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I no longer work in Intel Marketing :-)

It costs this much because

- Its the fastest desktop processor on the market

- The fastest widget ALWAYS costs $1000

- People who want cutting edge stuff will pay it

- If you want something half as fast - you can get it for 1/5th the money

- Its not intended for people who worry about niceties like "munee"

- They have $40B in process development costs to recover

- Their socialist principles are a bit errr "limited"

Since you're never going to buy one. why the **** does it matter to you ??