you? Is the biannual upgrade cycle a thing of the past?
Was it ever present?

Antec Insulated case
AMD Barton 3700+
XP Pro sp2
2gigs of RAM
2x250 SATA
48XDVD/CDR/Burner
NVidia GFX 4000
2xAP2496's
24" SOYO Flat Screen LCD
CW HS7
CW Professional 7
SHS4
SF AS8
SF AS9
30-40 DX and VST plugins
I get what I need out of this old bugger.........................................
I am not upgrading til this thing dies.
I know this set up forward and backward, it never glitches ,bugs,flickers or jitters.
I'd rather buy guitars and play with them/work on 'em etc.................
Than buy/upgrade pc's and software , heck by the time most guys get upgraded updated and debugged,they are thinking about the next new thing.
In the mean time I've bought and sold and tinkered with 10 -15 cool guitars....

P.S......... you should see my back up system............
One old ass....AMD Duron 1200 Thundbird Overclocked,2gigs ram,2-80g IDE's,48Xburner,1-AP2496,15"LCD..................
Grandpa still gets 'er up when need be