One of the things that attracted me to the Live (and 2.0) is the workflow. I don't use a heavy amount of VST instruments. For instance, I have a few outside small hardware pieces to that I play live over drums and samples....MicroKORG XL, Boss Dr-303. With the Live, I don't have to worry about a computer in the way. The Looper and Live Tracks features are dope for my style of production workflow.

And I use Acid as my mixdown DAW for the beat tracks and vocals. The way I can just explode tracks to a USB drive, then throw it on my computer when I'm ready is HUGE for me.