Longhorn will more likely ship 2007-2008 -> (looking at the new msdn longhorn articles) so there will be 36 + Months, we are now at 2,4 Mainstream, so Moore (remember him 2 x every 18 Months) would say 9,6 Ghz would be mainstream Memory should not be the problem I think (would gladly double my gig now) and think i will already have at least 4 gig by that time. the Graph would be my problem (as a not gamer) avalon will be heavy. and the disksystems-speed and backup may be a problem (not the size). but all by all i think the specs are high but not unrealistic. bc if I go to count wat will take that resources .. winFS (SQL engine for the 1-terra DB) would like his GIG of memory. then Avalon (a 3D engine for normal work) will take his price the video specs looks needed for me to. and for a server serving XML services Indigo ASP.NET and SQL. ......I think more about 16+ gig and 8 X a 8 gig processor but by 2008 64 bit will be also mainstream i think, so memory adressing would not be the problem this time ;-) but than again ... Even Uncle bill got it 9 zero's wrong gr /\/\o\/\/