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If the hyperthreaded CPU acts identically to a real 2 CPU machine, I'll spring for one of those ASAP.

Prepare to spring. There are presently dual processor motherboards on the market, so the 'proof of concept' has been ironed out for decades.

AMD has announced a dual core chip that is coming out next year. I am not at liberty to discuss this more than what is published here . But to paraphrase someone who would indeed know what he's talking about (despite my disdain for the man, personally)

One of the most powerful things next year is going to be our dual-core product. To me, that's going to really shock the hell out of everyone, because it's going to be hardware-compatible, infrastructure-compatible, pin-compatible. I mean, people that have a 2-P system can slap in a dual-core product and end up with a 4-P system for the price of a 2-P.

I have a bunch of AMD Athlon boxes around here already. A 1.0 GHz, 1 XP2000 and 1 XP2200. They run hot, but perform fine. MSI released an updated BIOS for my XP2200 based motherboard. It is actually about 2 years since the purchase of the motherboard. I figured that would be a "safe" update. It wasn't. The Windows 2000 box is now unstable. I violated the basic principle: if it's not broke, don't fix it.

Thanks for the feedback on the hyperthreaded CPUs.