[samdoshi]

This feels very reactionary to me.

That fact that the new Mac Pros will not be out till next year makes it sound like they've only started working on it quite recently, perhaps in response to the furore over their treatment of their professional users.

[DoofusOfDeath]

That was my initial reaction as well. But after parsing their quotes a little more carefully, I don't see anything implying that they just started.