IMac vs G5 PowerPC...?

Hi, I'm purchasing a new computer for my place of work, and want to make sure we get something that will have sufficient power. The main issue is a Flash website which is simply too cumbersome for the current machine to handle, so I've been working on it from home on a dual 2.7 gig PowerPC G5.. we're looking for the cheapest options, so I was browsing iMacs- how will a 2 gig Intel Core Duo iMac going to compare to my G5, for example?
I can't splurge on an intel G5, but if we get a cheaper machine that turns out to be slower than my home computer now, that will obviously be problematic. Any thoughts/advice are much appreciated!

The Intel Macs are not called G5 any more because that refers to the previous generation of PPC Macs. The towers are now called Mac Pros. Anyway the first thing to ask is what version of Flash will you be running because the only version of Flash that is coded to run natively on the Intel Macs is CS3. Any earlier version will take a performance hit. Next you want to consider how much RAM you have. You will want at least 2GB of RAM for the iMac and it's fairly cheap to max it out with 4GB if you purchase the RAM from a third party vendor. Though it's difficult to directly compare the Intel iMac to your dual 2.7GHz G5, the iMac should fair very well for Flash. I would recommend if you can find it in your budget to get the 2.4GHz and it should have no trouble handling the job.
George

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