Hello:

Each has it's good and bad sides....editing is very easy in the PC's, aldo you have to strugle a little making averything work in order, make sure you have at least 512 Megs of RAM, a fast processor like a P4 or Athlon, Durons and Celerons are NOT recomended for Audio recording, also, you need a large HDD that runs at 7200 RPM, that is in the PC, now your Midi/audio interface, like the U122, or if you check also the edirols, there are a lot of models/features.

The software, from Sonar, Cubase, Pro tools, etc....that will be your preference in user interface and budget....I use Sonar with my P4 at 2 gigs, 512 RAM, M-audio Quattro,etc.

The stand alone digital recorders are easy to record but when you get to editing is another theme, consider that everthing has a learning curve, so make sure that where wherever you buy your software/recorder, make sure you get product support, also depends if you are high tech oriented, push button happy, etc..
I hope this help you, best wishes and good luck.

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mdorantes