AM2 and DDR2, as you say, shouldn' t play much of a part in the actual programs.....unless of course you play around with the memory bandwidth.

However as it is the way things are going, when it comes to upgrading PCs, many of the old ones will be stuck with DDR and Socket 939......in essence, a bit like all the 32bit laptops that will get chucked away, because it won't be worth upgrading (or possible) them to 64bit.

Also consider how long it has taken our friend Bill Gates to get XP just about working properly......it still isn't fully OK....How long will it take for MS to get a 64bit OS operating satisfactorily?

Al.