Summary - Day 1

There isn't a whole lot to get excited about in terms of the new, new thing. That's obvious from working around the press meeting room as well:

"You see anything interesting?" Press Guy One.

"No, you?" Press Guy Two.

"No." Press Guy One.

But, journalists can be a pain in the neck as well. Tech journalists can sometimes be like children at a family gathering: they know why they're there, but they wish they could be somewhere else, having more fun.

The new, new thing is the easy hit. It's easy press.

At the end of the day, the state of the market is what it is. There isn't much anyone can do about it for now. Intel's got the money, and seems to have a little bit of its swagger back so, that's bad news for the competition. It could just be that Intel is isolated from the immediate damaging effects of a tech slowdown. Did I mention they have bucket loads of money?

In truth, Intel is not doing a bad job of transition to a post PC world, but by the standards of the go-go PC world of the 90s, it might seem a little disappointing. The communications stuff remains uncertain. One company trying to supply end to end technologies is a bit much. Can Intel sell all the hardware you need - no. Can they dominate in any other space but the CPU space - probably not. Is the PC dead - heck, no! All it'll take to jump start the market is if everyone just got into mixing audio on their PCs, and editing digital video.

Come on, come on. You know you want to.