Have 21" mac display,should I buy mini or pro mac?

I have a 21" mac display but my pro mac was destroyed, should I buy new pro or mini mac?

If your Pro was pretty old and only a 4 core version,
circa 2008 or before, then the current crop of Minis
will probably not be that much of a difference, depending
on the graphics card you had in the Pro.
The Minis with the HD3000 integrated graphics are okay
for most general purpose uses and apps that are not
very graphics intensive.  The model with the Radeon
chip is an improvement, but only has 256k dedicated
VRAM.
If the Pro was newer or was an 8 core or more, you will
be very disappointed in performance.
Perhaps your best bet since moving from a Pro, is to
sell your display and get yourself an i7 equipped iMac.
Only 8 core Pros outperform them.  The new topend
Macbook Pros are real screamers as well.
See Geekbench comparisons:
http://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks

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