Well, give it a few years and I guess we will all see what really happens.
Intel will still be around. HP and AMD may not be (they have announced their plans already).
PC games require Direct X 11 support, right? Got it covered .... already shipping too.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/11/14/arm-unveils-8-core-directx-11-smartpho...Now Direct X 11.1 is a Windows 8 only exclusive item, with Microsoft not allowing anyone to use it but them.Guess how many games will be written to/for Direct X11.1? None, unless Microsoft does it with Halo just to jerk everybody around into buying a brand new Xbox or PC or forcing you upgrading to Win8 ....
.... and the Bald Ballmer would never do that to you, now would he?
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Reference point for NOWJust scan through this and count the desktop PCs that are for sale, we'll do this again later I suspect and we'll all see if it is any different.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Computers-PCs/Desktop-Computers/abcat0501000.c?id...I count 10 on the roll bar ..... and only 3 on the Featured section.