The trash can Mac Pro was definitely a machine for my very specific niche (dev x FOSS x music x gamedev x some other use cases well suited for big-ish RAM + man

The trash can Mac Pro was definitely a machine for my very specific niche (dev x FOSS x music x gamedev x some other use cases well suited for big-ish RAM + many CPU cores + good IO in a small mostly silent form factor). I did not care a single second that it was not upgradable, just that it was not updated by the time I set out to buy one (which I did not because of that). It was definitely more like a Mac Mini Pro.