Help! Purchasing new computers for music classroom!

Hi - I need to submit a budget request ASAP (or the money goes elsewhere!) for some new computers for my high school music classroom. We currently have G4 eMacs that have stopped working well due to a lack of software upgrade support from our school board (the Toronto District School Board, Toronto, ON Canada).
What suggestions does anyone have regarding cost-effective units for the classroom (ideally would like 5-6), along with software suggestions (what comes standard, what would we have to add, and at what cost) for use with midi (we have one midi-keyboard) and Finale music notation software, as well as Garageband. Also would like the capability to record student performances and playback to allow them to receive immediate feedback on their progress. Oh, and CD/DVD burning would be beneficial.
Any help you can provide is MUCH appreciated!

Here's the Apple Canada education web site.
http://www.apple.com/ca/education/
Here's the link to the Apple online education store.
http://canadaedu.apple.com/routing/index.php?lang=eng
If you stick with the iMac or MacBook/MacBook Pro product lines you will receive the basic hardware (computer, built-in display, keyboard, mouse or trackpad, operating system, basic applications) with the system. If you have specific music software/hardware that you need then I agree with Tanya3300 that you should give Apple a call.
Apple does offer some midi hardware. Here's a link:
http://store.apple.com/us/search?find=midi
Garageband comes with each system an it may provide you with the recording and reviewing tools that you need.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
My kids music teacher *7th-8th grade) used an excellent software package from makemusic.com to assign homework. The kids would play the assigned pieces on their instruments at home in front of their computer or using the Mac systems at school. The software would automtically grade and provide feedback regarding rhythym, note accuracy, etc., then send the sound file to the teacher for final review and grading so that she could provide feedback to each student. It worked really well.
http://makemusic.com/
Here's another link that may be helpful:
http://blog.ischoolmusic.org/

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