Agreed.
I was studying the same move, but the new macpro design does not fit with rack concept very well…
You might already know that but if you’re going that way, sonnet (I think it’s them) released some rack chassis for new macpro including pcie ports and hard drives bay.
I won’t comment on the price asked for that but it surely solves a lot of problems…
And yet, I think the new Mac Pro is a tempting opportunity for a “silent machine in the control room, with av cards in front of you” paradigm.
In that vision, everything is simply local, especially when you think madi or ethersound.
In the end, the only thing that has to be remote is mass storage. (Again, network, network, so avid Isis or other Network shared storage)
That last part still being really expensive, maybe it’s too soon, though…)
The main reason I’m thinking of having the Mac in croom is that it’s way more easy to add monitors when needed, plug USB sticks, manage a soundcard with on-board parameters etc… Maybe not worth it…