It's hard to say when the price will come down further for the Core 2 Duo's. They are doing so well and Intel knows it too. Well, it may probably come down when AMD comes out with newer CPU's to give Intel more competition or when Intel comes out with next generation Core 2 Duo or Core Quad Duo. By the way, Core Quad Duo is scheduled to come out early to middle 2007!!!!!! Mainstream desktop!!!