I have learned a few things over the years....waiting doesn't really do much good in a market that changes so fast. By the time the computer arrives it's already outdated :). I've been considering getting a new chip...my mobo will handle up to a PIII 1.3ghz. That's nearly double what I have now and since the P4's have come out, the PIII's are cheap. I'm not ready to buy a whole new kind of ram yet. I have 384 megs of sdram. I figure a PIII is a heck of a lot better than a Celeron...and I'll be able to run a 100mhz bus (my ram is only 100mhz). Should be a hell of a boost in performance all by itself :). Laurie