It may help some people, but many people, myself included, will never take advantage of the AV hardware. Nonetheless, this is a great system that I would recommend seriously considering if you're looking for a high-end Mac. Along with the other new 8600s and 9600s, it's in a class of its own, with only the high end of the S900 series roughly matching it. Good speakers, good image quality. Interference pattern appears when set to max.
Plastic mold takes too much space.
My parents were willing to buy an AppleVision 750. Fortunately, the 15AV offers a high 1024x768 maximum resolution. At that resolution, strange interference pattern appears, but it only appears on a grey background that matches the grey when the computer starts up. Sure, I love the 21-inch Rasterops moitor my high school principal had, but I have neither the space nor the money for it. And the speakers are nice.