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I am also ready to buy a new Mac in the near future. Robert pointed me towards the Mac mini, but if I want to use my current 30" monitor I need a $99 Dual-link DVI adapter. Minis are 2.5GHz dual-core i5 ($800), or 2.0GHz quad-core i7 for the server ($1000), + keyboard, +mouse, +trackpad)
I could instead get a 27" iMac with 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 for $2000 with monitor, keyboard, trackpad, leave the 30" connected to my Mac Pro Quad G5 and use this old computer for my PowerPC-only software. I just want to run Photoshop and Lightroom on the new one (%*@^# giant D800 files!)
I think the new minis and iMac are roughly the same in performance, much faster than my G5 box.
Any enlightening counterpoints from the peanut gallery?
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