To cut Intel some slack, this latest version overhauls their old architecture, and they were fairly upfront about the lack of development in performance in this generation.
The idea is the new platform will allow for better development in future, while improving efficiency fairly significantly.
I think the new T-equivalent CPU could be very interesting if Intel releases one. Those variants are optimized for 35W TDP, and they can be used for building high-performance fanless systems that can sustain their performance for quite some time. The lower power requirements for Arrow Lake might be a really good match there.
it's scrapped, the new design: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2507953/lunar-lakes-integrat...
So why buy this generation and not wait unless your computer broke and you NEED Intel?
> To cut Intel some slack, this latest version overhauls their old architecture...
... and their 13th/14th generation processors had serious problems with overvoltage-induced failures - they clearly needed to step back and focus on reliability over performance.
From a consumer standpoint - this doesn't matter. You can't buy that future product that may exist. You can only choose whether to buy the current product or not. And right now, that product is bad.
I certainly hope the next generation is a massive bump for Intel, but we'll see if that's the case.