Unless you have a specific reason to use PT, consider (preferably try and see yourself) all alternatives, because they can feel subjectively better.

M-Audio, nor Avid hardware are not known to be very good bang for the buck (unless the hardware is required to run PT), so even here there are a lot of alternatives.

It's all just a matter of taste, but only you can decide what you want to use and how much you want to pay.

Unless you have a specific reason to use PT, consider all alternatives, because they can feel subjectively better.

M-Audio, nor Avid hardware are not known to be very good bang for the buck (unless the hardware is required to run PT), so even here there are a lot alternatives.

It's all just a matter of taste, but only you can decide what you want to use and how much you want to pay.