
Re: Not the idea, the implementation
Yes, this could have won in the marketplace if Intel opened it to all CPUs including ARM, and worked with UNIX/Linux vendors and OSS projects and Microsoft to build OS varients that used it the way google and apple do before a hardware launch. If as many people here believe there was benefit to be had demonstrating this at launch and opening up potential customers to everyone could have built demand (it would have brought competition but Intel would have first mover advantage and the segment would still be there now). Oh well, I guess it's a lot to expect Intel to manage their own IP carefully and to look out for the long-term health of their shareholders and the industry when it is easier to try to put everything new in an intel walled garden like the apple one but with none of the benefits because reasons.