Well the most demanding apps will be games, since although I will also be using Visual Studio and photoshop, those require a lot less power.
Im curious about better & cheaper micros than the Q8200, what would you recommend and why?
Thanks for the replies so far
EDIT: I plan to use XP-32 until we can get hold of a non-test version of Windows 7, but I havent bothered to check recommended specs since I assume they are well below the posted specs
Terminator Salvation was good mindless popcorn action, but on the other hand, Transformers 2 was TOTALLY awful...story is bad, almost all robots are unrecognizable (and im a transformers fan!), movie is WAY too long...3/10.
Best of it was Megan Fox and the R8 - was it an autobot or decepticon, wtf, totally confusing battle scenes.