What should I get? Mac Pro? Mac Book Pro? iMAc 24"?

Hello, I had a Power Mac G5 and the mother board with the two CPU's broke down, so now I have to get a new system or repair it by myself. The money that the inssurace company gives to me is enough for a new "Mac one quad" and even an upgrade to logic 8 and an mLan card for my 01v96. I also have a MOTU 828 mkII.
I also have a Mac book pro for my Job (I sell storage solutions like NetApp and EMC on a company in spain)
The questiion is that I never used the G5 at a 100% and the only card I had was a RME DIGI 96/8 PAD.
I use my studio for composing (personal and sometimes for theatre)
I think that with a Mac Pro I can always grow on configurations and I have enough CPU resources for the future.
About using a Mac book Pro seems to me that it is a temporary solution??
With an iMac I found that it gets very hot after a while. Does it affect to the performance?
Rerpair the G5= 700$ but I think it is a short time solution??
Please let me know your opinions.
Thanks

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