PowerMac G4 has died, looking to upgrade

Basically, my PowerMac G4 has died and I am looking at upgrading my machine.
I have two options available to me; either a Powermac G5 quad 2.5Ghz processor with 5Gb of ram, or a 24" Intel iMac with a 2.17Ghz dual core processor and 2.5Gb of ram.
I will be using it mainly for Music editing on Cubase and Logic (when I buy it) and a little bit of Photo editing using Photoshop CS5.
Which one will be better to get?
Thanks

The Intel machine.
If you are going to acquire SW, then there is no reason to stay with the Power PC platform, especially since most of the recent Adobe and Apple "pro" apps won't run there any more (like Photoshop CS5 and Logic Studio, for instance).
The Quad is a fine machine, very powerful, but there is the cooling system issue to worry about plus the fact that, at best, you will be getting a five-year-old machine, which is always a gamble and potentially a major headache.

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