Well being that these damn chips won't be out until Q1 '03 now, what does it matter? By then an array of new boards will out on the market.
If you couldn't tell, I'm upset, but not suprised that Barton is so delayed. AMD originally tried to say October; laughing that off I guessed 2 weeks before christmas, but never well after christmas.
So it appears my christmas system will be powered by a P4.