"Plus, how much value does an iMac give you?" I do care gaming. It came with an 8800, mobile variant of course, but good enough of a reason back in April. It's

"Plus, how much value does an iMac give you?" I do care gaming. It came with an 8800, mobile variant of course, but good enough of a reason back in April. It's still quite a bit better than the stock 9600 the new MBPs have. Plus the 24" screen is nothing to sneer at when you have to code all day. The 24" screen is an IPS screen compared to all MBs and MBPs TN screens. (Higher quality) I'd much rather have those three than a beefy laptop. While not truly "coffee-shop mobile", it's still useful for when you drive to your parent's place for the holidays since all you need is iMac, keyboard, and mouse.