UPGRADE from 1.8 G5 - to a Dual 3.0 Intel MacPro

Hi guys, sometime after Christmas, I'm going to be be upgrading to one of the MacPro machines. I just wanted to get some feedback from people here that own and have been using their MacPro machine for a little while now.
I'm thinking of going with the dual 3.0 Ghz model - is there any reason I shouldn't? Is there a faster one soon approaching that I should wait for? etc etc.
Also - I know a lot of my programs proably aren't going to run on the new machine - I've heard that Adobe CS1 won't run under Rosetta from some - and then others say it will? Kinda confused on this.
Also I play games from time to time - I have UT2004, Doom 3, video game emulators...etc etc will these now not work on a MacPro? Are there patches I'll have to install to make then Intel native? Am I going to have to re-purchase them? groan
Any help you guys can provide me with is much appreciated. Thanks!

Hi Paul, first and foremost I recommend the move to the Mac Pro. you'll notice a significant performance boost from startup to the everyday use of your system and applications (even in Rosetta).
But there are some things you should think about:
A faster processor is bound to be a bummer sooner then you'll expect, but the architecture of the Mac Pro is going to stick around for a while now so save some bucks on Ghz and invest in A-lot of RAM (4GB at least).
A better Graphics card then the standard Nvidia 7300 is a must for heavy-duty scientific use (and for gaming) but I wouldn't go as far as the Nvidia Quadro and settel for the excellent card by ATI.
A substantial boost in performance (and a lasting one for your next systems as well) can be gained by setting a RAID -0 Consisting of two drives logically defined as one. Setup is a snap and the benefit for disk intensive tasks is incredible.
try this short MacWorld piece for details:
http://www.macworld.com/2006/10/features/macprohd/index.php
Now about software, the real performance benefit will be naturally gained in Universal applications that take full advantage of the Mac's multi-processor capabilities.
But I have been using Adobe's Photoshop CS1 on my Mac Pro and it works just fine (and fast enough with RAID), the vast majority of software I use already have online free upgrades and I bet this will be the case with most games (UR tournament and Doom for sure)
Overall it's without a doubt the best piece of hardware I ever used, Software transition pains and all...
Hope you found out something new.
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) PowerBook G4

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    Virtual Guitarist, Groove Agent, Stylus,
    My battered old Edirol Orchestral?
    I write for TV regularly so I can't afford to have much down-time.
    Please someone tell me it'll be OK....
    Cheers
    Rod

    OMS was very popular for Mac OS 9 because it managed your MIDI ports and abstracted the software/MIDI relationship to where all we needed to know were the names of the ports, rather than port numbers and stuff like that.
    Apple's CoreMIDI structure in Mac OS X is based on OMS (Doug Wyatt, the developer of OMS, works for Apple and has been the primary developer behind CoreMIDI).
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