Yea, when I first saw that video it almost made me embarrassed that I took his words so seriously back in the TechTV days. I'm not even interested in his opinion anymore.Leo was not that impressed with the nMP when it was first shown but is now in love with it after using it. BTW here is a youtube video of him upgrading his 2010 Mac Pro last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4umTWEfr4s
He's been a fan since he first saw it and going on about how he's use it as the ultimate media centre.
He's one of those people who it is ideal for. It's different in design to wow and spark conversation, it's powerful enough and he can easily write it off as an expense to where the price (or price difference) doesn't matter.
Sadly TWiT is pretty lacking when it comes to pro-hardware knowledge, although they can better than others.
I don't think he was a fan when Apple first previewed it last June.
Who is Leo Laporte?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmxfYzLG3f8Leo Laporte adds a little commentary to David Pogue's report on Apple's recently released Mac Pro.