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The screen is nice and big and with the GeForce 8800 it even handles most games.

older games. Which is fine if you already have the games. I'm guessing that a soon to be kindergartner doesn't really have a large library of (age appropriate) software. The older macs do have dvdrom drives, so I suppose the used market is open.

A mac that can access most of the content on the app store would be helpful.
 
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