Wine for mac 10.6.86/17/2023 The recent hardware of Macs doesn’t seem to be made for Audio people anymore. You still have access to lot of Linux stuff like JackAudio thanks to its unix core. you have access to almost all important VSTs like in Windows. In comparison to Linux I would say, the most benefits are 1. But there are much more plus reasons like fully hardware accelerated OpenGL like graphics output (for desktop) and much better plug and play driver structure, better firewire support etc. You can still crash Renoise with buggy VSTs. OSX also runs much more stable - usually. And this already since OSX 10.1? OSX 10.10 now also supports natively MIDI-over-bluetooth which seems to be almost fast as cable. Such intelligent stuff, which is not available in Windows. ![]() As jiku wrote, you can aggregate audio-devices into one. Also the midi support is much more advanced, the os has midi hardware-software wiring settings, in which you can also easily setup midi-via-lan or via-wlan setups. It works usually out-of-the-box with zero-configuration. For example you can run audio apps side by side with the os internal low latency driver without problems (like asio4all or now this “new” audio layer since win2000 / WDM?). In my opinion the structure of OSX for audio is way better than Windows (also used Windows for a decade). For example the Apple support forum is completely obsolete and filled with useless disinformation without matter. Sometimes there still are nice freaks around. These people are usuallynewly wealthy or just idiots who want to status their life with an Apple life style product or facebook the whole day. If you look to Mac user forums, Apple isn’t so wrong here it seems. Apple wants OSX to become a pure consumer OS, not a pro-OS. But as I said, Apple tries to destroy its own OS. No doubt OSX is the audio OS… Windows is a pain in the ass and will be forever. from Dell for 2/3 of the prize (with all the features like ultraHD and so on) - And then hackintosh it. So a good hackintosh is for me the best computer setup you can get. Or sell the remaining stuff of the device in pieces… It’s Apple’snon-refillable philosophy which is so annoying. Regarding the hardware, it looks good, but if it gets damaged you usually can throw it away, because a repair does not pay. Apple doesn’t fix essential problems (like coreaudiod now always scans all AudioUnits on boot up etc) ![]() 10.9 is so slow in comparison and 10.10 I won’t even try. OSX 10.6.8 still is the best version, but I was forced to update for compatibility reasons. But OSX is still the best OS on the planet, but Apple heavily wants to destroy it with useless stuff. Haha starting a fanboy war here… Mac is the most obsolete hardware ever made. ![]() Fun and educating, but more tinkering than I’m keen on. I’d be looking at a MacBook Pro (the next model, not something that’s out yet, and would also wait to see what exactly the iPad Pro/Plus will be) down the road.Ĭonsidered Linux, but that’s less compatible with my job (I’d have to use Wine), and I had ran ArchLinux for a while. Probably a somewhat stupid reason, really (another is that it also ties in well with the iPad, which I love). I’ve been using Windows for 22 years (came from CP/M and TOS/GEM before, couldn’t afford a Mac when the Atari era ended), so I’d like to shake up things a bit, learn new things, gain some expertise with another consumer OS, perhaps make computing a little more exciting again. There’s no really strong reason for that, other than wanting a bit of a change now that my hobbies (less gaming) and the job allow for it. For a while now, I’ve been entertaining the idea of switching platforms. How do you guys feel about Macs and OSX? Mostly in general, but also in regard to making music.
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