IMac G5 For design apps

I use apps like photoshop, illustrator, quark for a lot of design work.
I need a display that is going to give me a true representation of colour. Will the iMac G5 give me the display and colour performance of my 17" apple display.
On spec the iMac ticks all the boxes apart from this issue which is very important to me.

Matthew
I'm not a pro in the area, but I do use photoshop and Indesign and find the monitor to be perfectly good on the iMac, and of course, you can calibrate it through System Preferences. But the best thing is to take a cd into a store, if possible, with some tiffs or whatever, and ask them to display them on the machine. Like buying a hi-fi, always bring a cd that you know well to evaluate the sound...
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http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=7E4 EB91E&nplm=M8661LL/B
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Design Patterns, best approach for this app

Hi all,
i am starting with design patterns, and i would like to hear your opinion on what would be the best approach for this app.
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Attachments:
V-T-G Monitor_Logger.llb ‏355 KB

mundo wrote:
thanks Will for your response,
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thanks.
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