China's leading personal computer manufacture, Legend Group, recently began chopping the prices of its Soleil notebooks by about US$121, with the largest cut being a 15% slash from 11,588 yuan to 9,999 yuan, while prices of two Pentium IV products are marked down to 8,999 yuan and 7,900 yuan.

The move is expected to popularize the high-end PC products and expand Legend's market share of notebooks, the company said. All the Soleil products involved, which are targeted for commercial users, use the Intel Centrino mobile technology. Due to its leading position in the sector, market analysts expect Legend's price cut on the Centrino products to spark a wider price competition among domestic notebook makers.