I have. I set up Intel laptops for people a lot actually. I'm keeping my AMD thank you very much The intel video sucks. Yes, discrete video is better for games, but the price point is higher, and the battery life is also worse. The APU hits a nice happy medium on almost everything.

I guess if you need screaming i5 power to type emails more power to ya

A SSD is going to make far more of a difference in general daily computing than an AMD vs intel CPU.

Not sure why you brought up Iris Pro. If it is so horribly costly but only "in line" with AMD's integrated... what's the point?