For those eagerly anticipating a shiny new PC with bleeding edge "Rambus"
memory, you may need to wait a bit.  This (likely) includes HP Kayak
XM600 and XU800 models, announced just a few days ago (though available
with either SDRAM or RAMBUS).

News.com reports:

       Intel has acknowledged a major problem involving
       Rambus memory technology that could delay for months
       computers that were scheduled to debut Monday,
       sources say.
       ...
       The systems built so far have three
       slots in the motherboard for Rambus memory, but
       now Intel has said that systems should only have two[...].
       ...
       According to sources, Intel has notified
       manufacturers that the third slot is a
       problem, even if it's empty.

Details are at
     < http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-123024.html >

--Glenn

P.S.  I wonder if c|net is selling the news.com domain name.
      "News.com" still goes to the "right" place, but
      the links all point to "news.cnet.com".