Huh?  Windows XP Pro x64 seems to be a satisfactory OS - works just like XP Pro 32-bit, but in, uh, 64-bit.  Can't blame MS for lack of driver support - that job belongs to the hardware manufacturers.  Can't blame MS for the lack of 64-bit apps - that job belongs to the software companies.  Blame them for being lazy, curmudgeony SOBs.

And what is so archaic about Socket 939.  I have one with an AMD64 3500 and it supports up to AMD64 4800 (dual core).  Unless you have an inheritance, the newest fangled system isn't worth the cost.  And we've seen how many times the 'favored flavor of the month' memory sockets/types, cpu sockets/types and so on have gone the way of the Beta or 8-track.  I say it's always better to be one step behind - so you can see the truck that hits the guy in front of you! ;P

Robert

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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