Agreed, the Northwood is the first half-decent processor made by Intel in a long time. I just want a better FPU too. I have a 1.33GHz Athlon right now and getting a 2.2GHz Northwood would be a downgrade in terms of FPU performance. When will Intel realize that the demand for top FPU performance is growing?O yeah, AMD_man... the other thing we have in common.. I use AMD processors. Intel is just now starting to get over that suck they call a processor. I'll reevaluate in a few months when I'm ready to buy though. I don't have any brand loyalties.