Intel announced that its chip prices are being reduced - by as much as 24 percent in some cases. We assume that there may be some new chips under the Christmas tree this year with some of the price drops. Here's a listing of Intel's reductions:
Aug '97 price/ Nov '97 price/ % Change
PII Processor300MHz 512k cache$851...$738...-13%
266MHz 512k cache$669...$530...-21%
233MHz 512k cache$530...$401...-24%
Pentium Pro Processor200MHz 256k cache$487..$487...no decrease
180MHz 256k cache$407..$407...no decrease
Pentium Processor233MHz w/ MMX$386...$300...-22%
200MHz w/ MMX$252...$213...-15%
166MHz w/ MMX$145...$112...-23%