retail its alot more. Apple only has a few vid cards that are supported, and that is the biggest gripe i have. Other than that I love it, but Its not such a big deal since I will not be playing any games on it and if I did the most intensive game I play is Eve-Online and Starfleet Command 3

Thinking on just getting a workstation card. It's mostly for video and picture editing. (mostly video).

I would have rebuilt my old computer, but with the size discount I got from Apple, I decided to just get one of them. It was alot cheaper and it looks so purtty.