Dear List, Thanks for everyone's feedback - excellent detail - all my questions have been answered.
BTW: Roel was correct that I got confused over the AMD and Intel naming conventions regarding the 64 bit versions of Python for Windows. (I missed that nuance that the Intel build refered to the Itanium vs. the standard off-the-rack 64 bit version of Intel's 586/686 CPU) Best regards, Malcolm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
