He's getting a refund of his income taxes. And, no, not everyone gets one.
Exactly. Really no need to explain why, though.
And an update: I went with the socket 939 board (the first one I linked to) because a) the price was dang good for the board and processor ($109 v $220 with the other one), and b) still good quality (2.40ghz v. 2.80).
It now comes Monday. Hopefully.