heh.... guess we're never gonna agree on this one eh. :rolleyes:
All I can say in the computers defence is once you get more heavily into recording you're going to find limitations using a desktop unit
For instance, on a weekly basis you could do 128 tracks of music, open a separate window and do 32 tracks of harmonies, move it over to your original song and then have separate effects on each track. Then 2 weeks into doing your song you decide to move all the harmonies to the end of the song and transpose the whole thing up a step, add a B4 organ, a Korg Poly 600 and a Pro52 synth, 40 samples of sound effects, then extend the song by an extra 16 bars by taking the middle of the tune and moving it to the end and adding an 8 part guitar harmony. Then decide to replace the entire drum section with drum loops and reverse the piano section in the middle. By the time you've finished, your song is about 4GB in size and you still have to master it..ie, add compression, limitation and EQ so all your tunes have the same volume and sound. hmm.. and then you decide you want to add a horn and string section so you go back and use Halion or SampleTank to put a full orchestra in your song.
Total time to do all that on a computer... about 8 hours while watching TV.

On a desktop unit I'd go nuts scrolling through menus and trying to keep track of what's where without being able to see graphically what the song looks like. The best part is the plug ins and VSTi's. 3 samplers, 4 drum machines, 15 keyboards, 20GB of drum loops, an orchestral section etc.., 20 reverb units, voice generators, echo units, amp simulators etc.. and it all fits inside the computer.
... so there..thhhppppt