The current Mac Pro is long in the tooth and to all intents and purposes is dead, despite the so-called 'update' this summer. The Mac Pro forums are a pretty sad place, folk still clutching at straws, hoping something comes out next summer.
"Lloyd Chambers (MacPerformance Guide) thinks it may be August 2013 before Apple releases a new Mac Pro because of remarks Steve made two or three years ago, brought to his attention by a reader of his site, that Apple would not release a Mac Pro until USB 3 was natively supported. The Ivy Bridge Xeon is supposed to support USB 3 natively."
(http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/152825/future-of-mac-pro)
I went that route. The current Mini is by far the most complicated, scary computer I've worked in, and the SSD is the absolute first thing into the chassis.
It's doable, but it's far more complicated than the current (non-retina) MacBook Pro or any desktop I've ever worked in.
Well, two regular ports but the second one is at an odd angle. An adapter[1] is required to fill the second spot if you buy your Mini with only one drive.
