[agumonkey]

That's the most heard explanation. I also think that the world was different back then. Slower and slightly smaller market (laptop weren't mainstream). Intel could keep it's glow, it was mostly the only king in town since the PC birth.

Nowaday computing culture has shifted, new brands, new idioms and devices .. intel is a beast for those in the knowings of silicon processors but for the market .. a lot less than before (samsung, apple, exist now )