iMac vs MacBookPro

[FireLink]

Hi!

I want to buy a new computer for my university classes in multimedia and I wanted to buy a Mac to have three OSes (OS X (maybe Leopard...), Windows XP and Ubuntu [Linux distribution]).

So, I want to buy a Mac computer relatively powerful and who will not be downgraded too much until 3-4 years.

I'm hesitating between the new iMac rumored to and the cheapest MacBookPro...
My budget is approximatively of 2000$CAN (1900$US)

What are your thoughts about that?

 

[jakeroberts]

I don't think $1900 will buy a MBP, but it will buy a nice iMac.

 

[djames42]

A Macbook will run multiple operating systems just fine. The latest Macbook (even the low end one) is faster than my first-generation Macbook Pro, and my machine has simultaneously run two instances of XP and OS/2.

You're going to want at least 2gig of RAM however.

 

[Alexis]

Well first choice is - do you want a desktop or laptop????

 

[smurfy]

all Macs will probably be majorly updated over the next 3-4 years. A couple will probably be competely redesigned.