Chambers schrieb:
> Still, it's my first quad core machine, and I'm excited about it :)

You have reason enough to be. Two months ago, I was still working with a 
P4, and was still so excited about the AMD Phenom 2 I had bought half a 
year ago (as a dedicated Linux/POV-Ray rendering machine :-P) that I was 
about to opt for another Phenom for Windows work, too (for a less 
frustrating modelling experience :-)). Fortunately the guy at the local 
store talked me into buying an i7 instead, but I'm convinced the Phenom 
would have done about as well for quite a few years, too, and I would 
have left me just as excited ;-)

If it wasn't for the modelling and raytracing, I could have lived 
happily with that P4 for another year or two: It's just about the 
computing power I needed for everything else, including software 
development. If it wasn't for games, I'd say a fast P4 (I had already 
upgraded it to the fastest I could get) is as much computing power as 
any sane person could possibly need.

... and we have way over 4 times that power on or under our desks - Gee!

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