New Computer: iMac versus Mac Book?

I am going to soon replace my over 5-year old iMac Power PC,800 Mhz, 256MB Ram).
Although I do not need it for travel, I am considering a Mac Book only for the space saving on my desk at home.
What is the functional differences (other than the obvious screen size and hard drive size) between the 13 inch Black Mac Book:
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
250GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
and a 2.4 Ghz iMac custom configured with 2GB of RAM?
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB memory
320GB hard drive1
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory
The Mac Book doesn't specify video memory?
What else would I give up other than screen size (13 inch versus 20 inch)
and hard drive size?

awood wrote:
I am going to soon replace my over 5-year old iMac Power PC,800 Mhz, 256MB Ram).
Although I do not need it for travel, I am considering a Mac Book only for the space saving on my desk at home.
What is the functional differences (other than the obvious screen size and hard drive size) between the 13 inch Black Mac Book:
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
250GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
and a 2.4 Ghz iMac custom configured with 2GB of RAM?
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB memory
320GB hard drive1
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory
The Mac Book doesn't specify video memory?
Video memory is integrated with the Intel X3100 graphics chipset. It uses a part of the main system memory (I believe at least 144MB [or more] although it may be fixed in firmware).
What else would I give up other than screen size (13 inch versus 20 inch)
and hard drive size?
Graphics performance is probably going to be the biggest issue. Hard drive speed is going to be better with a 3.5" 7200 RPM drive.
I've got a MacBook myself. I use it on a coffee table. It may not have all the features, but it certainly equips itself well for what I want out of it.

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