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HailMary, well, we do suspect that A64 laptops are cheaper to manufacture than high-end P4 ones. So the price advantage is a build-in feature.

Different thing Pentium-M. Obviously Centrino laptops are also cheaper to manufacture than P4 ones. And they are already dominating the $1500-$2500 laptop market. I.e. Centrino is also selling in the performance market as well.

The A64-M goal is to push Centrino down into $1000-$2000 segment and dominate the $2000-$4000 segment. There is no way to compete in thin and light segment, so A64 may compete only in the desktop replacement segment. You just can't get low weight and long battery life in the desktop replacement, so Centrino is not very competitive there.