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[quote="Bazooka_Joe":95598][quote:95598]The real beauty here lies in the Athlon64's ability to run current 32-bit applications and operating systems right now, and with "no" penalty. When 64-bit applications and OSes come to market, the Athlon64 will be ready to take advantage of them and still be able to run native 32-bit apps right alongside the 64-bit ones. [/quote:95598]

This is my main concern. HP told me that my burner would be able to read DVD-R's once the technoligy was available, but that never happened, and it cost me an additional 100 bucks to get something I already was sopposed to have.

Being one of the first people to jump on the "3Ghz Hyper-Threading: 2 processors in one" Technoligy wagon, I have no rush to go out and up my system with either chip. What I mean by this is the newest and best thing in technoligy is not always the biggest promise you expect. IMO, I would of stuck with the 2.8Ghz processor without hyper-threading.[/quote:95598]

The A64 just needs some 64bit software to show it's true potential.