I forget where I saw the lecture on the internet, but the argument basically stated that people are only starting to realize what multi-core processors are able

I forget where I saw the lecture on the internet, but the argument basically stated that people are only starting to realize what multi-core processors are able to achieve. It's a relatively new technology to the average user, and it is going to take some time before applications start moving down the development pipe that takes advantage of multi-core. To answer your questions, no one knows yet what the average user could do with that many cores, but I can almost guarantee you that their will be an answer within the next five years.