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Originally Posted by MBTC
The non-tower Macs don't have enough airflow to run the best CPUs.
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this is the truth! I've owned two Imacs - both for audio purposes - and had the same problem with the two of them. There simply isn't enough air flow to use as a proper audio workstation, despite seeing them on almost every issue of an Audio Mag in their photos and all of that. my advice for anyone who uses Logic Pro is to get the Mac Pro - or if they think it's to expensive, I'd go with Hackintosh, since you already paid the OS and the software anyway... But this issue used to be worse prior to the newest intel CPU models that deal better with energy and don't reach such high temperatures - more an improvement on Intel then Apple if you ask me. Plus, it makes life more complicated to get the dedicated USB bus for a TI when you only have so much as 3 usb ports on the Mac, right? Even running wireless Keyboard and Mouse, you still need to plug-in a controller or something...