is getting fluid performance and a steady 60FPS whatever I happen to be playing.
And I don't care how you get it as long as you get it. You squeezed a budget box to make it ? Good for you. I prefer buying the components that will make it happen and that have been concieved for the level of performance I want.
Overclocking has lost its thrills on me. Its with games I want to play, not motherboard settings.

Why would anyone be dumb enough to buy a black macbook? $1500 only gets you 1gb of ram a measely 160GB hd, 2 usb ports and a totally useless mini-dvi connector that requires a $20 adapter to be useful for anything. I remember when apple configured the macbook pro with 512 ram when it came out and the black macbook had a "black tax" of $150 to make it black. Apple comps are just a bad deal when you get to the higher configs. The $1100 macbook is ok, but still $1100 for no dvd burner? $1100 for a productivity notebook? Come off your high horse apple and join the real world. 
(apple comps aren't bad, but they cost way too much.)

X-Bit:

"Most software is already optimized for multi-threaded applications..."

Someone needs to learn proper writing...