Struggling to Let go of Netburst

[JGBR]

Hello

In a previous post i mentioned the AMD v Intel war in my house. Im running the last batch of Intel P5D dual cores (930's etc)

Im seeing the big and now proven hype with Core 2, dual and quads -i know price cuts are inbound): im powered with an Asus P5b deluxe wifi yet i feel extremely guilty for only putting the good old Pentium in it!?

I guess i feel somewhat obliged to stick with proven technology - Netburst is what - 30 odd years old now - but i still feel that this dual/quad core buisness is a gimmick that will still be beaten by a faster clocked primary core? (along with still software that is not multi thread adapted).

Or is that a stupid attitude as a basic core 2 cpu will kick the pants of a 945 P5DC?

 

[JGBR]

Also need advice if i was to move to core 2 duo:

I have a 3.5ghz PD5DC (955 model): what model would i have to replace it with to ensure i have speed gain? or equal power -if you could say that?

IE : is a Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) equal power or more power then a 3.5ghz Pentium?