Question 2 first Soar!..... LGA2011 will be released in 2012 !...... Probably in the middle of Q1 to Q2.... I have a source in OZ and she's been good for the goss before ... after all she's a woman!.... cost me a bottle of wine too, this I don't mind as usually indicates the intel is good!... no pun intended!
16 Gb of memory.... as soon as you said Video editing, the answer is an definite "Yes".... This also allows you to virtually turn off page filing in performance... another plus.......then there's the software development Unknown!..... we know use stupid amounts of memory compared to just a few years ago, ... what sort of overhead will we need say next year ? .... Ive got 24 gig in mine and it gives me piece of mind working with massive files.... and I can have several programs open at once with no performance hit what so ever..........At those prices, It's a no brainer!
Aussie Allan