Aluminum iMacs RAM question

Hello all!
I currently have a Core Duo iMac, one the first Intel ones. My RAM is 667 MHz, I have 2 GB installed. I am using my iMac for working with large sound and image files, so memory and CPU speed are important to me.
I would like to get a 20" iMac when Leopard comes out, but one thing I am concerned about is that it's memory is still 667 MHz. Please tell me, is it worth waiting for when they switch to faster memory bus? Or do you know if the 800 MHz frontside bus helps somehow?
Thanks,
Artemiy.

Thanks for your reply!
Yes of course I know it's Intel, and I'd have to wait for their new platform. The thing is I plan to keep that iMac until they release the next OS X version, I am afraid in 1-1.5 years, with my slowly-but-surely growing demands, 667 MHz memory won't suffice. Well, anyway, 667 MHz is about 80 MB per second, still very fast, maybe I am wrong here and increased front side bus and CPU speed would do much more to me!
Thanks again,
Artemiy.

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