[mac black]

Ok, surely there is a reason why all the top studios and producers end up mixing in protools, so are you guys saying that for the past decade and a half all the top producers engineers and artists have been wrong ? why would someone take the advice of non protools users over : Trevor Horn, Mutt Lange ... their engineers & most hit records since the 90's ? There are cheaper options and there should always be a choice but unless one has spent a few years with each software and mastered it, I don't think that one is in a position to judge whether PT is dead or not ...
You can make a hit record with a 4 track that's true, but if you'd like to thrive for excellence than look at what the most successful people in the business are doing and take that into consideration.