I actually just ordered a refurbished quad-core Mac Pro a few days ago at the discounted price of $2119 + AppleCare + tax; it should arrive tomorrow. I bought

I actually just ordered a refurbished quad-core Mac Pro a few days ago at the discounted price of $2119 + AppleCare + tax; it should arrive tomorrow. I bought my Mac Pro for three reasons: (1) I needed a Mac more powerful than my 2013 MacBook Air and my personal needs can't wait until 2018 (and I'm not fond of the 2016 MacBook Pro; I really wanted something like the 2015 MBP but with support for 32GB RAM, some USB-A ports, and upgradeable storage [I could cope with soldered RAM, but soldered storage crosses the line]); (2) It's my response to the promises that Apple's executives made to pro users last week; and (3) I feel that $2119 is a good deal for a Mac Pro, even though it is three year-old hardware. It's still mightily faster than my MacBook Air. Now that Apple has promised Mac users that it still cares about the Mac and that it will start focusing on the needs of pro users again, I'm still invested in the Mac platform (I bought a refurbished ThinkPad T430 not too long after the October MacBook Pro reveal to see what Windows 10 and modern Linux desktops are like; I found Windows 10 very annoying, and while I believe desktop Linux has caught up to Windows or perhaps even exceeded it in terms of usability, it still has a while to go before reaching OS X in my opinion), and I'm patiently waiting for what Apple reveals over the next few years to see if it keeps its promises. Hopefully Apple is truly listening to its customers and Apple releases an expandable Mac Pro and a version of the MacBook Pro that focuses on power and perhaps even upgradeability again (like the pre-Retina MacBook Pro models) instead of exclusively on thinness and lightness. I'd love a Mac version of the ThinkPad P series. I also hope that Apple's competitors don't stand still in case Apple doesn't keep its promises. I would love for desktop Linux to catch up to OS X within the next few years so that way I could take advantage of the wide diversity of PC hardware options. And in many ways desktop Linux is almost there; it just needs some more polish and elbow grease (some nicer fonts would be nice).