I agree. I think equipment should be on your PREFERENCE, and what you feel is best. Mark Ronson uses 1 mic to record his live drums, and nobody's like you should've done this, or used electronic drums, ez drummer, etc. At the end of the day, 2 beat makers using totally dif equipment can come out with the same idea.
But the reason why I believe OL gets bashed is because of its PRICE and SOME STEREOTYPE TOO FAST.
Needless to say my only point is that it is actually overpriced, No Offense. When I spend +5000 bucks, it better come with Komplete, Pro tools, a fast a$$ cd/bluray/dvd burner and EWQL plugins, and a better processor, and faster hd's, and automated faders. Their plugin choice IMO is somewhat poor, with only purity and sylenth being top choices, and tons of free plugins. I know the Tim's came with the proteus x, but 2 things, 1 that is hell of a cpu hog vst which is why they switched to dimension le on the new series and added those packs, and 2, it is kinda of hard to configure and route when you step out of reaper. And reaper as the main sequencer, BS. No offense.
This is only my advice to the user is contemplating about the board frantically, and really wants an in depth analysis.
My advice. Pick up this when it comes out, a decent midi controller, and a firewire ext hd.
http://www.gadgetfolder.com/hp-and-dr-dre-envy-15-limited-edition-laptop.html