Quote Originally Posted by Hornet331 View Post
Just to words -> time frame

What you get now, other already got for 10 months. Everyone who jumped on s1366 right on the beginn lost nothing, and that gulftown is a nice bonus. -> again you get it way before "all others"

Just reminds me of the people who always about the people who buy EE. But now they about the platform...
So now the argument is time frame?

Yep, people sure love being locked to 2 different CPUs: i7 920 and the future affordable i9 (if it even exist). Still you miss the point: i7 has been since the beginning a server platform offered to desktop users. If you're that 1% that benefits from server machines and you're proud of your e-peen having your super hot CPU 10 months earlier than the rest, you should be very happy now. Nobody here is saying the x58 platform is a failure by itself. It's a failure where Intel has put it. Anyway, s1156 is not going to last either. Sandy Bridge uses a new socket and it's 1 year away or less.