need help with picking synth etc!!!

[brahma jay]

hi there,
thinking of getting some stuff for my home studio. never had my own equipment, but used to work at a radio station, so have an idea about things.

wanna get synths (choises):
1 JUPITER-80
2 JUNO-Gi Mobile Synthesizer
3 and Native Instruments Maschine

it looks like jupiter is 3000 $, which is kinda too much, but is it worth the money? Could Juno be a decent and effective substitute to it? other options?
what things do i need to connect it and record to my Mac? midi controller, audio interface? what plugins are best and what programs are working with synths? are ableton live, pro tools or logic work with any synthesizers?

really like the Maschine and wanna get it anyways.
please help me with it. and let me know if there is something better than my choices. my budget is 2000+ $.
sorry for the messy post. :-)

[MrHarryReems]

You can buy a very good keyboard controller and hardware synth for much less than the Jupiter 80. Personally, I went old school and bought a Roland A-80 keyboard controller and a Roland SC88 Pro synth module. If you get a controller you like, there are a LOT of very good synth modules out there.