[Kurtstudio]

I am in the exact boat and I have researched this deeply. As far a cost gigastudio 3.1 with a rack mounted Pc is the cheepest way to run. Syncing though Midi, and adding an M-Audio card to send audio over to Pro-Tools Pipe light 16 tracks etc... Pc's are about $ 1000.00 cheaper than a new G 5 and ram is cheaper too. And you can share moniters, via cheep switcher boxes $ 60.00, I will keep an eye on this link too, as i am about to pull the same trigger. i didn't even mention stability. Just think of the Pc as a huge sound module sync via midi. The track count is limitless, with right about of Ram. i am going to a siminar tonight about giga 3.1 and will up date tonight when I return. Cost etc...information.