How good is a powermac G5 1.8ghz Dual??? Still good?

Hey all,
So my buddy gave me this computer...owed me some money. I have the new MacBook pro and have been using that.
Here is the G5.
1.8ghz dual.
1.5gb ram
500gb seagate and a 1tb seagate.
stock video card and a 19" samsung display
Overall, I updated it to 10.5.8, loaded my movies and videos on it and have been using it a lot. Honestly, for everyday use it seems as fast if not faster than my 2.66ghz macbook pro with 4gb ram.
The macbook does cover HD content well which I could not play my 1080P stuff on the G5.
How are these machines? Still good.
Is the dual processor better than two on one chip like intel? I remember when they came out they were comparing it to a 3.06ghz intel.
Just thought I would bring it up
It seems like it pulls pretty well especially for how old it is. I do know the programs will be out of date, but really just wondering your thought on ppc and everything.
Thanks,
~Teal

At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware>Disk Burning & report what it says, like ...
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD
think you should get Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15667
After installing, Reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
The 5 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
At least if it doesn't fix it, it'll eliminate a few questions.

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