Maybe they'd better hold off on that. While i'd appreciate being able to use Windows XP_64, many utilities such as Macromedia Flash have no 64 bit version for either Windows or _nix. That gets to be a real pain in the @$$. i have to go to Konqueor to view flash content in Linux. With my present Windows XP installation (XP_32), i'm fine, but to upgrade to take advantage of my AMD64 processor, i'd be screwed.