Buying a new desktop
sfamiliar: sounds like you want a mini-dvi adapter, a big standalone screen, a usb keyboard and mouse, and a steelcase chair, not a desktop computer.if you want processing power for web servers and databases, get a slice somewhere -- they're pretty affordable.  don't buy an entirely new machine when you can get everything you asked for in the first paragraph for the macbook (and the sync hassles that come with two machines).  you'd have to buy that stuff anyhow if you got a desktop, why not get it without the desktop?my setup: three slices, a macbook, 25" 16:9 flatscreen LG in portrait mode.  i use the mac keyboard, but have a really comfy chair.  there's a file server in the kitchen, but it's left over from an old desktop and is not a speed demon -- it doesn't have any inputs or outputs connected save for ethernet.