>> If you're buying a desktop quadcore processor in 2017, you're doing it wrong. May as well buy a laptop. Not true, IDEs, web browsers, office tools need sing

>> If you're buying a desktop quadcore processor in 2017, you're doing it wrong. May as well buy a laptop. Not true, IDEs, web browsers, office tools need single core performance and not 4+ cores. A laptop is more expensive, will make more noise when loaded, is harder to upgrade, is less customizable, has less ports, is more expensive to expand (ThunderBolt devices are not cheap at all). What are you talking about? >> Intel's margins and lineup are utterly destroyed especially once you consider how expensive Intel HEDT boards are on top of it all. There are few people who build workstations for themselves(even among software developers). HP and Dell haven't announced any Ryzen systems as far as I'm aware. Right now AMD's new chip will have minimal impact on Intel profits. Only if AMD can remain competitive on stability, performance and price for a few years will Intel start loosing major chunks of income and market share. >> Kabylake sucks as a workstation chip but is ok for gaming if your PC is solely a glorified Xbox. PCs are universal machines, you can play games AND do work on the the SAME PC ;-) >> Vast majority (90%+) of gaming rigs are GPU-bound. Think very carefully before giving up 8 cores and 16 threads at the same price. GPU-bound does not mean all CPUs produce the same framerates on a given GPU. I personally do hate Intel and nVidia monopoly and hope AMD can increase their market share, but your points are very weak.