Advice for Friend - upgrading his mac, etc

Hey what's up guys? My friend has a dual-1ghz G4 mirrored door mac. Right now he's running Protools (through the Mbox) and Reason. He just ordered NI - Kore & Komplete. He wants a more powerful mac (leaning towards laptop) and Logic Pro.
What do you think he should do regarding the computer situation? He doesn't have unlimited funds fyi (the NI stuff was at a student discount and special offer or something)

He could get an iMac as an alternative to one of the
laptops. Unfortunately none of the NI stuff has been
ported for intel yet, looks like it will be at least
the fall before they ship anything.
I think the MB's are pretty appealing for the price,
for someone on a budget going up to the Pro doesn't
get you that much more.
ah he didnt know that NI wouldnt work on an Intel yet. maybe he should hold off on a new computer. unless he could use a laptop as a node to his G4? is that possible?

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