Your conclusions won't stop me.

Just ordering a new box (for Cinema 4D). This will have 12 gigs of RAM, 4 1 TB disks in a RAID 10 array, i7 950 processor, 2 graphics adapters for 4 monitors. Probably a bit overkill at the moment but should be enough for the next 5 years. Just have to find enough space on my computer desk to put 7 monitors, 2 keyboards, 2 mice and a graphics tablet.