I know I've said this before, it's just that it makes me so mad...
Quote Originally Posted by informal View Post
It looks like they had a difficult choice to make and they went with more performance which is ,in the end,a right thing to do.
Yeah but this doesn't explain why they didn't launch AM3+ with this years 870/880G/890GX/890FX chipsets.
This would have been the only way to make some decent use of the remaining compatibility: You buy an AM3+ board for your AM3 CPU in 2010, and will be able to upgrade to BD in 2011.

I don't even own an AM3 board, I just feel sorry for all people who bought a new board this year and thought they would be able to use it with BD.

You need a new board for SB, but you also need a new board for BD which also happens to show up later. Tough choice.