And we can lay blame squarely on Intel and others here to a certain extent. Intel could easily offer ECC support in its consumer line of desktop (none) and lap

And we can lay blame squarely on Intel and others here to a certain extent. Intel could easily offer ECC support in its consumer line of desktop (none) and laptop processors (only offers it on 3 of them: http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced/?s=t&FamilyText=4th%20Generation%20Intel%C2%AE%20Core%E2%84%A2%20i7%20Processors&ECCMemory=true http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced/?s=t&FamilyText=4th%20G...), but doesn't. To me, ECC support should be like SSL/TLS for modern applications; don't do it without it!