Time for me to upgrade to imac?

I currently have a G4 quicksilver tower mac running at 933mhz and running 10.3.9. It is 6 years old and has been a trusty mac.
I'm thinking it is time to upgrade to a 24 inch imac since I want an ipod touch and the latest software. The touch requires the latest OS and usb 2.0.
I do imovies, lots of photos and music.
Is it time for me to visit the apple store and drop some money??
John

I hate doing the "wait for the new stuff" game.
Me too.
What will they do? Change the colors? Faster speeds?
There are three rather significant changes I'm hoping to see in the
very near future. No tellin' when, but it can't be long because the
rest of the world is already there:
\- an optical drive with BlueRay (and maybe HD DVD) capability
\- an eSATA interface or two for high speed external disk drives
\- an external video input with sufficient bandwidth for 1080p
... I/O bandwidth is your friend,
Looby

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Hey guys,
I have quite a bit of money saved up and can now afford an upgraded macbook. First a bit of history..
I have only ever owned one macbook, I bought it 4-5 years ago. Its one of the old C2D 2GB ram and it was way before the new unibody upgrade and the LED glass upgrade and the giant trackpad upgrade. Its pretty much falling apart now, just wear and tear over the years I havn't been treating it like dirt. The sideskirts around the screen are starting to come off, the keys arn't as 'pressy?' as they use to be and the screen quality isn't as vibrant as it was and its a very rough looking laptop now.
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