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Out of curiosity, does Vista use your Quad core processor efficiently???

Vista runs beautifully on the quad. Even with a ton of programs running my cpu usage normally always runs between 0% and 15%. I bought my current system with vista in mind and it hasn't disappointed me yet. I believe this is the kind of rig vista was built with in mind. But I have to say Coming from a single 1.6 processor, previously I'm totally in love with the speed and functionality I have On this. The one piece of advice I could give is if your going to run a quad make sure you have an efficient cooling system.

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Nope we're still discussion among the staff :) In all likelihood we'll announce it tomorrow, not tonight. And it'll be announced publicly, then the winner contacted privately afterwards.

but ... but ... I wants to know now!

It's only mid-afternoon for us here on this side of the world, still morning in some places! I can't go a whole afternoon/evening without knowing :D

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but ... but ... I wants to know now!

It's only mid-afternoon for us here on this side of the world, still morning in some places! I can't go a whole afternoon/evening without knowing :D

You've waited this long, what's a few more hours? ;)

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After making mine I listened to about 20 entries and thought I had a really good chance of winning :) But now I'm doubting it, I was probably just excited because I've never done anything like this before. Anywho, I'd be happy if I were in the top 5.

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