800dv,
FYI, here in the studio(Omega Studios in Rockville MD(yes, Ive finally moved out of NY)), our G4 with OS X crashes way more than any of our PCs. OS X sucks. Ive been using macs since they came out and they are no longer in general any better than PCs for music, with the possible exception of PRO-TOOLS(its rock solid on a non-OS X MAC with SCSI). MACs used to be alot more stable until they started using IDE hard drives(dont even get me started on OS X). As far as speed, yes Macs are faster especially for things like photoshop and Avid/Protools systems, but then again those programs have always been optimized for use on Macs as the ideal system. But how many of us can afford a Protools system? When it comes to PCs in general you really don't know what your talking about(do you have one to actually compare?),otherwise I agree with you about soundblasters....
Leon, You might want to consider also some studio monitors instead of the Pioneers. There are alot of decent bi-amped near field monitors out there for really reasonable prices....

Don't believe the 10-year old hype. Things are alot different now.

DudeManCentral

[This message has been edited by DMC (edited 07-23-2002).]