yea mines a P4 so no amd issues.. i was curious cause the bios said that when i installed... the comptuer doesn't work slow at all i mean its a 3.2ghz with a gig and and half of ram.. i do use the vista aero theme cause im a sucker for transparent stuff... there isn't any noticable slow down and i don't use it for games or install usless programs plus i strip all the process and services away that i can and still kepp it working right.. its just hooked to a moniter and a tv and a surround sound system for my anime and music.. dual screen all the way lol.. the one im on now is my server which i normally just control with vnc... i don't use my nice pc for downloading and such.. i use an old one a server and network the two.. well i got three all together and a laptop.. im a pc junkie..   i don't even have a game console other than a psp