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News is something you didn't know - Charles Arthur, The Independent
Intel re-jigs chip prices
INTEL HAS cut the prices of some of its desktop and server chips ahead of the official launch of its Nehalem server line.
On the server side two of Intel's Xeon line, the X3220 (2.4GHz) and the X3210 (2.13GHz), have been cut from $198 to $188 per thousand, a reduction of five per cent.
The Core 2 Quad Q8200 (2.33GHz) is down 14 per cent from $224 to $193 and the Core 2 Quad Q6600 chip (2.4GHz) has been cut five per cent from $193 to $183. The Core 2 Duo E7300 processor (2.66GH) slims down 15 per cent from $133 to $113.
On the desktop front, older dual-core Pentia have also been reduced. The E2200 (2.4GHz) chip is down 12 per cent from $84 to $74, and the E2200 chip (2.2GHz) has been reduced by 14 per cent from $74 to $64. ยต
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all the processors no-one with an interest in technology would ever buy



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re. all the processors no-one with an interest in technology would ever buy 

Intel is cutting prices on the CPU that are sold mostly by OEM, who also tend to be the biggest buyers of their CPUs. This is a move to liquidate inventory of their most produced and most purchased chips.

Intel is a company who wants to make money, and most of there money is made via retail sales of companies like HP, Dell ect. and by sales of servers
Well,that sums up 98% of computer owners and 99% of IT journalists .
I have to disagree about these reductions being "uninteresting". A lot of upgraders will want to move to a Core 2 at an affordable price. I'm on an X2 4400+ for instance so you can see the logic on going to a Q6600 ($183+markup) and perhaps doing some mild overclocking.