It's slightly more powerful than my current Mac, a 14" 133 Ghz iBook, and I had no trouble making a DVD of my daughter's first year on that. Aside from web surfing, graphic design, and java and python coding, my primary use of computers is for music. I expect this will handle GarageBand just fine. I may have to shell out down the road for a 1Ghz stick of memory, but that's not bad at all.

I see this as a primary machine for anyone who isn't a serious FPS gamer or video producer.