What's the differences between the analog and digital recording chains? advantages and disadvantages of both?

OK folks...this one is bound to spark some debate...

I am about to make a change to my studio setup as follows:

I am using Cubase SX, have a Tascam US-428 as a control surface, and an old POS analog mixer that I use for monitoring only (nothing that gets recorded goes through the Tascam or the mixer).

My plan has been to add 2 pieces of gear:

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I am trying to find peopel who mix on the Yamaha dm200 or own one. I am concerned witht the way it sounds. I have a D8b and hate it. The converters in the Yamaha are much better. Let me know how the dm2000 sounds

Is there any sound difference in the audio between the two softwares. Lets say you track througha PSX-100 to both platforms. is there any sound difference in the audio recorded ito the program.
thanks

I have Digital Performer 2.6 on an older Mac (7100 with 266 G3 accelerator) that was working perfectly with OS 8.6, but since I installed Norton Utilities 6 I have problems with the cursor disappearing after a few minutes of working.

Check this out. I first heard about this several years ago when I read an article in the now defunct BAM Magazine where Neil Young said almost the same thing.
The following is an excerpt from an article by Rupert Neve, published in the October 2002 issue of Audio Media in AM Forum.

Is anyone out there familiar with the Lexicon Opus Digital Workstation that the Lexicon people made circa 1988?

i'm rather new to the world of digital recording...having two learning curves to master:The PC and Sonar xl. i'm running sonarxl w/A7V333MOTHERBOARD, 1gig athlon, win 2000 pro and 528 megs DDR333 SDRAM, Edirol ua-5 sound card. i'm getting good results experimenting with different latency settings, etc. the problem?