MacNN | Extreme News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us Extreme, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Intel drops price of Nehalem Extreme chip by $500 http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/18/intel.scales.down.pricing/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/intelxeon5400die.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel will go back to the old days of pricing its flagship chips at $999 apiece when ordered in bulk, thousand-piece quantities, says a Friday report that cites mainboard manufacturers as its sources. The move is believed to have been made in order to speed up the adoption of quad-core CPUs, and pertains specifically to the chipmaker's upcoming 3.2GHz Extreme-series desktop Nehalem processors nick... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/18/intel.scales.down.pricing/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT