Intel Core Duo Vs Core 2 Duo

I need to buy two machines for my company. It will save us a HUGE some of money if we buy an iMac and a Macbook from Apple Refurb. The best savings are on the Core Duo machines rather than the Core 2 Duos (obviously).
We are a medical company (clinic) and really only use the basic functions - Office, eMail, Internet plus the occasional picture/music and video stuff (I am also addicted to watching 24 Season 6 torrents!)
Am I risking false economy going cheap or shall I just put up and shut up and buy new machines!
Many thanks,
AT

PowerPC programs run on Intel Macs using Rosetta. There are two effects:
1) PowerPC programs running on Intel use a bit more RAM than on PowerPC. I think this has been exaggerated, somewhat, but it's true. It's also true that OS X and native Intel programs for OS X, use more RAM than the same programs did on PowerPC.
2) PowerPC programs running under Rosetta run at less than native Intel speeds. But, the Intel processors are significantly faster than any G4 ever was, so this performance hit might not be noticeable.
In my limited experience running Word 2004 (PowerPC) on my MacBook, it runs acceptably. I am not a heavy MS Office user.
One thing I'd say with high confidence - whereas 512M might have been an acceptable minimum RAM amount for OS X on PowerPC, 1024 is a practical minimum on Intel, especially if you'll ever run PowerPC programs via Rosetta.
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