my 2 cents - been working professionally with Macs, on the creative side, for over 15 years and have always gone with the Pro version. Perhaps the all-in-1 jobbies might work, but I can't afford to take the chance. So ... I would suggest to get the Pro, buy 1 BIG screen (30" as linked to, or the Apple Cinema Display one) PLUS and additional smaller screen (23"?). What I tend to do is use my main screen for key work, and dump all secondary control panels to the second screen.