Switched from PC to Mac: 1 year later. Is it REALLY better? 20-Year PC-DAW user's experience

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[YuzoTibi]

After having some issues with a 2019 i9 MacBook Pro I switched to a MacBook Air M2 and finally to a Mac Studio Ultra (M1) and MB Pro M3.

I can confirm everything you said in the video. Really the best choice I could ever make. The Sillicon Macs are just perfect. A game changer. Silent, powerful, efficient with great usability.

[charley]

For all you gamer producers: there are way less games on Mac. And this is good. Because you should finish your song.

[MR_Cellarpop]

Same here, I gave up PC for 10 years ago before that I was a PC nerd. Now I use a Mac Studio M1

[slimyelow]

Every MAC user ever: 'Everything just works for me'.

[Enthronedx]

PC/Windows guy for more than 20 years here. I always loved to build or renew a system. I was searching for new computers for church and tested a Mac mini for the first time in my life. From the first tests the M1 series got me. Completely quiet, fast for everything throwing on it, no driver or USB issues - it was just perfect. I got a Mac mini for myself and just plugged off my PC.
Later I got a Macbook and as you mentioned Airdrop is so enjoyable to use.
I came to conclusion, that since Apple M Chips are all same as powerful in their specific generation, all I need is a Macbook.

Now Everything I did and do is running so smooth on only one system - a "Laptop" which is complete quiet, lightweight and portable. Wherever I go my whole Music Libraries are with me, ready to use. Crazy times.

[BlackCouchstudio]

This is so interesting... along with the diverse comments. I'm a lifelong, advanced PC user. I build my own with high specs per what is compatable with my DAW software and firmware. I have not had any issues as long as I've been in the business, and I also edit video regularly. It's when I made the switch to the Mac Pro trash can unit, that's when I had major issues. The spinning wheel of death was haunting me every single day. Needless to say, I switched back... with again, zero issues. So my experience is the exact opposite of yours. Hence why I find this topic interesting to read.

[thomashambrecht]

We work with 22 PCs (Windows) in the studio (Nuendo and Cubase) and would never think of swapping them for Macs. That would be priceless. We digitize old tapes, vinyl, cassettes... We need so much special software, lots of hard drives and are much more flexible with Windows. Most importantly, 99% of our customers (cities, states, state libraries) are all on Windows. But you have to configure the PCs yourself and keep them clean.

[perrykeshahwalker]

I bought the M1 Mac Mini in 2020 with 16 gigs of RAM and 256 SSD. At first I loved it but after using it on projects I saw that it just wasn't quite enough. And I didn't see spending $2, 500 just to get a functional machine so I bought a used I 7 9700 Dell computer for a couple 100 bucks; max out the ram to 32 gigs and put several 2 TB high speed SSD's in it and it is serving me well. Yes its slightly slower in some things but having the ability to upgrade my own ram and ssd's is priceless. Especially for the fraction of the cost. The M1 is my last mac unless Apple gives the user the ability to upgrade their own RAM and SSD with their RAM and SSD of choice.

[markusweber]

I made the switch half a year ago and I can confirm: no issues with drivers or detecting plugins. A total awesome experience for PC Users😃. Sometimes Cubase crashes. Same as on PC (Win10). I only can recomment to switch to apple (for Music production).

[MattStevens]

Even if Mac's and Apple's ecosystem are better, I wouldn't leave Windows. I've built and DIY changed batteries, rams, drives, cards, etc on my windows laptop and desktop. The money I saved from all that vs a visit to the Apple center makes me happy where I am with my production tools. I've also been able to repurpose old windows machines into useful media devices--- like a retro game console.

[Cinnjerm]

I was already planning on getting a Mac Studio for my next computer for music, but this just solidified it. Thanks for the honest opinion.

[aipsong]

Great choice !!!
I bought my first computer in 2000, a Mac titanium laptop, and then bought the first version of the ProTools MBox. In 2022, I bought the Mac Studio M1 Ultra, and now have the ProTools MBox Studio. I make a new video every week, composing, playing, recording, mixing, etc. The Mac never kicks its fans up to a higher speed and is silent as a sleeping mouse. I am sure you will enjoy your new Mac !! Thanks for your excellent videos and great advice !!! Que va piano va sano y lontano!!!

[Skijumptoes]

Was on Mac, then went PC, now back on Mac - and so pleased to be back. While the apps operate much the same, I just find that generally I can get on and work so much quicker because of how slick the interfacing is, just silly things like scrolling and 4 finger swiping between desktops is just so natural and quick....

All those time savers leaves more time for play (and family of course!) I really don't want to lose hours with configuring machines anymore, which is easily done with Windows. :)

[thomas_xsg]

Switched to Mac and that was the end of endless troubleshooting of things that just didn’t work all of a sudden. No more worrying about drivers. It just works. It saved me so many hours.

[basspig]

You'll love the Macintosh computer until you have your first Hardware failure and find that you can't repair it yourself.

[juddrizzo]

Wow!!!! Thank you. 😃

I Really appreciate

[InspelaRecords]

I’ve been a Mac user for 22 years now and there’s no way I’d switch back to Windows. Everything you’ve said here are truly valid points, especially since Apple introduced their M-Series chips and abandoned Intel. Brilliant video, as always!

[jean_mollycutpurse_winchester]

I had my first Mac in 1991 and I agree AirDrop is awesome.

[mimodelorean]

completely opposite experience here. Been an Apple user since 2011 and since I switched to the M1 Mac Studio Max I had a shitload of issues and I've never ever been experiencing so many crashes and glitches in Logic. Switching back to Windows as of today

[PetrFink]

Truly nice and honest video Dom. Really endless power of the new Macs. Just wow.
But on the other hand... To be honest, I have been working on PC without any problems for so many years (no spikes etc. just tursted components). And I've built about like 5-6 extremely powerful PCs durring like 20 years. I've never had any massive problem. Yeah, some minor ones. But I've heard so many frustrated people on MAC with older plugins or big company plugins while there were f*cked when apple switched to new processors. It took months, or like 2 years, before they finally got something working. Plus, I've also tried macs, and I constantly felt pushed, limited (it's not just about audio). With PC I have a completely free hand, even if it's sometimes tricky, you're definitely right. Of course, I can do everything. On the mac I tried different operations, adjusting the work and just always had my hands tied. Plus the mac doesn't support a lot of foreign formats, quite important utilities. Yes, whoever has a lot of money and builds the whole system exclusively on mac from the start, then it's a 100% win - Mac of course is an absolute no brainer then. But the money for new mac studio (with the "same" confing on pc?) 14000 USD... / PC - AMD 64cores, 8TB nvme!!! (not ssd) like 4000USD max. - what will I do with the 10000 USD difference? I can buy a of extra power too.

Offtopic. Like 7 for years I am STILL working with my nvidia Quadro p4000. Now I have two of 32" 4K displays, I still play performance-intensive games too on 4K!! no issues whatsoever. Seriously.

And just like you say in the video, it's not a PC user vs MAC fight. I'm perfectly happy too, as long as someone is happy with a MAC. Just stating my experience. And I had a mac pro at home for about 6 months and then sold it.

Offtopic II. ;)) I have two Minimoogs Vintage at home. I'd trade one of my minimoogs for a full-featured Mac Studio. Because it wouldn't hurt me so much financially, and maybe I would/could gradually switch to Mac system ;) If someone is interested ;)