>The only people who are likely to care about installing alternative operating systems are power users, and power users may still prefer to buy more powerful In

>The only people who are likely to care about installing alternative operating systems are power users, and power users may still prefer to buy more powerful Intel systems. Traditionally, one of the ways people got into Linux was inheriting an old box and sticking Linux on it. You won't be able to do this anymore. And as Intel will become more and more niche, it will get more expensive.