Intel prunes Celeron prices

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Intel trimmed the prices of most of its Celeron desktop chip range this weekend, as anticipated.

The 2.6GHz part saw is price fall the most - 14 per cent - while the others fell by six or seven per cent. The price of the 2.3GHz part remained unchanged at $79. Prices, as always, are per-processor sold in batches of 1000.

Celeron price cuts
Processor	Prev. Price	New Price	Change
2.6GHz	$103	$89	-14%
2.5GHz	$89	$83	-7%
2.4GHz	$84	$79	-6%
2.3GHz	$79	$79	N/A
2.2GHz	$74	$69	-7%
2.1GHz	$74	$69	-7%