Back-up suggestions in mixed Mac Prol / G5 environment

I've in the process of setting up a new Mac Pro to use along with a couple of G5s. I've been using SuperDuper to auto back up everything on a cloned 2nd drive in each tower. With the addition of the Mac Pro, I plan to update the G5s to Leopard and incorporate Time Machine into my back-up scheme, along with SuperDuper. I believe the bootable drive written by the Intel powered Mac Pro would not be usable by my G5s, which would limit its usefulness if that tower had a power supply or motherboard problem. I have yet study up on Time Machine back ups; would they be useable to restore a system across the mix of computers? Any suggestions or insights appreciated.

Leopard is a universal OS. So that makes life simpler.
Time Machine keeps each drive in its own sub-folders. I use more than one volume for TM in case one of them has a problem, so call them "daily" and one that I make sure to update weekly. Some had to redo their TM drive after 10.5.2.
Bombich has a page (author of CCC) on using ARD.
If you have everyone on a common OS volume, and keep personal files on a data drive, even easier. Rather than use one drive for OS/apps and data, use 2nd drive for data improves performance, and eSATA or FW for backups.
I always have external backups, and one is always off line in case there is a a problem I still have a good backup drive.

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