Should I swap my G5 iMac for an Intel one?

Hi
I have an early 20in G5 iMac and it suffers from overheating problems, which causes it to go to sleep from time to time - a common problem, I believe.
I'm thinking about trading it for a new Intel iMac but, after reading some of the comments here, I wonder if I'd be replacing one problem machine with another.
My main apps are Mail, Safari, iChat, iTunes, iCal, Word 2004, Quark 6, Photoshop CS, and I use Bluetooth for my mouse and mobile phone.
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Phil

Hello,
For these apps you tend to use I would say it would be great to swap to Intel iMac. Except for the Photoshop program, but it depends if you are a pro user or not, if you aren't it would be OK to work with Photoshop, not that fast, but it would run. As Photoshop can run in Rosetta you can actually run it but with decreased speed, however Adobe will update Photoshop in their next version to be Universal but it might take a while.
I'm not sure about Quark if they have a update for their program to run on Intel Machines but they will update their software. Don't know when thought.
Word works with rosetta quite good, it runs in Rosetta as it's not an universal program yet but they said their programs will be updated soon, in March if I am not wrong. You actually get a trial of 30 days on your new Mac, that is quite good. The only bad thing with word on the trial is that I couldn't print. If you already have Word I think you can install and run it on your Mac.
Bluetooth will of course work with the new Macs. I am not sure if you need to download new drivers for your stuff using bluetooth but I think you should check their websites about that. The mouse will work, especially if it is an Apple mouse and the cellphone might, but as I said look on their websites.
The other apps which are included in Mac OS X are already natively which means they are written for Intel and works as they should.
So it looks like you are ready for Intel iMac, but of course you decide if you are ready or not. The Intel iMacs are faster than previous G5s and that is another reason to switch. As for futher support I would go with the Intel iMac. There will be support for PowerPC for a while but Intel Macs are the future for Mac, so go for it!
//ImAlexander
iMac Intel Core Duo 17 " Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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