that's not basic hardware/usage at all :pBONES wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:33 am 20+ years on Mac at work tells me otherwise. Again, it might be OK for less demanding users but the lack of customisation/optimisation makes it harder to get PC like performance. e.g. The nVidia drivers for my Quadro card at work have presets to optimise performance for individual applications. So (if I remember to) switch from the After Effects preset to the Cinema 4D preset when I am working in C4D, the performance difference is noticeable. OTOH, Apple has decided on my behalf that dual monitor performance is far more important to me than flat-out performance, so we all have to live with that, and the generally inferior performance of AMD's graphics, on macOS.
And yes, for more complex work, or even for people who are slightly into tech, having Windows alongside Mac is great. I pretty much grew up using Windows, so it'll always hold a special place in my heart. The nostalgia for me is real. I remember getting super excited when I discovered that I could turn the taskbar color to silver from blue, in Windows XP, I was just a kid then, lmao
I actually did some research after this comment, and found some pretty great Windows machines for the same price as a MacBook Air, or an iPad that'd actually be worth having, and those Windows laptops just blow the Mac out of the water. Look at the Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED, holy smokes, that display, that processing power, and it just weights 1 KG. The 13th Gen i7 variant with 16 gigs of ram can easily take on the M2 Air. Don't even get me started on the gfx, and gamingBONES wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:33 am You might change your mind when you see how much a well spec'd iPad Pro is. I priced one out to match the spec of my RoG Flow Z13 (it's a fancier Surface Pro) and it would have cost literally twice what I paid for my Z13. It's also not the full version of Logic, it is called "Logic for iPad" for a reason. But at least it has file compatibility with the macOS version, which makes it a much better bet than Cubase if you're a Mac person. (Cubase requires a conversion between Cubase and Cubasis [or whatever they call the iPad version].)
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