I got to play witha pro-tolls righ when I did a recording gig for some folks at streeterville studio in Chicago a couple years ago.
It was a mix/24 system I think.

I remember the plugins being real nice, but it didnt impress me enough to rush out and sell my PC, dump samplitude and buy a pro-tools rig.

It didnt crash on me, but then neither does samplitude.
The hardware was solid, but then so is my RME HDSP card and my DA7.

I didnt see anything about Pro-Tools that justified the cost difference between it and a native system.
I know, I know .. the PT systems have thier dsp cards but really.. with the cpus as fast as they are now I cant remember the last time I added enough plugins to bog my system down.
But then I just record rock bands, not orchestras.
And I realize that every violin and cello in an orchestra needs to be compressed and have it's own 4 band para-eq and reverb on it. \:D

In my opinion, if you want to belong to the "I own a pro-tools rig" club.. then buy a pro-tools rig.
But if you can get just as good of results with a "pro-sumer" rig then get the pro-sumer rig and spend the extra money on more mics, or your childrens college fund.

The software and hardware are just tools after all.
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