Hmm according to notebook manufacturers in Taiwan, the launch of of AMD's Turion X2 CPU may start a price war in the dual core notebook market. The Windows Vista delay has caused an investment bank to downgrade Asus. On the Vista note, its delay could make Intel cut prices sooner than expected.

Taiwan’s notebook manufacturers expect Intel’s price reduction on dual-core Yonah processors to arrive in advance of the planned date of May 28, with the aim of stimulating the worldwide notebook PC market, despite Microsoft’s delayed launch of its next operating system (OS). Various sources from market research firms, including Lehman Brothers, have pointed out that the delayed release of Microsoft’s consumer-version of its Windows Vista OS will slow notebook demand and push back the peak buying season, the makers noted.