http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1180895-is-skyrim-being-simplified-to-much/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1180930-quit-frothing-at-the-mouth-and-think/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1181161-its-new-its-different-and-it-frightens-me/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1181094-removing-attributes-is-a-mistake/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1181321-wonder-why-they-took-out-attributes/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1181352-i-increased-my-characters-intelligence-so-he-would-be-more-intelligent/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1180946-perks-vs-attributes/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1182373-no-attributes-sounds-horrible/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1183043-an-open-letter-to-bethesda-game-studios/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1183298-clearing-some-misunderstandingsattributes/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1183588-attributes-skills-and-wheres-the-roleplaying/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1180807-now-i-am-slightly-depressed/
That should get you started on what the forum has had to say about attributes.