I never thought I'd say getting an iMac was an upgrade from my power mac G5, but it is. I opted for the highest processor and the i7 model rather than the i5. I chose 8 gig of RAM and I'm glad I did. This thing is a power house, handling Photoshop and Painter 11 with no problem. This is by far the fastest machine I've ever owned and stealth like quite. My G5 sounds like an air raid and I dont miss the noise. I highly recommend any artist to give the new iMac a try, you'll be glad you did.

Here's my iMac 27" quad core with 8 gig of ram