Girls, stop fighting.
I agree with what Snappleman said a while back about using what you have. I don't think Gar is out of date, but people these days put waaay too much into software rather than what really counts. The freakin' music. Which is why there's been so many horrible songs on the radio for the past ten years. All that really matters is that you have a solid performance, mind blowing composition and good mixing. You don't have to drop 700$ on the latest and greatest operating systems, East West sound libraries, the best reverb plugins, the most critically acclaimed soundcard on the market, the newest DAW etc.
I can provide you with an extensive list of examples of well produced, amazing music that was made around 1989-1999 and is better than what we have now. That was before all this "high end" shit even existed.
I guess what I'm saying is that, Gar should only upgrade to something if he feels it's worth his money. If you can use what you already have, and it sounds great then there is no reason to upgrade. If you try out some new "up to date" product and it inspires you in ways your old stuff doesn't, get the new product.
Of course, to run said new product, you may have to upgrade to a new OS or something. I think that point is sort of being lost at this point in the thread though.