Agreed. That screen is one of the finest I've ever seen on a computer, which is why I'm going to buy one as soon as I get tired of tolerating my old iMac's 1.83ghz CPU speed. I don't use it for much heavy lifting anymore so I think it will last a year or so. It's mainly a web browsing machine and media center now.

Actually, I never knew this, but in relation to the previous person who mentioned GPU mainly for gaming, in SC2, it tells you what is being used to turn up certain aspects of the game.  I'd say about half of the graphics things are actually the CPU, and not the GPU, but the GPU ones are more important, needless to say.

whats so good about iMac ?? i never used a Mac before so can anyone tell me whats make it better than a regular PC ?

I think its a status thing or something like that...

People will rant and rave for one platform over another but really, it's just preference. I like OS X a lot and prefer using it in day-to-day work over Windows.

On the other hand, Windows 7 is a great OS and Windows' ability to run software is unparalleled.

So, I run both.

It has OSX(an OS that some people like) and is good for audio engineering and graphic design. Other than that they are greatly overpriced(to a comparable PC), but they have better resale value.

no blu-ray built-in. what a waste for such brilliant screen.

what's worse is that OSX doesn't even support blu-ray external drive.

to me, iMac doesn't do the one thing I want it to do, what a bag of hurt

Now that Windows 7 is out, not a whole lot. There used to be many reason to like a UNIX os over a Microsoft product, mostly reliability and driver support. But there are still reasons to like a UNIX based OS over windows. For all those reasons (other then price), OSX applies.

The nice thing about Macs are the OS and hardware are made by the same people, so everything works well together. Again this is less of an issue now days, but still crops up from time to time.

For me, it's all about preference. I just like the OS far better. I like how you navigate between windows better. I like the file system better, I like the quickness of the UI better, and I like the feel a lot better. Ever since Windows XP, I have felt like Windows was a little Fisher Price like. Everything looks a little kid oriented. OSX feels a little more professional.

Lastly, For my living, I am a Microsoft .NET Software Developer. To setup a computer to develop, I need Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, SQL Server, and some addon tools so VS2010 doesn't suck (Resharper, Ants and so on).

The above list of software is well over a thousand dollars. If you were to set up a new employee with the tools I have, it would cost you over $5,400 and a yearly subscription (my company pays for it, not me).  On the Mac, all that stuff is free. 

The cost of the iMac with Apples top set of tools, is less then the windows equivalent tools.c. Sure, you can get cheaper versions of those tools. (SQL Express, Visual Studio Express, and so on), but those tools are not the top of the line tools.

Apples gives all it's top of the line tools away for free. So those are some of the reasons I bought a Mac.

Really, it doesn't do a think you want to do? So what you want to do is not done in Windows, OSX, or Linux?

Odd. Being this computer runs all those OS's, I find it hard to understand what it is you want to do.

FYI: In windows, you can play BD's on an external player on this computer, just like you can on any computer. I have no desire however to watch DB moves on a computer screen. I use my TV for that.

let me get this straight.... in order to take full advantage of iMac's screen (which is one big feature you brought up)... not only I need to buy an addtional blu-ray player (Somehow Apple doesn't feel that blu-ray is a proven format yet), I also have to install Windows OS?

why don't I just save hundreds of dollars and just go with Window 7 PC then, many of them have blu-ray built-in.