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1 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for PERFORMANCE
Apple iMac 24"/2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/4GB RAM/640GB HD/SuperDrive/NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 (MB419LL/A) Mac Desktop
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$1,900.00 Est. at Amazon
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    5.0 Stars i used to cringe when mcafee virusscan started up on my pc because it choked the system's performance and took hours to run.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i'm glad i waited for this, the specs are awesome as is the performance and appearance.
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    5.0 Stars i buy a new computer about every 4-5 years, so i am understandably impressed with the performance of any new machine i purchase...take that into account also.
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    5.0 Stars mine came with os10 leopard installed which had some performance issues but with the $10 upgrade to snow leopard through apple all issues were fixed immediately.
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    5.0 Stars this is a high-performance computer into its all-in-one design .
Positives: Nice Expandability, Powerful, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.93 GHz
2 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for PERFORMANCE
Apple iMac 20"/2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/2GB RAM/320GB HD/SuperDrive/NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (MB417LL/A) Mac Desktop
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$1,169.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i used to cringe when mcafee virusscan started up on my pc because it choked the system's performance and took hours to run.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars this is a high-performance computer into its all-in-one design .
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i'm glad i waited for this, the specs are awesome as is the performance and appearance.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i buy a new computer about every 4-5 years, so i am understandably impressed with the performance of any new machine i purchase...take that into account also.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars mine came with os10 leopard installed which had some performance issues but with the $10 upgrade to snow leopard through apple all issues were fixed immediately.
Positives: Nice Expandability, Powerful, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
3 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for PERFORMANCE
Apple iMac 24"/3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/4GB RAM/1TB HD/SuperDrive/NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 (MB420LL/A) Mac Desktop
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$1,850.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i used to cringe when mcafee virusscan started up on my pc because it choked the system's performance and took hours to run.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars mine came with os10 leopard installed which had some performance issues but with the $10 upgrade to snow leopard through apple all issues were fixed immediately.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i'm glad i waited for this, the specs are awesome as is the performance and appearance.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars this is a high-performance computer into its all-in-one design .
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i buy a new computer about every 4-5 years, so i am understandably impressed with the performance of any new machine i purchase...take that into account also.
Positives: Nice Expandability, Powerful, Compact, Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
4 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for PERFORMANCE
Apple iMac 24"/2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/4GB RAM/640GB HD/SuperDrive/NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (MB418LL/A) Mac Desktop
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$1,316.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i used to cringe when mcafee virusscan started up on my pc because it choked the system's performance and took hours to run.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i buy a new computer about every 4-5 years, so i am understandably impressed with the performance of any new machine i purchase...take that into account also.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i'm glad i waited for this, the specs are awesome as is the performance and appearance.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars this is a high-performance computer into its all-in-one design .
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars mine came with os10 leopard installed which had some performance issues but with the $10 upgrade to snow leopard through apple all issues were fixed immediately.
Positives: Excellent Expandability, Powerful, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for PERFORMANCE
Apple MB871LL/A Quad-Core Mac Pro Mac Desktop
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$2,399.00 Est. at Amazon
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    5.0 Stars photoshop performance is amazing and fluid.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars my render times are greatly reduced and when snow leopard is released, i expect to see even bigger improvements in system performance.
Positives: Powerful, Great Expandability, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
 
Apple MB535LL/A 8-Core Mac Pro Mac Desktop
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$3,159.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars photoshop performance is amazing and fluid.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars my render times are greatly reduced and when snow leopard is released, i expect to see even bigger improvements in system performance.
Positives: Powerful, Nice Expandability, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
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