ASUS is apparently set to release an adapter for some of their socket 478 boards (and perhaps others!) that will allow end-users to use both Banias and Dothan Pentium-Ms and Celeron-Ms, but not the low-voltage or ultra-low-voltage ones. This is amazing news, since they show it working on a P4P800-VM which should be well below $100. With this adapter, we may see P-M on the desktop for about $100/board as opposed to the roughly $250 necessary today. The adapter comes with a heatsink with 70mm fan rated at 3000rpm.
Info on the ASUS CT-479 adapter can be found at:
Hardware.fr
techPowerUp! (and a link to X86-Secret from there)
And many other sites you can find on Google.
Edit: This adapter discredits this Anandtech article page. Sorry, Anand! ASUS and their wacky plots to use things in ways they shouldn't be able to. I love ASUS.
Info on the ASUS CT-479 adapter can be found at:
Hardware.fr
techPowerUp! (and a link to X86-Secret from there)
And many other sites you can find on Google.
Edit: This adapter discredits this Anandtech article page. Sorry, Anand! ASUS and their wacky plots to use things in ways they shouldn't be able to. I love ASUS.