Intel wants cheap Windows laptops to stop feeling cheap (opens in new tab)

People everywhere are talking about Apple’s cheaper laptop. Now Windows is preparing to retake the mainstream laptop market with Project Firefly, inspired by smartphone design. Firefly aims to deliver characteristics associated with premium laptops like all-metal construction and a clean underside, free of ventilation. Inside sits , aka “Wildcat Lake,” a chip that Intel re-engineered to remove manufacturing cost, thus lowering the cost of the finished laptop. Intel also showed off a processor...