LT,

I have been a long time pc user. But, around Mar. of this year I finally went to a Mac. The reason that I made the switch is because of all the times during a recording session that I had to reboot due to a lost interface connection (my pc and my Alesis board did not seem to like each other much) or a small glitch and the track would have to be punched in from where it stopped recording or totally redone. The straw that broke the camels back was when it took 10 takes to get one backup vocal recorded (which was not the singers fault). Also, I had issues with it not being able to process a lot of midi tracks at the same time in Cubase. I tried changing every setting, buffer and priority that you can imagine but nothing helped. Listed below are the specs of the pc that I was using.

- Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.50GHz)
- 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
- 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
- 640GB 7200RPM Scorpio Black SATA Dual Hard Drive (320GB x 2)
- Windows 7 Professional upgrade (64-bit)

As you see power was not the issue. The issues also happened when using Vista 32-bit I had just changed over to Win 7 at the first of 2010.

Since changing to a Mac I have had "0" issues. I do not run any virus software or have any protection. I use it for the internet and recording. I use BIAB 2010 for Macs and have had no problems. I have not tested everything in BIAB on the Mac but what I use it for has run without a flaw. I also use Cubase Studio 4 to mix and finalize all recordings. It works flawlessly as well. I have had no more issues with multiple midi tracks. Everything runs extremely smooth.

I may have told you more than you wanted to know but I wanted to let you know that I switched to Mac and never plan on going back.

Steve

Steve