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buy a 15'' I7 macbook pro from the refurb shop, current generation or one down. You'll get an extra hi-res screen for pro-tools which is really really useful, the current and one down model are actually powerful and have good ram and fast storage, plus it's also portable if you ever want to record something live say at a gig.
it really is an investment rather than a spend.
I'd strongly advise official mac, rather than things like hackintosh, more so when you want to use audio devices and you want the best stability and performance possible from pro-tools. Happy to talk about my setup with pro-tools, took me ages to work out what I wanted / needed after pro-tools 8 as the move from 8 to something else required a complete hardware and software refresh, so I weighed up a lot of pros and cons.
I have PT 6.4 running on a G4 mac from 2002 which get used regularly, PT10 on an HD3 running on a Dell Precision Workstation and PT9 running on a Macpro from 2006 ish . Although I prefer the Mac's the PC is fine but it is a certified PC to run Protools ..... I don't know what the deal is now but but it used to be a good idea to use a machine that was certified with PT if you wanted stability, the Macs were fine because the hardware was uniform.
Much as I love Protools there are alternatives. In the studio we used PT because it's the most widely excepted pro format and IMHO the best software for editing drums and comping vocals and such. At home I'm quite fond of Reaper, it's a total bargain for home use
A £400 PC with the same specs as a £1500 Mac is going to be be crap, but a £1500 PC is going to be equal in quality and likely to be higher spec
Get a PC, depreciation on electronics is bad enough already without purposely buggering yourself just for nicer looking future landful.
In the meantime the Mac OS has got more bloated. When I "upgraded" from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion on my old MacBook Pro, it slowed it down noticeably.