Luck would have it that someone on craigslist was selling a pristine Maschine Studio for $500! 1/2 the price in stores!
Dude looked like Mike Tyson, even sounded like him!
Just got it registered this morning, so far I'm impressed. I think waiting until they had a monster like this out was the right idea for me.
Tarekith is correct I think in assuming that some the usability comes from the screens.
The two large color screens pretty much guarantee you're not going to be staring at the computer much, well done NI!
Relieves some of sodomy feeling I get finally buying Maschine after being annoyed that it knocked out Kore,
and lo and behold Komplete keyboards come out with software similar to Kore.
Anyway I'll see if Maschine in the long run is going to work for me, and at that price, I'm able to recoup all the money if I sell it.