How much longer till the next architecture?

[Comdrpopnfresh]

I am getting very fed up with my Sandy Bridge i5 laptop blue screening all-too often in Windows 8. I'm not sure if I have too much RAM in the machine, or it is not fully conformal with win8, however, I would enjoy replacing it with a new laptop or convertible that is better in every sense. My ASUS U43JC performs like a champ, and years on still has great battery life. Honestly, the only issues are: no further sw support, and the blue screens. At this point, I am only willing to upgrade to a new architecture. How long until reasonably-priced notebooks/convertibles on the new architecture (Intel) are easily found?

 

[TheStu]

Have you considered addressing why you keep getting blue screens?

You don't have too much RAM.

Have you tried re-installing Windows, or checking device manager for anything out of the ordinary? Has it been throwing up blue screens from day 1, or is this a recent thing? If it is recent, what software have you installed recently?

Also, why wouldn't it have any further software support?

 

[Skott]

Haswell launches 2nd half of 2013 supposedly. Not sure which quarter. I'm sure the info is out there though if you look.

 

[sm625]

It took roughly what, 8 months after ivy bridge launch for the ivy bridge pentiums to be found in $300 notebooks? I would expect a similar wait for haswell. So probably after the christmas holiday. Intel is really milking this one. There is going to be a boatload of ivy bridge celeron and pentium notebooks selling for $200 come christmas, and no one is going to buy the haswell notebooks/tablets because they will be stupidly overpriced. More and more people will simply buy a new phone with an ARM chip because they can get that subsidized. I dont know why intel insists on killing off their own market, but whatever...