I'm thinking I might invest in Studio One 3. I checked the reviews for that best buy thing you posted and heres what
they said. "This is only for the support plan, not for the software itself. I chatted twice to make sure and clarified
that it was the full software before ordering. The product box does not match the one on the product page." Also~
"Our organization's video studio uses this software extensively and the staff recommends it highly. So as a Christmas
gift I got this for my son who is assembling a quality video production suite. Unfortunately, he can't use my gift, at
least not yet. It can not be installed on his computer until he purchases a $50 a dongle from a partnering company
to plug into his computer. This fact should be in your product description with a link to ilok.com"
If you go to protools website you can't even buy just the software itself they have it set up so shady..
http://shop.avid.com/ccrz__Products?viewState=ListView&cartID=&categoryId=a3yi00000000127AAA&&store=shop
None of that sounds even remotely reasonable.