I don't see why anyone has a problem with this. I would think that most of us would be buying the Bloomfield platform anyway. It is just so much better. The only downside I can see is that it looks like dual core CPUs will not be supported on it, but that is not such a downside when you consider that Nehalem will be a native quad (and maybe octo) core. It should be able to power down the other 3 cores when they are not in use. Still there is the issue of dual cores typically overclocking a bit better than quads. Some of you seem to be forgetting that this is extreme systems, not budget systems. I am willing to buy a lower binned CPU only as long as it overclocks to almost the same level as the higher binned version. From what I have read Bloomfield is a replacement for X38/X48 not Skulltrail. While this may effect some mainstream users it is not going to affect enthusiasts much at all. It sounds like Bloomfield will fully support overclocking. I consider that good news.