is the average consumer clued up enough to understand the significant of a point release or what a new processor adds?
Haswell is significant because of the substantially lower power it requires which translates into significantly longer battery life. Consumers will notice that.
Haswell is significant because of the substantially lower power it requires which translates into significantly longer battery life. Consumers will notice that.
You might be unfamiliar with Intel's Tick-Tock strategy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Tick-Tock) but it does mean real world benefits to consumers that they will notice.