That's all great news--even better since I stopped by the Apple store today to check out the Mac Pro firsthand. Even the display Mac Pro with lower specs than I'm requesting shows more promise than the double Xeon PC I've been working on for 2 years going. Nothing's more satisfying to me than 'comping' quickie art with HD1080 settings in FCP and Motion in less than a few minutes render. My Turtle renders are gonna scream!
Just need to write out my justification and hope for the best!

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