I agree, it is a shame that apple started using agere firewire chipsets in their laptops. However, the mac pro still have texas instrument chipsets. I checked this asap when I got my new mac. So, it is good news for audio people.
The single quadcore mac pro is pricey if you compare it to computers which you can build yourself. Anyway, it was easy for apple to offer such a computer because they already had the mac pro concept ready, just leave the other processor away. The core 2 quad processors offer a very good value for money. It is a shame that apple's cheapest "normal" computer costs about 1800 euros. They should absolutely sell a computer at the 1000 euro level offering a quad core processor and a case which would allow the user to add hard drives, memory etc. I even hope they would announce a new version of the mini that would be more like the old cube, not so small as mini, to enable using normal size hard drives, not laptop parts. Anyway, I am waiting that apple updates the mini to new specs because the pc of my parents is closing the end of its life and I want them to have a mac. That will make their (and my) lives easier.
Btw, lol to the Dell-video!
