You are not the only life long Intel user I have read similar comments from. Ruining their reputation "Intel just works" is worse than anything else they could have nerfed. "No one gets fired for buying Intel" is another slogan that is unlikely to continue being used.
I have predominantly bought Intel laptops/notebooks over the decades. Conversely, I have mostly been AMD on desktop since the 90s in order to support competition. With the bonus that they were often the better bang for buck and good overclockers most gens.
I also bought 2 ARC cards to support competition in the GPU space. However, I cannot support Intel after the way they handled Raptor Lake. I don't think if I bought it, that I would ding them for arrow lake however, as it's called the bleeding edge for good reason. Almost always issues out of the gate with either vendor, when they launch a new platform or generation. I follow the old rule of thumb to wait 6 months. Last time I violated the rule, I preordered a RX 5700 XT and it turned into the worst GPU experience I'd had in 20yrs or more. Cut me so deep I bought 3 RTX from 2 gens before I even gave AMD another shot.
The craziest part of arrow lake is that it may be every bit as dead of a platform as AM4 and worse for gaming. That is something I could not have even imagined when AM4 launched in retail almost 8yrs ago. Just typing it feels like I am on crazy pills.
