[sliverstorm]

Apple cannibalized old products because the successor was mostly the same, but better. The argument around Intel is that success in the Atom line would hasten a repositioning of the microprocessor market that would inherently weaken Intel's position, so they are attempting to stall that repositioning as long as possible.

[stcredzero]

That is my point, except Apple's new products are also a repositioning in some important cases: iOS vs OS X being the most significant.