Definitely a niche, but, when you look at it, that was 25-30 million devices each year. And, as Apple didn’t bother much with Intel’s low-end solutions, that’s 25-30 million decently priced processors. It was likely felt more than one would think on first glance.The world doesn’t revolve around apple.
While apple won’t share their figures history has shown us that apple computers are a niche product. Hardly the reason why intel isn’t doing well.