Who is the quietest : iMac Aluminum, MBP, Mac Pro

I will shortly upgrade / refresh. In the process I hope to rid myself of an extremely annoying aspect of my iMac G5 1.8ghz, Rev A: fan noise.
So I have a quite expensive and professional grade preamp (Great River NV) and Mic (AKG 414) - and what of it. Every time I go to record a vocal or acoutsic guitar track I am witness to the accurate capturing of a fan's whirling. Wow. Of couse running audio is processor intensive- so it heats up and bingo. I want it no more.
Which way to go for silence (or close to it).
* I have heard the MBP are quiet, but concerned as I have had laptops whirl away before.
* I have also heard the new iMac Aluminums are quiet - but under what kind of load ? Will the increased horsepower eliminate this as they won't be gasping for breath as my g5 is now ?
* Mac Pro - not sure can someone comment. I sppose I could always doa long monitor cable run - and perhaps they are better cooled.
I'd love any feedback as right now the machine I have is not at all a serious audio recording device.
Thx up front

I was on the verge of buying an isolation cab for my old Dual G4, but now that I have my 2.66 MacPro, it's the quietest thing in the room. Suddenly I noticed how the little fans in the Motu HD192 interfaces are whirring away quietly... But the Mac is never an issue. I haven't even bothered to move it even a few feet away since it's practically silent (except for hard drive access noises - which rarely interfere with recording in my experience). The only real noise-maker on a MacPro is the DVD drive, but don't stick a disk in it while you're recording - problem solved.
So while I can't compare to any other recent mac models, I can say that in my studio (with nice mics and mic pres from API/Chandler/UA etc) the Mac is no longer an issue where noise is concerned.
And the fact that the CPU kicks the tar out of my old G4 is kinda' nice too.

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