Intel at it again!

[crenn]

About a year ago, intel slashed the price on their Q6600, they've done it again.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9924121-7.html

[NightrainSrt4]

Its always nice when they drop prices, but I didn't see anything in that about the Q6600, unless I missed it.

[crenn]

They haven't dropped the price on the Q6600 since it's not needed to be dropped.

[Fuganater]

They are dropping all the prices due to the new processors coming out. The 45nm.

[Luke122]

45nm FTW. E8400 = Luke happy.

[Quakken]

/shudder for AMD.

Come on! you can do it!

[crenn]

According to TweakTown, intel has dropped the price slightly on the Q6600.

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9356/i...ces/index.html

[a.Bird]

Am I reading this right? The e6600 is six dollars more than the q6600 on Newegg? What am I not understanding?

[Drum Thumper]

Am I reading this right? The e6600 is six dollars more than the q6600 on Newegg? What am I not understanding?

Lots of factors at play here--supply and demand, bait and switch are two that come to mind instantly.

No different than the good ol 486 days where the math co-processor was on a different (and pricey) chip, which allowed Intel (and I would like to add IBM, Compaq, et al) to make extra cash by selling SX systems, which were sans math co-processor.

[Luke122]

Yes.. and my first PC was mistakenly an SX system. DOH. Oh well.. I've come a long way since then.. hehe