I used Pro Tools for a few years. Had a pretty nice setup.
But I got sick and tired of all the damn updates. Everytime that there was a system update (I was on windows) it would screw everything up. Then I'd have to wait on updates for Pro Tools and all the plugins.
It got to the point where I was spending as much time tinkering with the computer than I was actually recording music.
So I went "back to the future" and bought a used Roland VS 2480 on Ebay a few years ago.
No more "updates". No more new fancy plugins to catch my attention and make me want them when I don't need them.
No more blue screens and losing all my songs.
The thing sounds great and works everytime.
Here's some of the stuff I've been recording on it:
https://soundcloud.com/robbie-boyette
Most of that stuff are songs I recorded for the scenes on Claudia Marie's site. On those songs I actually wrote, recorded, and mixed them in a couple of hours time. I couldn't even imagine doing that on a computer based system. I got too distracted with it.
There are also a few full length "stand alone" songs on there that I took a week or so working on and polishing.
But using a piece of hardware to record has definitely freed me creatively.