Laziest straw-man argument I've read in a long time. Web 2.0 and/or cloud computing is not about the old "thin client" idea, in fact, it's more like the opposite (with "fat" clients being part of the cloud).<p>The writer is just trying to re-hash a very old debate nobody is having anymore. Ars Technica's standards seem to be dropping rapidly these days.
Removing the "Intel" from the title is the only thing that made this title interesting to click on -- maybe someone has an interesting argument? But no, the entire article is Intel preferring more people buy bigger processors in greater numbers. This is not news.