In general this is true, but there's at least one thing you never grow out of needing: more storage. And until now the mac pro is the only one with expandable internal storage. On top of that most apple software[1] don't deal well with network storage, so it's twice as bad for some users.
[1]especially time machine and aperture but a lot of others as well
[1]especially time machine and aperture but a lot of others as well