I would prefer Arm, but it is basically Intel competing on its own turf in terms of the laptop format. As Arm improved Intel could bring it's celeron lines clos

I would prefer Arm, but it is basically Intel competing on its own turf in terms of the laptop format. As Arm improved Intel could bring it's celeron lines closer to i3, then manufacturers could switch to i3, i5, etc, for premium. A laptop maker that did an Arm was also doing a unique system as a whole instead of modifying the ROM of a windows laptop and they all know that format with Intel very well. Further, things like performance were even more mysterious to consumers when looking at some manufacturer brand and ghz. Really, Arm was more influential in that a second bid is influential, whatever an Arm could do became the floor. I think most vendors who did an Arm model were doing it for experience in working with Arm in a new format and consider if they want to make Android TV, etc, down the road.