[shawger]

I think the AMD socket design will have more potential for the future. The current Intel socket has been the same one for awhile now, and I wouldn't be surprised if they changed it soon. The current AMD AM2 sockets will be backwards compatible with the AM3 sockets coming out next year, so you should be good for awhile.

Also keep in mind that AMD has their memory controller on-chip, and has plans to add graphics capabilities to the chips as well.