Hmm... That's what people have been saying every year since at least 1995 if not earlier. And you'll be saying the same thing in 2020, while finding your computer from 2012 inadequate and wondering how you ever got by with such antiquated technology.
The people that said that in 2006 (Conroe era) have been proven correct so far. What mainstream consumer app today won't run flawlessly on a Core2Duo with 2GB of RAM and XP?
I put an SSD in my old 2.2 ghz Core2Duo Dell XPS laptop, and the user experience in any app but graphically-intense games is identical to my Ivy Bridge desktop.