The Inquirer is reporting that the price of Intel’s Core Duo CPUs is set to drop at the end of May, along with faster Core Duos rolling out. As an example, they cite the 2GHz Core Duo (T2500) dropping from $423 to under $300, with the 2.16GHz Core Duo (T2600) dropping over $200.
This could drop some of the Core Duo-based laptops to well under a $1000 (before rebates/coupons/special offers, etc.).