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To: Joe NYC who wrote (228175)	3/16/2007 10:54:45 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 275872

The quad core could be $900 because its expected to be a low volume part. As you point out for many people dual core will be better, but those who can take advantage of the quad core might be willing to pay. Intel might figure that while that cutting the price to say $800 or $650 might not bring in enough additional customers to make up for the lower price on the quad core. Or maybe the part has low yields. Or they are trying to price discriminate over time. With the early production going to those who will pay a bundle for "Wow 4 cores, cool", and then they lower the price.

To: Joe NYC who wrote (228175)	3/16/2007 12:13:58 PM
From: dougSF30	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

What I find crazy is that the $900 spot is occuppied by quad core chips. Intel seems to be making a bet that people will care about quad core, that will (for most customers) perform slower that dual core. You could've made the exact same argument about dual core chips vs. single core.