According to the Inquirer.net, Intel's Core Duo chips are slated to plummet in price in June of this year.  The planned announcement of a handful of new CPUs is expected to cause the slide in pricing - as much as about 30%.  The Inquirer advises waiting on that new Intel Macintosh purchase until early June, in hopes of saving a little bit of money.

Unfortunately, this writer is doubtful that Apple will pass those savings to the rest of us.  As chip prices have fluctuated in the past the consumer hasn't been on the benefiting end.  Of course IBM's Power CPU departments weren't releasing new chips at such a rate as Intel typically does.  Perhaps this will be one more bonus for the Intel-based face of Apple Computer.  But I won't be holding my breath...