As long as Consumers keep buying 5 year old technology at premium prices, why would the PC makers make anything better without gouging your eyes out. I blame the uneducated comsumers for letting PC makers fool you into thinking you are getting a good deal, on what is really a watered down PC. This is how we got in touble with the housing market also. Americans will buy anything for any price as long as it is presented in a pretty package. Learn to be vigilant people; demand the best, for the best price. It's so bad, I'm thinking of building my own PC next time. I have a 2002 Gateway Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 2.39GHz 2.00GB of RAM. I put in a 6200 Ge-Force not long ago. I'm sure I'm going to get some ribbing about my rig. But not much on the market is better than what I have now. Just here in 2008 has it become common place to have 2.00 GB of RAM. Why is it taking so long, the technology and need has been here for a long time. Then we would all be able to enjoy our games off the shelf. Except for the few exceptions where the game makers mess up. But we have Gamespot to 411 us on that before we buy.