Well, I took the plunge and splurged on a new MacBook Pro (running Mavericks)…went with the 15" Retina, 16GB Ram, 512GB Flash, and a UR22 interface. Using my PC as the slave (via VEPro 5), it is absolutely amazing. I also have two external 24" monitors running off the Mac. I have scored a short film already, running fairly large templates, and honestly I don’t see any performance difference betwen Windows and Mac (I call BS on those who think C7 runs better on Windows). In fact, I have not had a single crash yet. I was a little hesitant about jumping to Mac, but I really wish I had switched sooner. Everything just “works”…no screwing around with optimization settings, etc. Plus, for $150, the UR22 is a great little interface for those who are mainly MIDI composers. No latency issues whatsoever.
If you’ve been on the fence about Mac, just do it! The cool part is, Apple gives you two weeks to try it out…if it doesn’t work for you, just return for a full refund. A no-brainer. 