Power Mac G5 dual 1.8 vs Macbookpro 17" 2.6

[Billi]

I have an MBox 2 with PTle 7.0. Im thinking of going with one of the two following systems.

1.
The 17" Apple macbook pro is brand new and comes with full two years international warranty.
Specification
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1680 x 1050 pixels
2GB memory
160GB hard drive
The laptop is excellent and has all accessories intact.
Specs..
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1680 x 1050 pixels
2GB memory
160GB hard drive1
8x double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 256MB SDRAM
DVD R/W
$1600


2.

- POWERMAC G5

- 2 X POWERPC 970 1.8GHZ

- 1.5GB RAM

- 160GB SATA HDD

- 64MB GEFORCE FX5200

- ONBOARD SOUND CARD

- DVD-RW, INTERNAL MODEM

- ONBOARD NETWORK CARD

- 3 USB PORTS, 2 FIREWIRE PORTS

- 64-bit 133 MHz PCI-X, 2 64-bit
100 MHz PCI-X
- 23 " Apple HD Cinema screen.
$1750

Any advice and compatibility info would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[Billi]

cmon guys.... dont leave me in limbo...

[admimsid]

i'd say it comes down to portability. both would do the 'music' job brilliantly.

[Ultraslide]

I have a Dual 1.8 G5 and I spec'd it against a 15" Core 2 2Ghz Macbook Pro.
Same amount of ram (2 Gigs) and the same FW drive and version of PTLE (7.3.1).
The Macbook Pro won in my benchmarks in everything except disk transfer.
I would assume you will be using a Fw400 drive for recording so it's a toss up.

One thing I didn't like about the macbook pro was that the fan noise during heavy sustained cpu loads was rather annoying, since it was right under my nose, but this could easily be solved by an extension keybrd, mouse and monitor. However that's more $$$.

Since I already have an older laptop for my portable needs I decided to sit tight until I HAVE to get a MacPro for the horsepower. I'm not ready to trust my studio (humble though it may be) to a laptop.

On the up side for the Macbook is that we PPC users are gonna be left behind since so many great Mac apps are Intel only. Arrrrgh.

cheers!