Friday, July 28th 2006

Intel Core 2 Duo officially launched.

Jul 28th, 2006 20:59 Discuss (7 Comments)

Intel Core 2 Duo was officially launched July 27, 2006. It was the largest launch from Intel in 13 years, when Intel launched the Pentium processor. The Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme Edition, extreme in both power and price, is available immediately. Intel is aggresively distributing it's processors, and estimates one million Core 2 Duo's to be distributed in 7 weeks. System OEMS such as Dell, Gateway, and HP will still be selling Intel's older Pentium 4 architecture. High-res pictures of the launch can be found here.

Source: Cnet

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7 Comments on Intel Core 2 Duo officially launched.

Tory

When do you think newegg will carry it? That's the only place I would buy it from.

Dippyskoodlez

ToryWhen do you think newegg will carry it? That's the only place I would buy it from.

Late august.

1 million cpu's in 7 weeks?

Thats a drop in the bucket compared to what ships weekly.. :eek:

Seems this is just.. a paper launch essentially...

Cybie1111

I like the box. Its has a nice blue scheme to it. Hopefully I can get one of these before the end of August. I find it doubtful and some might agree.

EastCoasthandle

so they are basically admitting to a paper launch on July 27 with a expected wait time of 7 weeks? Yeah that makes sense. Why don't they simply officially launch it 7 weeks from now...wait that makes to much sense. Specially when their investors are concern over profit margins.

Dippyskoodlez

EastCoasthandleso they are basically admitting to a paper launch on July 27 with a expected wait time of 7 weeks? Yeah that makes sense. Why don't they simply officially launch it 7 weeks from now...wait that makes to much sense. Specially when their investors are concern over profit margins.

because to investors that dont know their left foor from their right see "OMG 1 MILLION CPU's!! DAS A LOTTA!!!" ;)

CjStaal

there only sold out because of all the pre-orders.

Tigerdirect has them

Dippyskoodlez

Cj_Staalthere only sold out because of all the pre-orders.

Tigerdirect has them

and the shipdate is 3-7 weeks...? ;) not 2-3 days.

Intel Core 2 Duo officially launched.

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