Sorry that should be: http://www.theinquirer.net/dscf0031.jpg

Might want to check this out: http://www.theinquirer.net/dscf0031.jpg. Quad Opterons running SUSE....

Yeah, and IIRC 764 pins is just for the Clawhammer version. The Sledgehammer (high-end Opteron) is gonna have even more pins (900+, I forget exactly how many).

Holy shit! Socket 764? That sucker's gonna be huge!

Yeah, you got that right... I'd love to play with one as soon as it hits the market, as long as it is someone else's money! I may be able to convince the people I work for to spring for one as soon as Windows for x86-64 is available; they have a Windows app that could kinda use the >4GB of address space.

#7 I think that what we are calling IT nightmare waiting to happen here...my company it planning order 10 2-ways and 10 4-way as soon as it pops out on the market. The though of toying around with a Hammer sounds fun tho...good thing its not my money.

The company I work for is already planning on order as many as 20-30 2-way hammer boxes for workstations and 5 4-way (if available) for servers. I recommended we wait untill at least 4-5 months after they are available to order them, but my warning is going to go unheeded. The VP in charge of major purchasing is a AMD fanboy and wont listen to anything else but "Yes! Order them now!"

#5, unless you want to be one of the guinea pigs, err, I mean early adopters, I'd stick with an Athlon XP (or dual Athlon MP) if you are looking to build a new AMD-based system within the next 6-9 months. My next system build will probably be a dual MP, around August timeframe.

Does this mean I shouldn't wait to upgrade my Duron 800?

It has BEEN scheduled for Q3, #1. What do you mean "now"?

Look! Die protection! Thermal Heat Spreaders!!!!!

YEAY!!!!!!!!!!,
IntelMole

and Q04 of the following year before it's semi-affordable.
Where are the puffy pants?

It's scheduled for Q3 (?) now, so that means Q1 '03 in reality.