thanks dan
30" is too much for me thats for sure!!!! the 24" would be perfect for me to be fair and would compromise between the display options
to be honest ive been bothered by the imacs lack of expansion, mainly graphics, hard disk etc plus the fact they clearly have some major issues and i dont see them being particularly reliable in the not too distant future either, maybe (hopefully) i'll be wrong!
ive also been told to wait until jan 27th as its highly likely apple will refresh the mac pros, knowing my luck id buy one tomorrow and there would be an even more awesome one out in a weeks time for the same money!!!