and the enthusiast base for do-it-yourself laptops isn't remotely comparable to that of desktops. Besides brownie points among those in the know (of which there are few) what does AMD have to gain from putting so much effort into mobility processors? They're still trapped in their much smaller market. The average user has no clue what Centrino means. They see Ghz and pass judgement. The average consumer (and thus, the almighty dollar) tends not to understand that not all Hertz in the CPU world are created equally.