Intel is far too popular? That's what people said about Apple circa 1993. What happened to it anyways? Sales are decent for both companies, but AMD is using John D. Rockefeller type market strategies to eat away at the competition. AMD is ruthless when it comes to competition (not as ruthless as Standard Oil Co. but pretty close).
AMD beats Intel in just about everything, including business applications.
I'm waiting for the AMD Turion Mobile 64-bit. That'll put the Centrino out of business.