Powerbook 1.67 Vs Pm 2.0dp, For Normal Daw Use??!!, Is there a huge difference for lightuse? Options

[Metalflkk]

Hi,
I'm a student and I would like to get a computer for continuing DAW work and study, mostly electronic-type music (ie. no major band/live multi i/o recording.) My ultimate dream of course is to make something that sounds vaguely reminiscent of 'Pretty Hate Machine' era stuff, so would the G5 give me a noticeable advantage to this end? Is the PB fine for this (its portability would be really nice as a student! But I need a comp with some longevity [2-4 years] too!...)??

Sorry to make this too longwinded, so please feel free to skip the details of my situation if you like!
[...but (to explain) I am sitting on the fence between a 17"PB G4 and a PM G5 dual. I have sold all my former hardware in the hopes of using just a comp and a Virus, (possibly also a Micron or MC505) to make music, but is it stupid to think that the G5's power will be wasted for what I want to do? I have had terrible experiences with Reaktor so far so I don't want to use softsynths in OSX anyway, so would there really be that much of a reason to choose the G5DP over the G4, given the later's portability? Also, I may have access to a PTLE/G5 system for parts of the summer anyway for mastering/ect. though not during the school year so maybe that is a factor also.]

What do you think, for doing 'normal' work in Logic 6 is the Powerbook's performance noticeably laggy? Is it fine to record and sequence with a couple of hardware synths? What about the need for a secondary disk to record on, is that a problem (given I will probably get a FW Audio-interface?)? What about live performance, especially with Live4, is it 'up to par'? Experiences, opinions?!? I am going a bit crazy being unable to decide...

This post has been edited by Metalflkk: Thu 17 Feb 2005, 06:04