Going Digital........?

It's funny, I consider myself to be an uber-geek. I had no concern about switching over to serato. But when it came to my production tools I was on the fence for a long time...... It seems that for a while I wasn't the geek I thought I was. I started producing on a roland sp-808, then saved enough for an MPC 2000XL. Still to this day I love it, but recently I've moved on. I picked up N.I. Maschine and I must say, Im loving everything about it. Ive been using Ableton for a while now but it didnt have the feel i was looking for when it comes to hip hop. Or even just laying down beats. Im more of a hands on person. Im curious as to what layout other people use, if its the same as mine, or wayyy different. My setup is pretty minimal just the way i like it.... Simple.