A happy medium can be found I suppose, I've sold all my hardware except the Supernova, which I'm carrying to my grave coz I can make (almost) any sound on it, it's the first synth I had and I've had it for 7 years. But that ain't a reaction to hardware, it's a reaction to my bank balance being so low.

Some hardware is good, some software is bad, some stuff in general just plain don't suit the way a person works.