Well, I just wanted to give you all an update since so much help and information was offered. I did end up getting a Mac Pro. It is mostly stock other then I replaced the main harddrive with a WD Raptor 10k spin for the speed and I added 4gb of RAM.
Over all, I have been happy though it seems that Apple apps (Aperture and Final Cut) are not so good at error checking. I have had them crash, mostly Aperture, when trying to get my PC files imported. There are work-arounds and I am sure that once I have all the data off the PC that the crashes will go away. Still, I am getting exactly the experience that I wanted and therefore satisfied. Thanks again
Over all, I have been happy though it seems that Apple apps (Aperture and Final Cut) are not so good at error checking. I have had them crash, mostly Aperture, when trying to get my PC files imported. There are work-arounds and I am sure that once I have all the data off the PC that the crashes will go away. Still, I am getting exactly the experience that I wanted and therefore satisfied. Thanks again