Insane bracht een link naar dit artikel van The Register, met meer details over de prijsverlagingen waarmee Intel ons volgende week zal zegenen. Vooral de PIII-700 gaat een leuke smak maken, al is de daling van 26% niets vergeleken met het prijsfestijn dat AMD voor ons in petto heeft:
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Naast deze dalingen van 27 februari heeft The Register ook al cijfers voor de volgende geplande prijsverlagingen van 23 april en 28 mei:
On the 23rd of April, the 866/133 drops by four per cent to $744, the 850/100 to $733. The 800/133 will drop by 13 points to $562, while the 750/100 will fall by 14 points to $455. The biggest cut is on the 733/133, which falls by 26 per cent to $337. The 700/100 falls by 24 per cent to $316, the 666/133 to $251, and the 650/100 to $241. The 600/133/100 each fall to $193 -- a 20 per cent reduction. The 550 processors with both 256K and 512K cache stay unchanged at $193.On the 28th of May next, Intel will introduce its 933/133 Coppermine Pentium III, which will displace the 866/133 and be initially priced at $744. The 866/133 will drop by 24 per cent to $562, the 850/100 to $551, and the 800/133/100 to $385 -- a large drop of 31 per cent. The 750/100 will fall to $337 (26%), the 733/133 to $246 (27%), and the 700/100 to $241 (24%). The 666/133 will fall to $193 (23%) and the 650/100 will also be priced at $193 (20%), meaning the other members of the Pentium III family drop off the roadmap.