I think people seem to be entirely forgetting about the notebook sector.
i5 desktop might not be great but the notebook reviews are glowing.
http://www.mobileedgeblog.com/2009/0...tops-sales-up/
80 percent of retail US PC's solds are laptops and that number is growing. Penryn already beat AMD mobiles parts by 30 percent and have much better matter life. Add on top arrandales beat penryn by 20-50 percent and has the same battery life, AMD is seriously going to take a pounding. i7 notebooks were never really a threat for AMD, however i5 and i3 is essentially game over for AMD mobile market. AMD has the worst mobile marketing department so it can only drop AMD notebook down to netbook pricing levels to control the damage.
The sad thing is a mobile phenom II architecture is a generation behind to keep up with arrandale(and it isn't even out yet) and and it's going to be the only product AMD can release for a while. AMD needs a mobile breakthrough fast.
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