>I wonder if ICD2 will support the new chips from Microchip
>or it will be only for ICD3?

The advertising on the Microchip web site already says the ICD2 is not 
recommended for use with new devices. Due to various limitations with the 
internal hardware of the ICD2 I doubt that it will continue to be supported 
for new devices. Also note that Microchip are running a program to trade in 
an ICD2 and get 25% off a new debug tool, such as an ICD3 or Real ICE. Note 
that some revisions of the ICD2 will not work with Vista 64 (not sure about 
Vista 32, but it may be that as well) due to internal hardware problems in 
the ICD2.

>The RealICE is still a hi end debug tool and ICD3 is a replacement for 
>ICD2.

Essentially yes, but when you look at the Real ICE feature list it does have 
significant extra features. The ICD3 is also a lot faster than the ICD2 as 
it can run at USB2 High Speed, where the ICD2 can run at only Full Speed, 
and it has a lot more debugging features for the higher end target chips. 

-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist