Reberb 15" PB G4 1.67 or 15" MBP 1.83?

Iam thinking about purchasing a referbished 15" PowerBook for $1,399 (Gov Discount). But Iam concerned that I will be missing out on a hudge speed increase and possibly a waste of good hard earned cash if I don't spend a little extra now to get the 15" MacBookPro for $1,839 (Gov. Discount).
Currently I have a 20" iMacG5(iSight)Rev C, and a 20" iMac G5 Rev A, and love everything about both of them.
The laptop will be mainly used when I travel (not often), or the ocassional lazy time in my recliner.
Are the G4 Powermac's a lot slower than the current iMac I have now.
PLEASE HELP ME DECIDE......THANKS
iMaciSight 20 "1.5 GB RAM Feb06 - iMac 20" revA Dec04 2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) 5G iPod (30GB) Dec05

OK… here's little bit more information regarding the speed difference. I though I would see what the difference in Java (version 5 Release 4) performance playing a Yahoo game (Cubis) between my 1.66GHz Intel vs my 1.25GHz PPC… and it wasn't even close. The PPC was busting a gut at every level load at a herniating 100% whereas the Intel was going more than twice as fast and wasn't even breaking a sweat (one core getting to 80-90% and the other not even breaking 40% for a mere fraction of the time).
Yes I'm comparing an older PowerBook though I think a 1.83GHz Intel is a fair comparison to a 1.67GHz PPC and the differences should be reasonably similar. Also, the desktop/laptop comparison is mute given the mini's components vary little to that of a laptop.
If you are going to compare the two with each at their best then there's no doubt the Intel is streets ahead… and I've got almost the bottom end of the scale with a 1.66GHz and not a 1.83/2/2.16GHz Core Duo. Don't get me wrong, I love my PowerBook but the performance difference, granted with Univeral binaries, just can't be ignored. One thing though, if Rosetta is going to be a big part of your daily usage then I would strongly suggest more RAM than what you would otherwise need with a PPC.
On a purely performance basis there's no way I could recommend going PPC from this point on. There is however other criteria where a PPC is a better choice. As of around August/September 2006 I doubt I would recommend PPC at all.

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Hi Felix, bin zwar nicht Sonther, antworte aber trotzdem mal:
Denke es reicht, wenn Du einfach mal den 10.4.9 Combo Installer drüber installierst...wie Sonther schon erwähnt hat !
Logic brauchst Du deswegen nicht gleich zu deinstallieren.
Einfach mal ausprobieren...
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Könntest aber mal den Node-Trick ausprobieren.
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Hi- there's no sign of clipping when I play my project, and input levels are well down. Yet at certain points in the piece the external HD from which I'm working buzzed alarmingly.
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Message was edited by: Fresh J

Fresh J:
A1. You're fine calibrating the battery now. You might have gotten more accurate readings during the first month if you'd done it sooner, but no harm has been done.
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