Help Please Protools Vs???, need your advice Options

ive done 3 albums and was sighned by a major label(atlantic)in late eighties always loved the warmth of tape ---but have been out of the loop 4 a while DESPERATELY need some opinions ....
im looking at protools 001 and mac g4---am i going the right way or???this needs to be album quality VERY important----am i fooling myself or can i do this 4 about 3.000 or will i be looking at alot of additional plugins and ???i am on a timeline and need advice soon thanks alot

[Presto]

Have a look at Midnight's site (click on his name). If I were he, I'd have decided it were better to be anonymous on here, as most people think once-successful musicians must be rolling in it. Sometimes they are, but usually not in money. I remember meeting a once-successful musician who had no more money than (and as many problems as) Mr Average - and he told me of others I used to listen to.