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<blockquote data-quote="thepachman" data-source="post: 998486" data-attributes="member: 29607">I second this opinion.&nbsp; The i7 iMacs are benchmarking far above the Mac Pros, and though you might have the urge to upgrade the Mac Pro, it really is quite difficult since there is much Mac-Specific hardware necessary.&nbsp; The iMac includes display (27&quot;!!!) and everything else in it, and at the moment seems to be the (maybe not so obvious) choice instead of a Mac Pro.The only reasons I would get the Mac Pro above the iMac:-using it for work and can't sell your old monitor-someone else is buying-absolutely have to have the Xeon processorThe problem is that the base Dual Quad-Core starts at $3299 sans monitor, include a monitor on par with the iMac and you're looking at upwards of $4k, whereas the iMac i7 starts at 1999.&nbsp; Throw in some memory upgrades and it's a little more than half the price of a comparable Mac Pro.That said, I'm not sure what they would do to upgrade the Mac Pro this year, other than introducing some more powerful processors.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thepachman, post: 998486, member: 29607"] I second this opinion. The i7 iMacs are benchmarking far above the Mac Pros, and though you might have the urge to upgrade the Mac Pro, it really is quite difficult since there is much Mac-Specific hardware necessary. The iMac includes display (27"!!!) and everything else in it, and at the moment seems to be the (maybe not so obvious) choice instead of a Mac Pro. The only reasons I would get the Mac Pro above the iMac: -using it for work and can't sell your old monitor -someone else is buying -absolutely have to have the Xeon processor The problem is that the base Dual Quad-Core starts at $3299 sans monitor, include a monitor on par with the iMac and you're looking at upwards of $4k, whereas the iMac i7 starts at 1999. Throw in some memory upgrades and it's a little more than half the price of a comparable Mac Pro. That said, I'm not sure what they would do to upgrade the Mac Pro this year, other than introducing some more powerful processors. [/QUOTE]

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