Actually I bought my Macbook pro in 2008 (although it does make little difference), which was a brand-new product (costed more than 2200USD) at that time. Somehow my machine was discontinued in 2009 and became a vintage good this year according to Apple's policy (they classify Apple products as vintage goods after 5 years of discontinuing products). Nobody would expect a brand-new product to be discontinued in the following year with normal sense.
There are several issues I have on how Apple inc currently handles their old products:
1. There is no way consumers can learn whether their products are discontinued unless they actually visit an Apple store.
2. Even though Apple has all information on consumers' purchasing histories (via registration of purchase), they never notify their decisions of discontinuing certain products to consumers. This is clearly neglecting their duties.
2. Specific to MacBook Pro, Apple still uses the same product names (not like iPad 2 or 3 ...), so technically speaking, MacBook Pro is not discontinued.
3. Discontinuing products are introduced only for Apple's benefits not for consumers (e.g. in California they still provide services to vintage goods because CA state imposes stricter rules on protecting consumers' rights).