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I think if you are going have to choose between Final Scratch and Serato Scratch, I would choose Serato Scratch. I have an earlier version of Final Scratch (1.2) and I was facing the same decision whether to upgrade to 2.0 with the rebate or go for Serato Scratch. I know for scraching and beat juggling was VERY bad on the earlier versions of Final Scratch due to the latancy and weird metallic sounds, but I think the new 2.0 should be better. Final Scratch 2.0 has some cool things like a key lock and recording. Serato seems to be much more stable compared to the older versions of Final Scratch, seems to run fine on slower/older hardware and their support forum is pretty helpful.
All that being said, I would tell your friend to save up and get the CDJ1000/800s.  If your friend plans on playing anywhere, there is more of a chance that the club will have one of those than a FS or Serato hookup. If he wants to practice beat juggling or scratching on real vinyl, he can get a couple of battle records.
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