GB vs. Pro Tools With Mbox or Apogee Duet 2 and Neumann TLM 102

Any guidance on this is greatly appreciated....I am VO artists really being forced into home recording.  Can not do a USB Mic into the MBP as the sound is not professional enough.  But I do use GB. Based on that, and the fact I only record my voice, I have a series of questions
First question: I'm thinking of getting Apogee Duet 2 as opposed to an Mbox.  Any opinion? The Mbox comes with Pro Tools
Second question: Is Pro Tools better software than GB?  Remember this is for voice-over work.
Third question: Has anyone out there used either the Apogee Duet 2 or Mbox with a Neumann TLM 102 mic? Do you hear a difference between Apogee Duet 2 and Mbox with the Neumann?
Forth question: If you were in my shoes, and just wanted a super duper VO sound, should I be looking at something other than mBox and Apogee?
Again, to be clear: I'm not recording instruments, so I don't need a lot of bells and whistles...just great, and I mean great sound quality...
Thanks so much
Oh....real important...running OS 10.7.4 if that affects the above... I alos know 10.7.4 is getting upgraded ( spoke to Apple) because of the QT Pro 7 problems, amongst others

Go with the Duet 2, no question.  You'll hear the difference...
Pro Tools and GarageBand are both great apps, its really a question of what your'e trying to do with it.  Unless there's anything you're trying to do but can't do in GarageBand, there's no real advantage to Pro Tools for what you're doing. 
Apogee has always been a "no bells and whistles" company - it simply works and sounds great. 
Hope this helps!

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