Which Mac desktop to get for FCP Studio or FCP X

[Bret Williams]

My 27″ tricked out iMac with pegasus R4 raid was almost exactly 4 grand. Maximum RAM (at the time, 16gigs), Maximum graphics card, Max processor. That came to about $2400, and the Pegasus was about $1600. I would expect the pegasus to be a bit less a year later. Crucial Ram on amazon was $70. The rest I bought from B&H. I think they’re pricing the new iMac roughly the same if you don’t go nuts and get a fusion drive. They haven’t announced all the pricing, but the less than completely tricked out 27″ is listed at $1999. I’d bet the graphics upgrade is $200 and the processor upgrade is $200-300.