Wait until June before you buy your Macinteltosh

• nightzip

  11 Apr 06, 13:54

  Wait until June before you buy your Macinteltosh
  
  At least
  By INQUIRER staff: Monday 10 April 2006, 08:17
  
  IF THE THOUGHT of buying a Core Duo Apple machine that can boot Windows XP is making you itchy to go buy one, hold your horses.
  The price of Intel Core Duo chips is set to plummet on the 28th of May, and there's faster chips coming along anyroadmap. Those include the 2.33GHz T2700, but this is only the start of better things from Chipzilla later this year.
  
  Number Speed Bus Cache Feb May 28
  T2600 2.16GHz 667 2MB $637 $423
  T2500 2.00GHz 667 2MB $423 $294
  T2400 1.83GHz 667 2MB $294 $240
  T2300 1.66GHz 667 2MB $240
  T2300E 1.66GHz 667 2MB $209
  T1400 1.83GHzSolo 667 2MB $209
  T1300 1.66GHzSolo 667 2MB $209
  
  The Merom processors, produced on 65 nanometre process technology, will have 4MB of cache, support 64-bitness and virtualisation, while the low voltage versions will have 800MHz buses, eventually. µ
  
  
• chanff8

  11 Apr 06, 19:51

  If you can REALLY wait, wait till the end of the year, when Leopard comes out
• Parka

  11 Apr 06, 20:31

  Reality check.
  
  Intel prices will drop. Apple prices will not.
• Redblood

  11 Apr 06, 20:42

  Originally posted by Parka:

  Reality check.
  
  Intel prices will drop. Apple prices will not.

  yes they will not ... probably even clear stock also slash 100bucks only
• chanff8

  11 Apr 06, 22:02

  Most of the time the prices remain the same, but more features will be added or the specs upgraded.
• nightzip

  12 Apr 06, 14:32

  the above is the actual info released for the chips lah...
  
  they say will lash price means will last price....why argue?
• chenc

  15 Apr 06, 17:20

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  the above is the actual info released for the chips lah...
  
  they say will lash price means will last price....why argue?

  Apple has global control system. So you are suggesting the price are dropping at a global scale? Yes, very easy for other brands, but Apple is known to strictly keep their price constant, even if the hardwares and chip are 500 bucks cheaper, Apple will not lower their price for more than a 100.
• the Bear

  15 Apr 06, 17:25

  parka is right..
  
  anyway, i'm waiting until they sort out their OS.. i don't want things running on Rosetta all the time
• nightzip

  16 Apr 06, 00:15

  ohh..the article above only states a reduction of at most US$200 or below, if you check.
• M©+square

  16 Apr 06, 00:21

  Originally posted by Parka:

  Reality check.
  
  Intel prices will drop. Apple prices will not.

  yay!!!!
  
  btw, threadstarter...i think this topic is cross posted.