Ah yes, the age-old Mac vs PC debate returns and I’m glad.
It wasn’t until just recently that Apple even graced us with the knowledge that they’d be making pro-level Macs, again. Three years was a long time to wait.
I’m glad Apple hasn’t dropped the Mac Pro line.
I’m also grateful Cubase works on both platforms, many DAWs don’t.
I desperately needed to upgrade a dying 2006 Mac Pro right around mid 2011, but with the at the time overpriced 2010-era Apple hardware looking less sweet, I waited it out … painfully … until 2012 when I couldn’t wait and had to switch platforms, completely.
I was not pleased (understatement). This was a BIG change (it was more than just audio-related for me). It affected my business and personal life.
I felt betrayed. We creative professionals stood by Apple in its darkest hour. So where was this more-cash-than-a-government company now, once it had completed world domination; an iOS device in every hand?
Totally and completely missing in action. The Mac Pros, and the future of Apple-based professional content creators was to be a past era, or so it appeared.
Summer 2013: Well, well, well. Finally, I guess someone at Apple realized someone had to make all the fancy content to fill its iPads’ screens.
For me: Too little, too late.
I will never put myself in that situation again. For me, it will be cheap, easy to upgrade hardware, here-forth.
But, the fact we’re having the classic Mac vs PC debate does make me feel that somehow order in the universe has been restored.
Choices are good.