[start shameless Mac G5 Plug] Apple G5 quad core Not eight cores, but four 2.5Ghz ones, and up to 16GB of RAM (usable too!) for 1/10th the price of that beast at the beginning of the thread. For $12,000 you can get a quad G5 with a quadro fx 4500 card, a terabyte of internal storage, 8GB of RAM, and two 30" cinema displays at 2560x1600 pixel resoltion [/end shameless Mac G5 plug] THat looks cool, but at those prices they could call them "sports car replacements" hehe