According Digg times
Intel is planning to start phasing out the 65nm Core 2 Quad Q6600 in the first quarter of 2009, prompting several PC and channel vendors to start planning to cut Q6600-product prices to clear their inventory before the end of this year, according to sources at PC vendors.
Dang, computer H/W cycles this days runs so fast. I bought my current rig on January 2008, using Q6600.