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I guess it really depends on how short-sighted one is or how much hardware a person's already got...
If you already _have_ a USB-keyboard and mouse as well as a display, I'd certainly go with the highend Mac mini right now, if I were in for a desktop Mac.
The iMac makes sense _only_ if you intend to not upgrade the CPU for 3 or 4 years. Because if you want to do it earlier, you'll have to either buy another iMac, then, since you can't really keep the TFT for another computer, or buy a complete desktop along with a monitor.
Since you'll _eventually_ buy external FW harddrives anyway, I'd start with the Mac mini right away and buy such a drive to use as the _main_ drive. (Faster than the internal.) There are nice ones which double as a FW/USB hub and fit right under the Mac mini.
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iPhone 3GS 32 GB white.
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