Which is better for audio, 1 ghz g4 powerbook, 1.25 mac mini, or different cheap mac?

[motulist]

I have a 1 ghz g4 powerbook that I use for everything, audio recording, web, word processing, dvd player, etc. I'm looking to add another cheap mac so I can dedicate 1 mac to general stuff, and 1 mac as my audio work horse to do multi track recording (I use performer) with some plugin fx.

If I get a used 1.25 ghz g4 mac mini, would that be better or worse than my 1 ghz g4 for my audio stuff? Or is there a different alternative that I haven't thought of? I'm looking to spend as little as possible, and even the $450 for a used mac mini is really more than I can justify.

What do you think?

 

[sonarghost]

Ram is very important as well. I have 2gig which really helps alot. The 1.25 mac mini may not be worth your time if it far less ram than you are currently using..

 

[scottlinux]

The mac mini still uses a crappy laptop hard drive. That particular model is basically a laptop computer in a small box.

I'd say you are better off maxing out the ram in your powerbook, and getting a 7200rpm notebook drive in your powerbook. This may cost you a few hundred bucks, but is perhaps the cheapest route.