IMac or Power Mac

I have two old Macs and I want to get rid of one of them.
One is a 700MHz iMac with 256MB RAM / 40GB HDD / 15in LCD. Model # is M7677LL/B. The other is a 400MHz Power Mac DA with 384MB RAM / 40GB HDD / 15" Studio Display. Model # is M7627LL/A.
Both were acquired as "payment" for work that I did for a client. Which one do you guys think is worth keeping. I prefer the iMac because it has a faster processor it and it does look better. The Power Mac's advantage is that it is upgradeable, should I decide to upgrade. It also has some other minor advantages (faster bus, bigger L2 cache etc). Given the age of both machines, I don't think either one is worth upgrading, other than maybe adding RAM.
http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/PowerMac_G4_DigitalAudio.html
http://support.apple.com/specs/imac/iMacFlatPanel.html
thanks

Hello jmb:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
Opinions are probably worth what you pay for them. However, since we are all volunteers, here is one. If it were me, I would keep the newer model. Incidentally, neither will fetch much of a price - check eBay for a benchmark.
Barry

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