Reply to new to beeat Making and sampling.. MPD or MPC?

so Im looking to start making my own beats.. problem is, ive never really done any sort of production before, Im just a DJ.

Right now the two alternatives im considering iare the akai mpd 26 or the mpc 1000 or 500.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each and which is best? I currently have logic pro 9 and abelton live on my macbook, but i would have no idea how to record, cut up and assign samples on my macbook (i briefly owned an mpc2000xl, but it was a bit much).

What are peoples thoughts?