Well, yeah. Win7 x64 Pro/Ent/Ult have a max of 192GB. Starter, Home Basic, and Home Premium have maxes of 2GB, 8GB, and 16GB respectively.
I’m still impressed with Server08 Datacenter, supports CPU and RAM hotswapping. FTW
Don’t get me wrong, Sandy Bridge is a nice logical step in the Core-i series but there’s way too many limitations on old-school use for me to ever consider buying one for myself. In fact, if Intel stays on this path I doubt I’ll be an intel fanboy much longer. Locking the CPU clock with the system bus clock is done for 1 single reason, to prevent overclocking. Unless intel plans on lowering their locked CPUs to match the prices of their AMD equivalents I can’t see them staying in dominance much longer.