Will a Macbook Pro + 24" Apple display be as good as a 24" iMac for video?

I need to buy my new Mac set up soon and am debating whether to get a 24" iMac ( either the 2.93 ghz or 3.06ghz) , or a 15" macbook Pro 2.8Ghz with a 24" Apple display. I want a 24" screen.
Aside from the obvious considerations of cost and portability, at this stage I simply want to know whether the Macbook Pro plus display combination would perform as well as the iMac? I will be using it to edit video using iMovie and FCE.
(I will also use it for photo work with maybe Aperture, music production with Logic Express but I appreciate that this is a video discussion board as this is my primary concern for now.)
Would there be any issues of heat or fan noise? (There was with my old Macbook core duo.) I have also noticed that the 24" Apple displays get a lot hotter than the iMacs. Should this be a cause for concern.
Any other reasons to favour one over the other apart from cost and portability which I will factor in once I can rate them for performance?
thanks

Either will be fine. I use a 17" MBP (mid-2008) and have no fan noise issues. I also use a 24" iMac (2.16GHz. mid-2007). They're both fine.

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