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Motu 828 & G3 Ibook - Enough Juice?

I'm close to picking up an 828 mkII. The deciding factor may be if it will give me some minimal functionality on my G3 iBook (600/768RAM/external FW HD/OS 10.3.7). I'd like to be able to record at least 4 tracks: 1 mic input, plus a stereo pair of mics running through a pre-amp and another line input. I've got Cubase SE. It'd be nice to also do some processing, like reverb and maybe compression. I'm planning on eventually getting a G4 iBook or maybe a Mac Mini for remote recordings but I'd like to get started with the iBook. Any advice appreciated!

Midi Sequencing Software - Simple And Inexpensive?

Any recommendations for inexpensive MIDI software, OSX compliant? I just need it for simply sketching out tunes before going to Finale. Don't need audio or zillions of tracks since I'm usually working in a trio or quartet format. Would like to keep it under $100. I've got Cubase 4.1 but its more than I need for this and I don't want to have to boot into OS9 every time.

Would Garage Band work for this?

PS - Finale 2004b, nice upgrade!

Thanks