Intel gutted their budget mobile Celeron/Pentium lines by replacing them with Atom based models.
This strategy makes sense for smaller laptops/netbooks but it makes for horrible user experience at 15inches. It is like putting an engine meant for an European city car into F150.
That is if a Acer/Asus/etc wants to build a budget laptop they have to choose the crappy atom based chip.
It is a crime that a budget 15 inch laptop from 2012 can run circles around a budget 15 inch laptop from 2018.
This strategy makes sense for smaller laptops/netbooks but it makes for horrible user experience at 15inches. It is like putting an engine meant for an European city car into F150.
That is if a Acer/Asus/etc wants to build a budget laptop they have to choose the crappy atom based chip.
It is a crime that a budget 15 inch laptop from 2012 can run circles around a budget 15 inch laptop from 2018.