Intel Mac mini or Macbook or intel imac?

What would be the performance difference between these 3 for Logic or audio production purpose? Are these all as fast as the dual G5 towers which people used to say were the fastest just a couple of months ago?

I'm using MBP 17 and Intel mini core Duo with Logic Pro 7.2.1 and it's great. I can't compare it to a G5 because I've never had one but compared to my G4 Powerbook the MBP kills it. The mini is great to both run lots of plugins and instruments.
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