[citation][nom]belardo[/nom]Okay... I am updated.But AMD had a choice: Performance vs compatibility? Choosing Performance was the right choice. We're still about 4~6 months away before Bulldozer hits the market and the timing of this info is NOT a shock. This thing kind of happens when the memory controller is built into the CPU.For most users, its not a deal breaker. They have a choice between X2~X6 CPUs with todays tech. That can't be said about intel's lower end sockets 775 & 1156 - which both's days are numbered. We can expect AM3+ boards to hit the market well before the release of Bulldozer.You're making a big deal of AMD going to AM3+ in which the SOCKET on the board is still compatible with AM3 and AM2+ CPUs and the mobo makers will quickly transition to AM3+ mobos.Intel is about to get REALLY ugly.1- Socket 775 - 1156 - 1366 are completely incompatible. Hence, its a BAD idea to buy any NEW core2 /LGA775 platform today (My main PC is a Core2Quad). If you went with 1156, forget 6core i7.2 - 1156 is NOT compatible with SANDY BRIDGE! Socket 1155 replaces 1156. Oh, what FUN that is going to be. (This is like AMD's Socket 940 > 939, but this was not a surprise and it allowed users to use higher end CPUs until 939 was ready). Every single low-end CoreI-whatever (Damn, what a stupid Model Name) user is screwed for drop-in CPU upgrade.3 - Socket 1366 is being replaced by Socket 2011!NONE of these new SOCKETS are backwards compatible with older/slower CPUs. Socket AM3+ *IS* backwards compatible with older CPUs.AMD wins with this. An AMD user can upgrade to a new board first, then later the CPU if he has budget issues.[/citation]
Sorry, man. Big business doesn't give a crap about people with "budget issues".