Intel pares Centrino prices

A generous 0.36 per cent off

By Tony Smith • Get more from this author

Posted in Channel, 27th January 2004 11:00 GMT

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Intel has quietly cut prices across its Centrino range.

The cuts amount to little more than a buck off the price of each Centrino package - which comprises a Pentium M CPU, i855 chipset variant and a Pro Wireless 2100 mini-PCI card - yielding a fractional percentage drop: between 0.2 and 0.36 per cent.

So no wonder Chipzilla didn't make a song and dance about it.

The cuts only apply to Centrino bundles, not to individual Pentium Ms. They were applied at the end of last December, but it's taken Intel a month to update its public price list.

Intel Centrino price cuts
Processor	Prev. Price	New Price	Change
1.7GHz Pentium M + 855GM chipset	$497	$496	-0.2%
1.7GHz Pentium M + 855PM chipset	$494	$493	-0.2%
1.6GHz Pentium M + 855GM chipset	$368	$367	-0.27%
1.6GHz Pentium M + 855PM chipset	$365	$364	-0.27%
1.5GHz Pentium M + 855GM chipset	$315	$314	-0.32%
1.5GHz Pentium M + 855PM chipset	$312	$311	-0.32%
1.4GHz Pentium M + 855GM chipset	$283	$282	-0.35%
1.4GHz Pentium M + 855PM chipset	$280	&279;	0.36%
1.3GHz Pentium M + 855GM chipset	$283	$282	-0.35%
1.3GHz Pentium M + 855PM chipset	$280	$279	-0.36%
LV/ULV Centrino
1.2GHz Pentium M + 855GM chipset	$358	$357	-0.28%
1.2GHz Pentium M + 855PM chipset	$355	$354	-0.28%
1GHz Pentium M + 855GM chipset	$336	$335	-0.3%
1GHz Pentium M + 855PM chipset	$333	$332	-0.3%
900MHz Pentium M + 855GM chipset	$315	$314	-0.32%
900MHz Pentium M + 855PM chipset	$312	$311	-0.32%