The PC (Personal Computer) is a highly configurable and upgradable gaming platform that, among home systems, sports the widest variety of control methods, largest library of games, and cutting edge graphics and sound capabilities.
According to Barron's and also getting lots of intelligent discussion on Slashdot. Of course, the aforelinked article ends by saying this is a distant possibility, so perhaps take it all with a grain of salt.
I think with the possibility of support for ARM processors in Windows 8, things would get really interesting with another 3 CPU manufacturers out there, seeing AMD go to Dell might have its drawbacks and could give the ARM companies (nVidia, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments) some extra opportunities, but in terms of performance and despite the Sandy Bridge set backs I think Intel will continue to be the strongest contender for quite some time yet unless Dell can lead AMD to make a major change to their development philosophy, such as AMD's current trend of maintaining backward compatibility, though they may have already done this with AM3+ CPUs and mobos, we should find out in 2 months if everything ships to schedule.
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