WOW. There is some EXCELLENT dialogue going on here from ALL who have posted. I even got a big effort PM from Rally. Thanks mate! Lots of food for thought there, once I look up all the jargon.
Just to get the record straight, I never said or expected either machine to produce a "Better" end image. I was just asking which machine would be "better" for predominately doing large amounts of image work.
I have been comparing processors, RAM, storage and more on mid to top-of-the-range PCs and Macs today and am trying to understand what the biggest differences are. I'm sure either one can do very well, so it will probably come down to budget after all. I don't give a rats what it looks like.
I guess if I buy anything desktop, the scopes and image capture hardware/software won't be an issue, as I'll just use this old 1520 Dell lappy to run it all out in the obs, while I bring the files in to process in the house on the desktop. Less setting up and breaking down on obs nights that way too.
Thanks heaps everyone for your input. I am quite sure others thinking along the same lines of "what do I get" will benefit greatly from this thread too.
Bless ya's!
Baz.