Well, I will admit I like the 27" Core i7 iMac, but this is real life, and I got bills and a mortgage to pay. The only core i7 machine in my future is that new HP Dv6t Quad laptops, which is selling for $799 (using coupon code: NBSC314243) with the Core i7 720QM cpu, 3GB DDR3 ram, 320GB 7200rpm hard drive, 1GB nvidia GeForce GT 230M, and DVD+-RW drive.
Again, the 27" Core i7 iMac is a nice machine, but $2,199.00 is completely unrealistic for me. I am looking for a quad core computer for my next machine to run (and also write) highly threaded applications, but there is this thing called a recession and it actually does affect some of us.