[HeidiKnight]

I went with the Mac Pro, Carol. But you can get a really sweet iMac and it will take up so much less space on your desk. You will spend a lot less as well. I ended up upgrading to 8gb RAM (6gb now comes standard on the machine I chose), 2 optical drives, 1 TB hard drive bay 1, 640gb hard drive bay 2, bay 3 and 4 are open if I want to expand later, but that's doubtful for a long, long time. I have had great experiences with their customer service. I called 3 or 4 times with various questions or order changes and every single person I talked to was extremely pleasant and helpful, not to mention intelligable. Most of my order shipped right away (the monitor is in the box next to my desk right now), I just have to wait on the tower. If you have an Apple store nearby, I hear they'll build a machine for you in just a few days. I probably should have done that, but went the lazy online route instead. Oh, I work for a school district so I got an education discount too - that saved me several hundered $$$!

As for lenses, the 50mm 1.4 is on my list too, but I'm waiting on that.