Somebody poop on your Stroopwaffles? (Score 1)

the point is that one buys a cpu today to use against today's software. in two to three years the cpu market will be very different than today and the merced III and amd k9 will make the lil-ol' p-III look like a toy.

besides, in three years, the 3d accel boards will offload everything anyhow ;)