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Jim, Yea, your probably right. I guess you have to look at what your plans are for the Chrome and its expanding DRAM capabilites. If in fact, you will have applications that take advantage of the onboard DRAM, and you can sell these applications (like a special OEM version of HiRes QFX, photoshop or something, or even a special Windows driver) then you make the money on "selling the blades" and not the "handle", if you know what I mean. I would think that those empty DRAM slots are there for a purpose, and software has a much nicer margin from a mfg's prespective. I'm not privy to your near term plans, but if they include something along those lines, then it may be worth the lost margin up front in order to get the installed base to the point that there is enough market to justify the development of customized software that takes advantage of the board and REALLY takes the card into a class all its own.