week 49 barton unlocked again

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i read a report from a dude in south africa who got his hands on a week 49 2500+. he claims it is unlocked. now this is very interesting. firstly it is not week 49 yet so it looks like it's been shoved out the door early for some reason. and secondly i thought that they all would be locked by now.
do you think that all the slagging off of amd has made them reverse their decision to lock them up? sounds good to me. lots of peeps claimed that they would move to the dark side if amd locked their chips. maybe they took some notice.