Im wondering if obtaining weapons will be the same as in Oblivion. It seemed like it took a while (or a lot of gold) to get a nice weapon with good stat boosts. Is Skyrim going to make this quicker/slower?

Slower.

sure about that?

(any links to help me find out for sure)

I think it looks a lot faster I have seen people that are like level 5 and have orcish weapons

By slower I mean slower to make money. Weapons depends on your luck and how Many places you go.

But it looks like there are varieties of weapons now rather than just 'orcish' weapons or 'dwarven' weapons.

I saw someone get a Skyforge Steel Greatsword. (Better than Steel) so there is more variety. So I believe you will upgrade more often, but each upgrade will be less of an improvement than in Oblivion.

thats what i was looking for.

I enjoy a lot of replacements, I hope its similar to the Borderlands system. (but more unique)