Mesh. Mesh, Mesh, Mesh.
The new models are coming equipped with AMD Athlon processors, which the magazine I was reading a couple of weeks ago rated this as the best- for £1300, excl. monitor, you could certainly get all that and more as the AMD processor will knock a few quid off the total price. Spend what you save on some more memory.
A guy I know (retired 75 driver) has recently bought one- for his daughter who is into all this video editing business. Word got round to another friend of mine who is a professional cameraman/ editor/ producer, and we put the two together. The result? Iain, the cameraman, went out and bought one the week after!