Intel and US race to finalise $8.5bn in chips funding by year’s end [Financial Times]

I personally wouldn't buy an Intel chip on desktop or in a laptop (as of today), but I think you're being a little bit melodramatic. Their offerings are not that terrible, this is particularly true with laptops where you have a much wider selection if going with Intel.

Laptop OEMs have actually called out AMD for not providing enough support for implementing AMD platforms in their devices.