Which Power Mac G5?, Dual 1.8Ghz or Dual 2.0Ghz Options

[Lotus17]

Well, this fall I will be heading to Ball State University of Muncie, Indiana, and I have been accepted into the school of music and I am majoring in Music Technology. I really want a Mac since that is their computer of choice down there and seems to be used in many studios. I am really struggling on what I want though. The Dual 1.8Ghz or the 2.0Ghz. I plan on running Digital Performer 4.5 and either Finale 2005 or Sibelius, I have an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card, and I plan on upgrading to atleast 1GB of ram. Here's what I have come up with... the Dual 1.8Ghz will allow me to save some money since it is $343 cheaper, with everything I want (1GB ram, 160GB SATA, APP, 9600XT.) But the Dual 2.0Ghz will give me 400 more Mhz, 200 more Mhz FSB, more available upgrades including the RAM and the PCI-X. I will save money which I will be able to spend on software, but do you think I will like the Dual 2.0Ghz in the long run? I just need some repsonse.

[lepetitmartien]

BTW, if you plan to buy this summer, there may be hardware surprises till then , we know there's some dualcore stuff in the roadmap, and some evolution of the G5 is not to be overlooked.

Note that it'll make high end G5 in stock then cheaper… Note that I bought mine (mono 1,8 GHz) 2nd hand and i'm very happy with it, when faster bigger will come in, the "old ones" will be cheaper and it'll be most interesting if you're a little tight in the $$$ department. Like Dixie, said, saved $$$ means RAM etc.