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<blockquote data-quote="Absolutely" data-source="post: 1345167" data-attributes="member: 230114">The other thing to keep in mind with a Mac Pro is the processor upgrade possibilities. It can be turned into 12-Core behemoth in the future if needed. The iMac apparently has no such processor upgrade path.Also, while the geekbench score is very important, it does not tell the whole story. For instance if you were to do heavy processing on your Mac (For instance, running a recording sessions or virtual instruments at higher sample resolutions) throughput becomes an issue very quickly and the Xeons are well suited for those tasks despite the fact that the Sandy Bridge processors are definitely more efficient than the Server-Class Xeons. If you are going to do heavy, heavy CPU-intensive audio processing, the Mac Pro (Specifically from 2.93 GHz on up, although the 2.8 GHz is a very good Mac Pro) is your machine.That said, I'd love one of those new Sandy Bridge 3960X's in a Mac Pro ! I think you are going in the right direction with the Mac Pro though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Absolutely, post: 1345167, member: 230114"] The other thing to keep in mind with a Mac Pro is the processor upgrade possibilities. It can be turned into 12-Core behemoth in the future if needed. The iMac apparently has no such processor upgrade path. Also, while the geekbench score is very important, it does not tell the whole story. For instance if you were to do heavy processing on your Mac (For instance, running a recording sessions or virtual instruments at higher sample resolutions) throughput becomes an issue very quickly and the Xeons are well suited for those tasks despite the fact that the Sandy Bridge processors are definitely more efficient than the Server-Class Xeons. If you are going to do heavy, heavy CPU-intensive audio processing, the Mac Pro (Specifically from 2.93 GHz on up, although the 2.8 GHz is a very good Mac Pro) is your machine. That said, I'd love one of those new Sandy Bridge 3960X's in a Mac Pro ! I think you are going in the right direction with the Mac Pro though. [/QUOTE]

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