G5 compared to older Mac's?

I was wondering if I am the only person that is a little disappointed in this computer. Having been a mac user for the last 14 years this is the first one that there seems to be more missing and nothing really new. The built-in iSight isn't great I had to buy iGlasses and there is no appleworks.
iMac G5 Intel Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hejo,
There is no such thing as an iMac G5 Intel.
G5s were processors made for Macs from June 2003 to August 2006 on the PowerMac line, and August 2004 to January 2006 on the iMac line.
After which time, the PowerMac line turned into the Mac Pro line with an Intel Xeon, and the iMac line turned into an Intel Core Duo and then Intel Core2 Duo.
Use this article to better identify your iMac:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301724
Appleworks stopped being included with Intel iMacs. It was included with iMac G5s.
I actually find the built-in iSight brighter than the original iSight, so I think the lighting in your room is poor. I find side lighting is best if it isn't too close to you.
The Intel Mac machines also has the ability to run Windows natively without emulation thanks to Boot Camp and, VMWare, and Parallels, and is up to 4 times faster than the G5 iMac when it comes to Universal applications. Use my FAQ here to learn how to get ahold of the Universal updates that are the best software for your Intel iMac:
http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html
Upgrading your RAM will also improve the speed of running old PowerPC legacy applications.

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I'm inclined to believe that a new iMac would feel faster than even the last silver Mac Pro tower (2012); but a 12-core beast with a beefy GPU has got to be a serious contender when it comes to intense multiprocessing tasks.
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Comparatively, the new iMac with its desktop Core i7 processor will be able to push faster GHz, and it also has Intel's QuickSync tech available (hardware h.264 encoding). So if you're doing a lot of output with h.264, you'll see a bit of a kick in the *** with those. The limitations? The GPUs aren't as capable as the ones in the nMP now. And you only have access to a single GPU, where the new Pro has 2. But, if you're not doing any work that can be off-loaded to the GPUs, it won't matter.
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