Will a iMac G5 work to run Logic 8 smoothly?

I am looking to buy an iMac soley to run Logic. I am using Logic 7 right now but will probably upgrade in the next 6 mo. I am trying to make the most cost efficient decision... as much as I would like to get a brand new iMac it seems like it may make sense to go ahead and get something cheaper if it can run logic smoothly. As I mentioned, the only thing I will be doing is running logic on the machine... will a iMac G5 work? I was thinking about getting a 2.0Ghz + processor and then probably upgrading the RAM. Any and all feedback is very much appreciated, thanks!

Well for one thing, I don't think the OP will have much luck trying to add UAD cards to an imac, seeing as there's no option for PCI cards.. Secondly, an imac G5 vs a G5 tower isn't a fair comparison given that the imac G5s were only single core vs dual core or more, so a lot slower where it counts.
To the OP: "running logic smoothly" can mean a lot of things. If you want better advice, you should give an outline of what you expect to do with logic. For example, if you just want to do basic multitracking, recording guitar/vocals etc, and use a small handful of software synths, then you'd probably be OK. But if you're expecting to be able to make extensive use of all of the plug ins and software synths that come with logic, and any other AU ones you might have, then I'd say forget about it. Any current model intel mac, or a second hand intel mac from the past 2 years or so will be a much much smarter move.

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