Re: MacBook Pro 17" vs. Mac Pro

"I've been saying here for some time that many editors here do not need a Mac Pro and can very comfortably use an iMac. CPU power grows exponentially, and has outpaced video needs."

I'd better say first that I think there absolutely should be a performance beast option from apple, and there are areas that definitely benefit.

But...there seem to be a lot of people on these boards who talk about the importance of performance and then say that they buy a top-end workstation and only replace it every 5 or 6 years.
If you what you care about is computational power (and I accept that workstations might have other advantages) then you're always better of buying mid-range and replacing more often. Because "CPU power grows exponentially."

If you'd had a fixed budget to spend on macs over the last 10 years - let's say enough to be on your second, ageing mac pro screamer- you'd have got far more calculations per second from 4 generations of imacs. On average you'd have had a much faster computer for the same money.

Sorry for the off-topic. Yes, apple will come up with something and it will "infuriate and amaze" pros.