One of the article's key insights was this: for any *book to be successful, battery life is the killer feature. Actually, portability is the real killer feature

One of the article's key insights was this: for any *book to be successful, battery life is the killer feature. Actually, portability is the real killer feature, but battery life is a good proxy for that. Intel chooses not to focus on that in their specs, instead mandating all sorts of bells and whistles to compensate. Not a winning strategy.