Does new iMac i7 handle Logic well??

Hi all. Time for me to upgrade computers. Currently doing all my producing/recording/editing on my 2.2GHz MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM. The new 27" iMac i7 seems like a perfect fit...can't afford a Mac Pro but can still squeeze 16BG of RAM in there and hopefully utilize the four cores. I know that a couple years back people were complaining that while using iMacs for work with Logic they often made tons of fan noise. Is this still a problem?? Do they also still tend to overheat as well? Any feedback before I make a big purchase is much appreciated. Thank you!!

I don't know about heat or noise but Logic performance on the i7 is very good.

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