congrats on your new machine, i will be getting one myself this weekend, after owning a macbook for 2 months as my first mac. what made you go with the 3.06? just curious because i am torn between the 2.8 and the 3.06.... HDD in the 2.8 is enought for me so basically it comes down to the GPU, I dont do any gaming at all on my computer only on PS3 and rarely, i do some very light and amateur video and photo editing, other than that its web browsing, chat, email, dvd burning, itunes etc... so i dont really think i need the better GPU or wont really notice any difference to justify the extra $400. but having the top of the line product is always so apealling.