I watched a video, truth? Win11 Switchin to mac, nightmare?

[DCrown]

There's even more information about Win 11 experiences in the comments

I didn't know Win 11 is such a mess,
I am really thinking about switching to Mac

M1 laptop is enough to produce music?,
I didn't even see a USB connection or hdmi to connect to a bigger sreen.

[audiojunkie]

The video is true. All OSes have their pros and cons. You have to pick which pros and cons you want to live with.

[DCrown]

I am scared of switching to a different os, though.
I took me many years to optimize and customize Reaper, it is perfect for me now
I couldn't do it from scratch again, can't remember how I did most things, figured it out long ago, managed to do it - but it's something I did once only.
I wonder whether I could copy Reaper settings, templates, customized toolbars etc. from Win to Mac
Having to use Reaper's standard version would be a nightmare.

[jethrobull]

I am scared of switching to a different os, though.
I took me many years to optimize and customize Reaper, it is perfect for me now
I couldn't do it from scratch again, can't remember how I did most things, figured it out long ago, managed to do it - but it's something I did once only.
I wonder whether I could copy Reaper settings, templates, customized toolbars etc. from Win to Mac
Having to use Reaper's standard version would be a nightmare.

You can export and import all settings for Reaper. I always do a backup of my settings any time I change something.

[BertKoor]

M1 laptop is enough to produce music?

You did not really watch that whole 20 minutes of video, did you?
Otherwise you would not ask.

I didn't even see a USB connection or hdmi to connect to a bigger sreen.

You'll need a simple USB-C -> USB-A & HDMI adapter.

[DCrown]

M1 laptop is enough to produce music?

You did not really watch that whole 20 minutes of video, did you?
Otherwise you would not ask.

I didn't even see a USB connection or hdmi to connect to a bigger sreen.

You'll need a simple USB-C -> USB-A & HDMI adapter.

of course I watched, he wouldn't recommend the Mac he used for large sample libraries, so I am in doubt

[DCrown]

I am scared of switching to a different os, though.
I took me many years to optimize and customize Reaper, it is perfect for me now
I couldn't do it from scratch again, can't remember how I did most things, figured it out long ago, managed to do it - but it's something I did once only.
I wonder whether I could copy Reaper settings, templates, customized toolbars etc. from Win to Mac
Having to use Reaper's standard version would be a nightmare.

You can export and import all settings for Reaper. I always do a backup of my settings any time I change something.

I backup twice a year.
Great, so win to mac would work.

[jethrobull]

I am scared of switching to a different os, though.
I took me many years to optimize and customize Reaper, it is perfect for me now
I couldn't do it from scratch again, can't remember how I did most things, figured it out long ago, managed to do it - but it's something I did once only.
I wonder whether I could copy Reaper settings, templates, customized toolbars etc. from Win to Mac
Having to use Reaper's standard version would be a nightmare.

You can export and import all settings for Reaper. I always do a backup of my settings any time I change something.

I backup twice a year.
Great, so win to mac would work.

Absolutely

[kvotchin]

Same things apply as always do: you need a decent CPU for lots of tracks / plugins / processing / Serum 2 (haha, j/k); enough RAM to deal with large and/or many samples in particular and just complex workloads overall; and enough storage space for recordings, again with the samples, apps of course, and whatever else you might need to store.

Beyond that, MacOS is excellent for music production - in my opinion the best of all three - whereas Windows is good (with potential caveats), and Linux is also good (with different potential caveats).

[DCrown]

I have Win 10 and still mostly use my Win 7 (I use quite a lot of very old and some discontinued plugins) and it is great. I am surprised it is still alive, I googled and usually a laptop rarely works more than 7 years, I bought it in 2011. Use it for music only.

[legendCNCD]

No problem with Win11Pro here, no problems _at_ _all_ - ALso if the system works why the f... would one suddenly start changing it? Lets see when I run out of CPU inside 10 years, whats up then...

[BertKoor]

he wouldn't recommend the Mac he used for large sample libraries, so I am in doubt

That video is NOT a "guide". The only message of the video is:
Q: Can you make "pro" music (with Reaper) on any OS?
A: Sure you can! What else did you think, you daft narrow-minded goof!

He's not a sales guy throwing benchmark figures at you. And he got a MacBook "Neo" which doesn't have an M1 chip but the A18 Pro.

Not that it matters much, for large sample libs you're helped with the fastest SSD drive you can get and more-than-average amounts of not-the-slowest RAM.

I'm a fan of empyrical research: load your fav big sample-lib-heavy project and watch with some proper monitoring tools how much memory it really uses. Does that fit in 8GB if the OS only needs one or 2 GB instead of 7?

[lunardigs]

Btw, the Raspberry Pi 5 uses an Arm Cortex-A76 at 2.4GHz. Not the best choice for music production.

[kenn michael]

I thought the same thing when the video started, but he got the job done on it (barely) - pretty impressive for that chipset.

[lunardigs]

I'm pretty sure VT was only using Arm complied stuff too, unless there was some kind of compatibility layer. Which I've heard of, like Box86 and Box64, but was he using this? Probably not. Therefore, his selection of plugins and software must have been pretty limited.