Professionals mostly use Macs? Should I go Windows or Mac?

If you are new here check this forum first, your question may have been answered.
RELATED
PRODUCTS
User avatar
WatchTheGuitar
KVRAF
12479 posts since 30 Apr, 2019

Post Sun Apr 02, 2023 4:23 am

On the one remaining underpowered Intel based Mac presumably.

"Shush. Such a familiar tone. Were I not merciful, I would slice the skin clean from your meat. Yet you are not bleeding, for I am nothing if not merciful."
https://tidal.com/artist/33798849

User avatar
Michael L
KVRAF
4541 posts since 25 Jan, 2014 from The End of The World as We Knowit

Post Sun Apr 02, 2023 4:50 am

https://machow2.com/parallels-review/
"With the death of Boot Camp and the switch to ARM M1 and M2 processors in the latest Macs, Parallels remains on the cutting edge of virtualization and is the best way to run Windows on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
Parallels is authorized by Microsoft to run Windows 11."

User avatar
WatchTheGuitar
KVRAF
12479 posts since 30 Apr, 2019

Post Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:03 am

You are literally just going to spit back google results? Are you secretly a bot?

"Shush. Such a familiar tone. Were I not merciful, I would slice the skin clean from your meat. Yet you are not bleeding, for I am nothing if not merciful."
https://tidal.com/artist/33798849

cnt
KVRian
618 posts since 9 Mar, 2001

Post Sun Apr 02, 2023 6:31 am

Go for whatever makes you comfortable using! It is that simple.

Personally I think Macs are extremely overpriced for what you get, but if you prefer to use MacOS then go for it.
A lot of producers use Windows PC's for heavy duty productions (ie not laptops!). But then use laptop Macs for live situations where you don't need as much memory and CPU.

Running Windows on ARM is not recommended, since most software is developed for x86. I don't know if there's even any DAWs for Windows that are compiled for Windows ARM. Probably not many plugins.

User avatar
Michael L
KVRAF
4541 posts since 25 Jan, 2014 from The End of The World as We Knowit

Post Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:18 pm

WatchTheGuitar wrote: Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:03 am You are literally just going to spit back google results? Are you secretly a bot?
Nonsense
You did not read/understand my post or its link

I will simplify:
Now in 2023 professionals could go Mac AND Windows with M1/2 processors so CASE CLOSED

[ My bottitude is no secret ]
d o n 't
w a n t
m o r e

Return to “Getting Started (AKA What is the best...?)”