MBP 2.2 (Presently) or iMac 2.4 2.8 20" or 24"????

I have the matte, 5 weeks old, never seems to run out of horse power, I guess I really love the displays and hope Apple offers them in the future. Anyway, I know with LEGIT iWork 08, Ilife 08, MS OFFICE, and more, that I could get at least $1800 (5 weeks old) and wondering what I should do!
I do mostly audio, and can get an employee to get me a iMAC at his discount (cheap) and save a few dollars - I would lose the EXPRESS slot (no FIRMTEK RAID or EXPRESS Apogee) but could I make it work? An iMac, faster (bigger HD) and external 800 FW for samples and some light editing (FCP/iMovie 08) or should I keep the MPB. I use it mostly at home, only time I really have the advantage is when I use it on the bed, sort of nice.
Opinions?
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