http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/04/ benchmarks_of_2009_imacs_mac_minis_show_negligible_speed_ups.html snip: Although Apple is touting the performance of its new iMac and Mac mini desktops, a new test shows that newer processors from Intel have had little impact on the computers' true speed. I'm no expert but I don't think we've all been waiting this long for that kind of lackluster improvement. Now, if they'd knock a few more hundred off the price..... zc