Intel Ivy-bridge Processors... Worth the wait?

I've been scavenging details about Intel's new line of processor for 2012. The idea of the same performance for less POWER or higher performance for the same power intrigued me. Namely the higher performance for the same power, as I would interpret this to also mean great performance for more power. So the Ivy-bridge with its tri-gate transistors & 22 nanometre design promise one heck of a performance boost.

Now this had me all geared up to wait it out... until I READ this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Ivy-Bridge-LGA-1155-CPU-maho-bay,14012.html#xtor=RSS-181

So basically only up to a 4 core version is planned for spring, I have no idea of clock speeds or cache though. I hear about so many about laptops planned for this CPU and although there is a desktop model planned, it seems that this is a power saving idea rather than power delivering.

I realise that portable computing is the perceived future of computing but I think that the idea lacks vision and scope. Now a central computer for multiple users in a home controlled by tablet interfaces now we're talking... But enough of my rambling.
Quote from: Accessless on November 25, 2011, 03:08:19 AM

Intel Ivy-bridge Processors... Worth the wait?...

The longer you wait, the better they get.  With this reasoning, never get anything, because something is better right around the corner.

then I will loose interest