[So, would this be a crazy idea?!]

No mean to offend, u've been brainwashed, i mean mac's are ok but are far from being a wonder, unless u already know how to use logic its fien otherwise u will get bored for the next couple of months., logic is awesome but not so easy and not so logic.

 

Common man u have a virus, a good pc set up why exactly a mac???? mac have issues too, they are computers at the end of the day.Anyway its your choice good luck

[What are you guys using for basslines?]

Trilogy is awesome, the last 3 years ai tried vb-1,ABL,tau, tritium etc... believe me trilogy sounds phatt and crisp.I also sampled ESM and load the samples in kontakt and it`s more than i ll ever need.

[MOTU digital performer]

256 tracks, pro tools uses rtas plug ins wich are not so common at least compared to vst, so again, avoid pro tools for music production.

[MOTU digital performer]

Proo tools LE(m-box and digi002) offers only 32 audio tracks, so it´s not suitable for music production since an average trance track takes about 40-66 audio tracks.

 

Pro tools is for audio recording unless u guy the HD version wich costs about 8000 dollars and u get moe audio tracks and acces to TDM plug ins.

 

So asnwering your question, DP is more than enough, the latest version has some nice sinths.