It's targeted as a work machine, which isn't really subject to seasonal Thanksgiving/Xmas buying, not much at least. I'm guessing the demographic of people dropping $3-6K on shiny Xeon-shaped garbage cans as Christmas gifts is pretty small.
That said, I suspect they wanted to release this one earlier but hit some speed bumps.
That said, I suspect they wanted to release this one earlier but hit some speed bumps.