You're seeing a "fringe case", but totally fine. I've had CPU's pop out totally during a re-paste, and you can simply reinstall them! Back in the 386 days, this was normal, it was called a LIF chip (Low Insertion Force) and newer chips are called ZIF (Zero Insertion Force)
PS - I would get the same setup as BahnStormer. If you continue to wait for the next product, you'll NEVER upgrade. Just pull the trigger, you'll be glad