The thing that pisses me off most about the apple shroud of secrecy is that pro's DONT CARE about the hype. Leave that for the consumers. We just want a faster machine NOW. Or, at least give us a road map that we can plan for.
I work in the music for TV/Film business - and we push the hell out of these machines. And, with the machine is all the related peripherals and DSP hardware that goes with it. If they pull a surprise and go thunderbolt only for i/o, I need to plan for it. So the machine might cost 7k - but the switcharoo of everything else might cost 10k or more. This is why we need to know what's going on. Planning. Logistics.
Gee, I wonder why Mac Pro sales are dropping... because people aren't all excited about dropping 7k on a Mac Pro that hasn't been updated in 2 years. There's a 3.43Ghz Hex chip they could have even added over a year ago as a quiet additional upgrade speed bump - but no, they haven't done a thing. Even if two of those chips are 3k retail, they'd still make money - as there's no way the mobo, case, and drives cost another 3k... and there's no way they'd be paying that price per CPU in bulk.
The whole thing just sucks. I need more power now. And an i7 iMac isn't going to cut it...