The HP you reference is a lot cheaper: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CIvD7qzOnLwCFeZ7Qgodt3cAVA&Item=0A5-006A-00038&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&

The HP you reference is a lot cheaper: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CIvD7qzOnLwCFeZ7Qgodt3cAVA&Item=0A5-006A-00038&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-All+Desktop+PCs-_-0A5-006A-00038&ef_id=UuVm7AAAASb0nV4e:20140126195004:s http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CIvD7qzOnLw... $1,629. It would need a nice video card, I think, but let's call it $2,000. Now, it still better than the Mac Pro, because if you have a bunch of disks, you need to spend, for the Mac Pro, between $1,500 and $2,500 to hold the disks. That makes the Mac Pro a LOT more expensive.