Help me decide please: MBOX 2 or Keystudio 49i?

[silentrage]

I got 2 trade offers and they seem to be of comparable value, I was hoping I could get some input on which one is better.

http://www.sweetw@ter.com/store/detail/KeyStudio49i/addreview/

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=29&itemid=4893

If the preamp in the keystudio is half decent then I'm leaning towards that as I don't have a keyboard and it could come in handy.

On the other hand, I think there's a very good chance that the mbox 2 will be better at recording.

Also the mbox 2 supports pro tools LE while the keystudio only supports m-powered, I honestly don't plan on buying the software until I have some income, so the one that's easier to ninja will be better for me right now, I hear the m-powered requires a hardware dongle so that might be a deal breaker right there.

Thoughts?

[ControlZer]

       I would rather choose MBOX 2 because I have one of it it is really great.,




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[sgmypod]

Do you need keyboard....and 49i has piano sounds built in
MBOX2 better equiped for recording and slightly higher bit rate

[HTH AMPS]

how old is your PC btw?

the MBOX2 has a list of hardware requirements as long as your arm (as I found out when it wouldn't run on my laptop).  I'm still looking for a cheap PC that'll run the damn thing.

make sure your graphics card isn't integrated and you have 1GB RAM min.