Some interesting desktop changes are coming:

New:

• $530 Q9650 @ 3.00GHz quad core
• $266 Q9400 @ 2.66GHz quad core
• $266 E8600 @ 3.33GHz dual core
• $133 E7300 @ 2.66GHz dual core

Price Drop:

• $316 Q9550 quad core - was $530
• $203 Q6600 quad core remains for now as the only 65n quad
• $163 E8400 dual core was $183
• $183 E8500 dual core was $266
• $113 E7200 dual core was $133

Discontinued:

• Q9450 quad core currently $316
• Q9300 quad core
• Q6700 quad core
• E8300 dual core

Apparently motherboard makers and channel vendors predict that the price decreases will boost demand by up to 15%