I'm pretty sure intel HAVE dropped the pentium architecture in all CPUs apart from the atom, which has a weird "out of order" execution thing going on, like the origional pentium and no intel CPU since. The only reason for this is simplicuty and crucially low power consumption.

The Pentium dual cores Exxxx are real fast , they're cut down models of the Core 2 duo. Mine's humming along at 2.835GHz, 1Ghz above normal. :)

I agree! Try and get Ubuntu on it!

Is it worth waiting 8 months for this?

How unreliable is falcon? Unreliable enough to justify 8 months without a 360?:(

I really want one!

I want these to come so the iPods aren't so overpriced!

should be fun to try!

line rider - u can tell im sad lol!

My mothers 6100 or something (the budget one with a camera or bluetooth but not both) wouldn't turn on. Maybe this is why.

Here in the UK, there has been no official price drop but prices have been creeping down for a while, play had the premium at 230 and amazon have been doing lots of different deals, the best one with crackdown, GoW, XBL unplugged, PGR3, a game of your choice and a wireless pad for £300 (when the halo 3 beta had just started)

I'm hoping for 199 and no more core like Australia, but i think its more likely the premium goes to £250/230 and the core stays at £149, where boots have been selling it for weeks, or were when I last checked

Here in the UK, there has been no official price drop but prices have been creeping down for a while, play had the premium at 230 and amazon have been doing lots of different deals, the best one with crackdown, GoW, XBL unplugged, PGR3, a game of your choice and a wireless pad for £300 (when the halo 3 beta had just started)

I'm hoping for 199 and no more core like Australia, but i think its more likely the premium goes to £250/230 and the core stays at £149, where boots have been selling it for weeks, or were when I last checked

**** it, I'm getting a Premium!

As soon as they start using 65nm or falcon as it's called now, and HDMI is on all boxes!