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MBP price cut?

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pinwanger

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Intel confirmed price cuts across its lineup of processors; some saw a 40 percent decrease in price. The company also updated and added new processors in its lineup, including a first-ever Core 2 Solo.

Intel introduced the Core 2 Extreme X7900 for notebooks, which runs at 2.8GHz. The T7800 was introduced and replaces the T7700 as the top-end non-Extreme chip, running at 2.6GHz. As a result, the T7700 and T7500 saw price cuts, going from $530 and $316 to $316 and $241 respectively. The T7800 will take over the T7700's previous $530 pricing position.

Intel also introduced the Core 2 Duo T7250, which is essentially the same as the T7300 except it has half the cache (2MB L2 vs. 4MB L2). It runs for $209.

The Core 2 Solo is the new single-core addition to Intel's lineup. The U2200 and U2100 run at 1.2GHz and 1.06GHz respecitively. They are Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) chips, with a 1MB L2 cache and a 533MHz front side bus.

The Celeron M lineup saw some new additions - the 550 and the 530 run at 2.0GHz and 1.73GHz respectively. The Celeron M 540 saw a 20 percent price drop from $134 to $107.

Finally, the Celeron M ULV lineup received a new member, the 523 which runs at 933MHz. It goes for $161.

It should be noted that all prices are in batches of 1,000, so expect to pay more than seen here.
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Maybe a small CPU bump and price cut by leopard release?
 
colto said:
And I'd like to see pig's fly. $1600 MBP will cut black macbook sales. MBPs are high end machines and will be priced as such.
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Well look back when we had the 12" PB??? The difference in price from the iBook was what like $200-300??

I asked my sister if she wanted a black MacBook or a the 2.2GHz MacBook Pro...she said the blackbook because its black and it looks nice. People will sacrifice speed for looks..
 
maybe they could bump the CPU in MBP lineup w/o changing the price?

2.4 ghz for 15.4 MBP 128MB
2.6 ghz for 15.4 & 17 MBP 256MB
 
Apple already offers a discounted MBP. In fact, they offer a bunch: the refurbished units, which are, at last check, about $300 less than retail. Same machine, same one year warranty, $300 less.

Bob
 
What is with all this MacBook/MacBook Pro price cut threads?

Apple never cuts prices

What will happen is they will just give it a small speed bump to reflect current specs and call it quits.
 
iW00t said:
What is with all this MacBook/MacBook Pro price cut threads?

Apple never cuts prices

What will happen is they will just give it a small speed bump to reflect current specs and call it quits.
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Statistically speaking, the macbook Rev C recieved a price cut
 
pinwanger said:
maybe they could bump the CPU in MBP lineup w/o changing the price?

2.4 ghz for 15.4 MBP 128MB
2.6 ghz for 15.4 & 17 MBP 256MB
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Price cut - doubtful.
Speed bump like above - a very good possibility.

And hopefully (please :apple: please) a larger standard drive in the high end 15 and the 17". And BTO options up to the 250GB 5400 drives.
 
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