ProTools, like Apple has been pronounced dead more times than I can count.
Like Apple they use well designed software to sell premium hardware.
No matter what happens with computers I predict they will stay ahead of the curve, find a way to charge $$$$$ to pro market, leverage that with low cost solutions mostly aimed at the semi-pro and hobbyist markets, and leave the wuarez market to vst.
As for computer clock speeds it's all meaningless in the end if the bus speed isn't radically improved. The answer to that could be
hypertransport.
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