Marco talks himself into a Mac Pro, John talks himself out of one, and Casey fumes quietly.

• Explaining our podcast artwork.
• Facebook Likes in the App Store and ad-banner blindness.
• Dual-input displays and how they enable the 5120x2880 display that John and Marco want.
• Turbo Boost and the Mac Pro's CPU options.
• Using a laptop on a stand with an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
• The benefits of desktops and ECC.
• Mac Pro configurations for best value and future-proofing.
• Building separate gaming PCs, switching to iMacs, or trying to wedge PC gaming into Mac Pros.
• Mac Pro price stratification over time.
• Outlook 2011 for Mac complaints and John's multiple-selection-invalidation bug.
• Casey said some stuff at the end.
• Special holiday theme song by Jonathan Mann.

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