It took me a month before my body adjusted to it's everday activities such as waking up at 5am, lifting weights on 6-8am and the usual office hours (8-12nn , 1-5pm) with an extended working hours up to 7:30pm. Thankfully, my new desktop computer was really more of a comfort to work with rather than picturing it as a stress generator. I'm currently enjoying the power of Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600 with a 4gb RAM and a GeForce 8600 going along with it (Mounted on an Asus P5N-MX). However, I'm STILL currently running Windows XP up to this day and I won't be planning on moving on to Vista not until I have heard quite a handful of stability reception to it.
What can I say!? It's quite a HUGE leap from my old Pentium 4 3.0ghz / 1.5gb RAM computer. I can run Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Corel Draw X4 and I can still play Bioshock and....uhhhh Red Alert 2 
all at the same time (with Bioshock on it's Medium Quality settings). I think it's very easy to say that this setup is well enough for Starcraft II with a little tweaking on replacing my GeForce 8600 to 8800 sometime in the future.
On consoles, I'm still quite lazy on finishing the last stretch of Suikoden 5 maybe due to that irritiating part wherein you'll have to split up at the Ashtwal Mountain which instantly killed my excitement on rushing all the way up to the end (but giving myself a thumbs up for focusing that THAT game alone for the whole month of May). As of now, I'm refreshing my mind on the Metal Gear series all thanks to that box set (but having the second disc on the Original MGS3 Subsistence release was more satisfying) and my only gap before touching my copy of MGS4 was MGS3 and Portable Ops.I do believe that I'm expecting quite a lot on this *ahem* 10/10 game as well as preparing myself to dive into the GTA series since part 4 also got a *ahem* 10/10 on both IGN and Gamespot (which I always trusted in scores). That's it for now and that's quite a lot of catching up for me to do.
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Yeah, you should have no problem playing Starcraft 2 with those specs.
. That computer must rock. It does suck when you are forced to use characters you don't want to in games, but I encourage you to power through it as that is a great game and the story will keep going strong up until the end. I also need to start my play through the metal gear saga, however I'm going to wait a while until I can go HD and maybe for MGSIV to get a price drop (yes, I will have to exercise some patience...). Good to hear from you again 
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Kris - I really needed that extra processing punch since Adobe CS3 demands quite a lot from today's CPUs.
kahidou - Yeah, it's been a while since I posted on the forums as well as on my blog. David - It's really hard to keep up with today's latest PC parts and I think that doing a part upgrade or two on an annual basis should be a great habit as well as keeping on the budget line of price drops. Still, console gaming is always the best not only because of it's massive recognition, but also for it's value as well since "upgrade" parts are practically rare.
Jeff - Yeah, I was stuck on that bottleneck situation and I am forced to power up some of the characters I've used in the past. I think 3.0ghz is already fine for casual PC usage and 2.0ghz is more than you'll ever need. Same here, MGS4 really looks good in HD and there's going to be a massive plot spoiler for not playing through the first 3 games on that box set. 2ndWonder - I only did this upgrade since my old one really needs a tech retouching for the sake of keeping up with today's standard specs and getting all ready for Starcraft II as well.
And I refuse to upgrade to Vista as well. I just looks like crap. Have fun with your computer and your gaming.
Whitewolf725 - Yeah, it's been a while since I last posted a blog. Same here, still not going to Vista with all those compatibility issues floating around.
Ron - Pretty much, I'm quite neutral on most Metal Gear games but I really gotta try them since those 10's are screaming quite loud not only from the internet but also from most of my friends too.
My brother recently upgraded our desktop as well! (it's still Windows XP of course, it just has a Vista Transformation Pack to give it that new look) It's really comfortable and I can totally relate to how you're feeling Ooh, I never played Suikoden 5 but hopefully you get past that part and finish the game! ^_^
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I need a new one too, mine is three years old and I need either an upgrade or a new one pretty soon...starting to get ridiculous
Also worthless for gaming