A nice upgrade to a great machine... Mac Pro

So i'm working for a company that does a lot of media management and large file downloading/dvd burning and more... recently there was a power spike which shut down all of our machines forcing me to restart hours upon hours of work... My laptop of course, did not shut off so not all was lost.
So it got me thinking... what if in some future apple desktop was a laptop sized battery or something along those lines to maintain power in the event of a short blackout? Would be nice? I'd like to know what others think. Good idea or not worth the effort?

I agree with NT; an interesting idea but including that feature in all Mac Pros would not be something I would support. An eternal UPS is much more practical; each user can select the device that best suits their needs, without forcing extra cost on those for whom a laptop-sized battery (which would not provide much backup time) would not be suitable.
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