frankie's Journal: many Mac models moving to Merom momentarily

One simple reason. Take a look at Intel's wholesale price chart (after the Yonah price cuts in September):

• $209 = Core Solo 1.66 or C2D T5500 1.66
• $241 = Core Duo 1.83 or C2D T5600 1.83
• $294 = Core Duo 2.00 or C2D T7200 2.00
• $423 = Core Duo 2.16 or C2D T7200 2.16
• $637 = nothing listed or C2D T7600 2.33

Hmm... pin compatible, same price (or lower until september), better performance... really can't see any plausible way for Steve's RDF to avoid this.

Which is of course a Very Good Thing, especially for me and my purchasing plans.