How well does Aperture (i.e., brushes) perform on the iMac 3.06GHz?

I currently have a MBP 2.4GHz. I have the latest version of Aperture and my camera is a Canon 5D Mark II. I have noticed that when using Aperture's brushes that it really taxes my MBP. It will take a while to process and sometimes I get the spinning rainbow ball forever.
I know the 3.2 iMac works quite well as I toyed with it at the Apple Store. Unfortunately, the Apple Store didn't have any 3.06 iMacs on display.

The difference between the 3.06 and 3.2 will be more than eclipsed by maxxing out the memory and getting a fast beefy hard drive.

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