Advice asked for purchasing an intel iMac

Hello, everybody,
after 4.5 years i'm up to my next iMac, and have a question for advice: with my last iMac (G5, 1.8 GHz) i had a troubled relationship: after 18 months, it started to behave badly, and had two logic board exchanges within a very short time. Thanks to Apple, they were made under a LB replacement programme, so no cost for me (well, the replacement needed for several weeks when my iMac was in "hospital" was at my charge...) Now, the PSU shows signs of weakness... for my taste too early.
I know many others had problems with this model (and with the PSU), after all, Apple launched a fairly vast replacement programme.
My question: how is the Intel iMac? Is it similar to the old G5, or is it more reliable? i love the design of the iMac, the quality of its screen, and the system altogether - but would like to avoid a similar experience.
Any comment would be greatly appreciated.
thomas

Hi, Kenichi,
thanks for your comment. I installed everything of my old iMac on the new one i got yesterday night, and it seems to be a still nicer machine. Also the old G5 machine was nice, but had these stupid logic board problems, which caused me some severe problems 2 years ago. but since the LB got replaced (twice) by Apple under their exchange programme, not the normal warranty, it was running again very nicely. I hope that this intel machine is doing it the same way, and without need for changing hardware...
I thought the G5 was a slim machine, but the new one is even slimmer... Great!
Thanks again for responding.
Thomas

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