Everyone knows about the price cuts on July 22nd. (At least most people know)

In the beginning of August, what do you expect the prices to be? Will they really be $266 for the Q6600 and E6850, for example? Aren't those prices in orders per thousand or something like that? What price do you think you'd be able to get them for at Newegg in the beginning of August?

Also, I'm curious about the difference between the E6550 amd the E6540.

I am using this chart as a reference.

On the chart, it says the E6540 doesn't have "TXT". And I don't know what that is.

Thanks for all your help.

$266 cost to Newegg means $270-320 for us. With how many people are expecting the $266 July 22, Newegg likely won't go above $300 until the demand gets too high.

TXT is a new technology from Intel. What it is, I think only Intel knows.

TXT is a DRM "feature". In its current state, it shouldn't really do anything. But it is just another step in the "trusted computing" movement.

lol newbie!

last price decrease new egg held out for 2 days while zipzoom fly ate them up at cost!**

** q6600 at $525

1000 price = price someone will sell it at

So you're saying it'd be best to buy either right when the price drops, or a few weeks after. Right?

To get it under $300?

I'd expect the Q6600 to be just under $300 after the pricecuts, with prices slowly dropping after that, steadying around the $270 mark.

That's simple. The E6540 will not be able to open text files.



To the best of my knowledge, TXT means Trusted Execution Technology. It is a hardware based security system that will apply better safeguards for information stored on PCs.

That's simple. The E6540 will not be able to open text files.



To the best of my knowledge, TXT means Trusted Execution Technology. It is a hardware based security system that will apply better safeguards for information stored on PCs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGrande_Technology

TXT is hardware DRM. It's total garbage and it will in no way harm your PC to go without it.

EDIT : For those too lazy to click the link.

So basically this is a chip that allows vendors to encrypt data on your machine with an access key that is not available to you(the owner of the f-ing machine). The TPM chip also allows the vendor to communicate with your machine and verify that you are not decrypting their information without their explicit permission.

That's what I'm afraid of. It will guard itself from being used by me.