IMac and Pro Tools?

I am currently considering the purchase of an iMac for an upgrade to my home system. I teach in an Audio Department at work where there are a range of CPU's from G4 400MHz to new G5 Dual 2Ghz. At work, these CPU's run Pro Tools TDM and HD and Nuendo 2.0 and 3.0 effortlessly.
I know the processor power in the 1.8 GHz iMac is plenty sufficient to run Pro Tools LE with either the MBox and 002 Rack, question is does anybody have that set-up and care to comment on the loud fan business while running PT LE? Nothing fancy, 12-24 tracks, minimum plug-ins, etc. Just trying to get an idea of how much it will affect acoustics in my home control room. Say versus a Mac mini, that I know is way less processor, but like I said, I don't do heavy CPU usage mixing at home, I can do that elsewhere. For home, I mostly do basic production editing, conforming, light mixing, etc.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Thanks,
JM

I've been playing around with the m-powered PT recently, and performance seems to be really good on my rev B iMac G5 with 768 MB ram.
However, there are serious fan issues with this machine - I 've had logic board replaced and a new fan from Apple, but it's still very noticeable.
So it's pretty much up to how pristine of an environment you want...as long as you have the music/audio playing at a moderate volume, you'll be fine - but it really is annoying at times.
While Minis are quiet - remember that, apart from it being 'only' a G4, the HD is also a laptop model (to make it fit in the small enclosure) and will give you much less of a track count and general performance than the iMac.
Hope this helps
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