I still follow the tech world since I probably have some silicon in my bloodstream from working in IT. It's well known that the next generation of almost anything is probably well underway even before the release of its predecessor. So why do these guys want to trumpet the unavailable stuff when they've got truckloads of the current new ones to sell. Intel just released Sandy Bridge i Series Processors and they are drumming for Ivy Bridge which is a year away. Ballmer is talking up Windows 8 when sales of Windows 7 is relatively flat.
I think they are out of their minds unless they are merely trying to keep investors happy enough to think they have a future. To me, it's another excuse to wait for a price drop unless there's something really viable in the next money bleeding edge.
Maybe there's something I'm missing.