Yeah Guy, I don't remember what exactly the deal was but IIRC he just thought too highly of himself.
They may be yesterdays chips but I still run core 2 quads, I haven't had a good reason to upgrade yet. My overclocked, watercooled Q8400 and Q6600 do just fine for every task I've come across so I imagine I'll be a couple more years yet. I'm past the "epeen" bull and don't need to impress anyone.
I remember when a chip or platform could be outdated in a year like the first pentium I had, 11 months old and I couldn't run Prodigy,,,, I figure that PC cost me $300 a month.