Buying a new Mac, what does an upgrade to 4GHz do me....or is 2GHz enough?

I'm about to buy a new iMac 20", as I am so frustrated with the lack of processing speed of my 3yr old iMac G5 w/ Power PC 1GHz chip. I am going to at least upgrade to the 2GHz of processing speed for another couple hundred bucks....but I am wondering if I should upgrade all the way to 4GHz. It's an additional $750, but if it makes my computer run like lightening I might consider it. At any one time I coud have have Mail, iPhoto, iMovie, iChat, iTunes & Safari open....and I have a ton of widgets. Do I need 2GHz or 4GHz?

I'm guessing you're referring to the installed memory. The new iMacs come with 1GB memory in the 20" 2.0GHz and 2.4GHz models and the 24" 2.4GHz model. The 24" 2.8GHz model comes with 2GB of memory.
MacOS X reliably handles whatever memory you have, swapping RAM contents out to your hard drive as needed. If you're going to run a lot of applications concurrently, the more memory the better. Don't purchase additional memory from Apple. Just order the basic configuration of the model you want, then order additional memory from Crucial or OWC to max it out.
Memory won't speed up your computer, per se, but to the extent that it avoids disk swapping by holding applications and user files in real memory, will be more responsive, thus seeming faster. Accesses to your hard drive are much slower than repeated accesses to your electronic memory (RAM).

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