It would be different if you were someone who loved MacOS and/or had been using Logic for a very long time, and would prefer to remain in that world. I don't want to get in to the Neanderthalian and boring Mac vs PC debate, just my experience and the two cents I have left from investing in Macs over the years.Īll the best for the new build, sounds exciting!Īt this point, I think you're better off going with a Windows machine. Macs are virtually immune while you have to be very careful with Windows. The only 100% superiority in my opinion, is in virus protection. (Also Pro Tools works better on Mac from my knowledge) If you use Logic, then sure it's the only option, and DAW familiarity trumps everything usually. Overall W7 and W10 have been stable and Cubase in particular runs great exploiting the CPU much better then on similarly spec'd Apple machine. I get an email every other day from developers saying 'x program is not compatible with LaGrandePanorama or whatever the current Mac Os is called, don't update' Only once I had a hard disc failure, but that's about it. Sorry if I sound so negative about this but I am really happy with the PCs I had the last 10 years (considering my upbringing in a strict conservative Mac family house ). It's clear Apple proritizes its main department, the gadget one, and lets the Pro one to chance more or less, or as aside project (at least 2010-2020). Double, triple, power and capacity from a similarly priced PC (at the moment). Users in pro audio, in my prediction, fueled by fact of the last years, will only have problems on problems, constant need to pay developers for updates, hardware failures, trips to the AppleCareStoreRepairMaybe etc.Īnd the prices. What is supposed to be exciting news with the M1x etc will mostly mean software working fantastically!īut only for iTunes and Apple App Store and maybe Photoshop. One Macbook wasn't powerful enough to run anything but emails (and Cubase and Pro Tools, if you use 3 plugin per project, were great too!), even having nominally the same specs as the work PC I had a few years ago, and is the one am writing from. Had 2 Macbooks Pro (thousands$), one died after maybe three years, fixed, died, fixed, died and left to rot. Had a G5 that died after a year and thousands$.

Had a G4 (the new 'war machine') which dies after 2 years and thousands$ AppleCare said it was un-fixable, my guarantee expired.

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