Quote Originally Posted by Zucker2k View Post
YOU are treating them separate. I AM treating them as already fixed based on clock/multi/cache. So price reductions would affect all segments. Of course it won't be equal % reductions. The whole idea that Ci7 (in terms of Intel pricing schemes) is going to in another segment all by itself becasue it is a newer technology is not supported by past or present pricing schemes. It will not happen in th future either, except when penryn is declared EOL.
Intel have declared i7 to be a niche high end product for now, with more consumer friendly versions to be released in Q3 09. So in this sense, i7 is not like the introduction of Conroe or Penryn which were mainstream immediately.

Is it your contention that when Intel likely next announces pricing adjustments on the Penryn range, that i7 will be substantially altered too?

Coz I think i7's official prices probably won't change at all till Q2 09 at the earliest.