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My experience is that if you are deciding between a base model iMac with th i5 chip and any MBP, don't bother with the iMac, unless you are wanting to upgrade to the i7. We are in the process of replacing all the iMacs at work and our department, our boss insists that our students need the faster machine and he has topped up to have all i7 iMacs and they are largely OK, barring a couple of blips here and there, but I blame the shit we have to put on them. The 4D workshop, for some reasons didn't bother with the upgrade, maybe they didn't have the money or whatever, now they are stuck with 20+ 27inch iMac with the i5 chip that work like a bunch old ladies... All the engineers are stratching their heads and Apple has given them some additional testing tools to try and get to the bottom of it.
The long and short of it is that we have seen enough instabiity with the iMacs that have come out in the last couple of years. At 1st, we thought we had a dodgy batch, but 18 months or so later, it clearly isn't.
The laptops have been much more stable, despites having not as fast specs.