This is a beautiful machine. It does look odd but every hardware built into the Pro looks amazing fit and stylish. The only complain, of course is when you need all those extra cables and just make the Pro looks uglier. I am going to one of these a year or later, like when the 2nd or even 3rd generation comes out. When iPod first came out, it was a big hit but it was a monster. 2 generations down it was slim.
I'm pretty sure the form factor is here to stay for a while. Apple isn't going to re-engineer the Mac Pro's case nearly as rapidly as their other consumer devices.
Ah. I don't know. I feel like there might be improves. But Apple does have a track of adding/removing small features like removing or adding usb and 1394 ports.