cweber, I am currently using last years Macbook pro 15" i7 2.2 ghz processor with no dedicated graphics card and it runs admirably. I picked it up mainly to have a decent machine for travel but it worked so well that it's my main rig now. I even run it on a BenQ 32" 2560 x 1440 and it still runs like a top. The advances in hardware and software over the last 3 or 4 years have been nothing short of amazing. As recently as 4 years ago you could never walk in to a Best Buy and pull something off th