Is It Worth Switching To Mac?, Will a 1GHz iBook G4 handle it? Options

[Skylit]

Hello everyone,

I've been using Emagic Logic on PC for years, and now am absolutely used to it. However, as it is now owned by Apple and future support has been limited to Mac only, I find myself at a really stupid situation (and I guess many Windows Logic users are)...

I need to get myself a laptop (moving abroad for a while), but can't decide which way should I go. I'm on a really limited budget, and I have only two options available:

1. Get a 14" iBook G4 1 GHz (or 1.2 GHz at most) with 256 MB RAM, and continue working with Logic.
2. Get a Portable 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon XP 2400+ with 512 MB RAM and switch to a different sequencer (Cubase SX perhaps).

I can't decide on this, and this dilemma has been killing me for the last couple of months. I've thought of many variants. These two choices are all I can afford at the moment. I would like to save for a better Mac, but I simply can't.

Keep in mind that I mostly use soft-synths and plug-ins. Only vocals are audio tracks. I don't mind "freezing" tracks time to time, but I wonder if a 1 GHz G4 iBook would be a wise choice in my case?

I want to stay with Logic, I need power, and I need it to be portable. And I'm on a budget.

What would you suggest?
I thank you all in advance!

[Skylit]

Oh, this "everything and much more"...

I meant that right now even on my Athlon 1600+ desktop PC with 512 MB RAM I can run quite as many softsynths as I wish and use as many effects as I need. I've just worked on a song with 12 softsynths and 40 effect plugins running in real time, and the CPU reached around 95%, but Logic didn't stop playing or crash. So, if a 1 GHz iBook would provide me this power, I would definitely invest into it. Sadly, I can't get my hands on one before I buy it, so I'm posting here with a hope that experienced Mac users would tell their opinion on what I can expect from a 1 GHz G4 iBook.