Core 2 Duo based Mac Mini performance on Garage Band 08

I'm considering buying an Mac Mini and installing Leopard 10.5.x along with iLife 08 primarily for Garage Band 08. I have a friend who has a modern iMac using Garage Band 08 and I was just curious what kind of performance hit I should expect on a Mini vs an iMac.
I guess my primary points of concern are the integrated graphics (GMA 950) on the mini tacking away from the processing power and the 5400 rpm hard drive, I will be buying the 2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo mini with 2-GB of RAM.
Does anyone have any hands on experience with Garage Band 08 on a mini, or better yet can anyone compare the performance of GB on a mini to an iMac from first hand experience?
Thanks

I still run garageband on a 12" G4 powerbook and it works fine. Garageband should not be a problem with any Core 2.
Always a good idea to have a external drive for your projects.

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