I suspect that more is always better, but where is the point of inflection of chasing a few more hertz with too many dollars.

I suspect I can buy a desk set up for $1,500 (hardware) that has a high end CPU 8g ram, 1 or 2 TB on the drive. The next question is PC vs Mac and could the uber macbook pro really be a portable (expensive) option - does it really have the processing power?

Thanks

Mike