Dachshund Puppy (Long Haired)SMMNov 15, 06:52 PMWhat a very lovely analogy. Thank you. For me... 8 cores for the bragging rights only... so I guess I won't get one anytime soon. I'm sure 4 would suit me fine though, I need to upgrade my 1Ghz G4!!! I work with business applications, many of which are database intensive. I can think of many examples which would greatly improve performance and