I'm certainly not a power user or anything like that. I've had Mini's for the past 8 years and been very happy with them. With the new 27" monitor I'm looking at, if I get another Mini, the cost difference between the brand new previous generation, late 2012, 3.2 iMac and the Mini + monitor is about $250.
Obviously the 3.2 iMac is a vastly superior machine and I guessing the iMac would be superior to whatever new Mini comes out as well. The iMac has a much faster processor, better monitor than most reasonably priced 27" monitors and a better hard drive.
For some reason I'm hung up on the idea of separate components, Mini+Monitor vs. all in one iMac.
