The Laptop War has Started!

Man! He who designs the sleekiest laptop wins!
The laptop seems to be the next frontier in the fight between Intel vs.AMD and HP vs. Dell. I have a feeling "we are not in Kansas anymore". The Santa Rosa vs. Griffin war did not start since Griffin is not out there, yet. But all signs are pointing to a huge battle. Just look at the concept design by Ziba for Intel (the 0.7" laptop) and look at those latest Santa Rosa based HPs. I have not seen but can not wait to see the Apples'

The laptop is emerging to become a fasion statement just like the iPod. It is the lifestyle and you know what? People will pay premiums for these as they once paid for an MP3 player called iPod. It is no longer a battle for the low end laptop market in mobile town, certainly no in the West (but may be in developing countries). You can thank Apple for igniting the war and for Intel and AMD for the low power processor and long battery life designs.

So, what are we (consumers) in for? We are in for the most exciting part of a movie that started slow. I expect we are going to see sky rocketting sales of laptops on the expense of desktops in the next 3 quarters. It seems Dell is not paying attention. Just take a look at their latest laptop Santa Rosa designs and look at which retailor they partnered up with!