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You don't specify what is making your sessions "larger". Are you taking 2 close mics, a room mic and a direct feed for every guitar track and keep them all on separate channels? Are you triple tracking the Backing Vocals? Are you putting a ton of plug-ins on everything? Consider some bouncing/premixing to save tracks. Consider some Audiosuite instead of realtime plug-ins.
Maybe you can figure some ways of keeping your track/plug-in counts under control without sacrificing your musical options. That would enable you to hang on for a while longer with your existing computer- always a good idea because the longer you wait to upgrade your computer the cheaper and more powerful the new computers will be.
I bet when you bought your G4 it was the hot new machine, right? How long ago was that? Now its 'sluggish'! How long before this new G5 is superseded? How long before the G5 is obsolete? Computers are a necessary evil, not an investment. Sooner or later you will of course need a new one, but why not make it later if at all possible?
A new computer will let you have _more_ tracks.
A good mic/pre/compressor will hold its value indefinitely and will also have a real impact on your sonic bottom line. The acoustical treatment suggestion is another wise idea. You may even find yourself using fewer plug-ins because you are happier with the way things sound.
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