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Don't get me wrong, I love my computers, but I think its somewhat inevitable that apple and digi will part ways because of apple's involvement with Logic--a perfect example of this is Final Cut Pro(which was once thought of as a toy!). Apple bought it up, put in the big corporate muscle, and now its just about the de facto standard in post.
However, this may actually lead to a much better Pro Tools system(read:more stable!). If digi were to design an all-in-one protools box, that doesn't rely on a computer(ala radar) they'd have more control in design. It might even be much better in terms of upgrading as well--especially if its just a matter of swapping out a few cards from the digi box, instead of having to upgrade computers every few years AND upgrade digi hardware.
I think one of the biggest deciding factors to digidesign's future will be their development partners. The platform with the most 3rd party support will win. There are quite a few plug-in manufacturers that develop strictly for digi, but that could change with Apple pushing Logic. It'll come down to who's got deeper pockets. Apple is getting pretty aggessive in their plans to "take over" the music industry. These are interesting times.
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