One such example is music production. Audio on Mac just works. You can plug in a microphone from 20 years ago and it will just work. With Windows this is not the case. You need appropriate drivers, often which are not available. This is not including all the issues with audio routing etc.
I will agree that native cloud sucks on Mac. I would disagree about the desktop apps, I think they are superior to Windows. Programming is also superior on Mac, in my opinion.
Personally speaking, the big thing I hate most about Windows are the defaults. Like, the default keyboard shortcuts i.e. using F keys in opinion, is very poor design. Also the lack of an additional modifier key makes Windows less ideal from this point of view.
Of course, each OS has their pros and cons. Windows just doesn't work for me.
Except when it doesn’t. Like for example with macOS Ventura, where lots of people had huge problems with audio dropouts on USB interfaces.
The problem was never really acknowledged by Apple (as usual), but “magically” fixed in Sonoma (without any mention in release notes).
Leaving many users with the dilemma that they should upgrade to Sonoma asap to fix the USB problems, but on the other hand should wait with upgrading because maybe their DAWs or plugins are not compatible with Sonoma yet.
Yeah my piano doesn't work with macOS Ventura suddenly. Audio dies after 2 minutes. I'm only using it for monitoring so I just plug bloody headphones in it and be done with the computer.
The audio HDMI output from my MacBook M1 Pro since release always had choppy buffer loops. That is until one of the most recent software updates. Finally it 'just works'.
I agree that it's a problem. But also, you don't have to upgrade to the latest OS. Most people wait to see if there are any problems before they upgrade.
I think this applies to most things in life. Especially programming libraries at software companies. It's almost assumed that something will break when you upgrade any kind of system.
I heard this a lot. I did music production on Linux for 5 years, and tried it on Windows for a few months.
Then I bought my M1 Mac and was shocked to learn that I think it's actually the least sophisticated, by far.
Don't get me wrong, my M1 hardware competes with my 5950x Desktop system... which amazes me.
But, Jack2 on Linux was pretty cool, a little rough around the edges, but worked really well.
Now with Pipewire becoming the standard, I can't imagine why anyone would pick a platform besides Linux for any real time Audio+Visual routing/processing.
It's just so easy to pipe any of your data to any other piece of software, including over the network.
> Now with Pipewire becoming the standard, I can't imagine why anyone would pick a platform besides Linux for any real time Audio+Visual routing/processing.
Software compatibility almost entirely non existent for industry standard workflows.
> It's just so easy to pipe any of your data to any other piece of software, including over the network.
Not a frequently required feature (or at all) for 99% of music production use cases.
Linux audio is getting there, but it's a million miles away from being a feasible choice for most people in the industry. I mean, I don't think I could find a single person who would trade their MacBook for a Linux laptop when its running their entire live setup.
Normally the mixing control software for older hardware that works fine like Saffire Pro (FireWire interface) or a Tascam USB interface that has an internal mixer that is impossible to use on the hardware. Eg. line/instrument switches are done digitally.
I ended up going back to Windows to use these and switched to Studio One instead of Logic Pro X.
I will agree that native cloud sucks on Mac. I would disagree about the desktop apps, I think they are superior to Windows. Programming is also superior on Mac, in my opinion.
Personally speaking, the big thing I hate most about Windows are the defaults. Like, the default keyboard shortcuts i.e. using F keys in opinion, is very poor design. Also the lack of an additional modifier key makes Windows less ideal from this point of view.
Of course, each OS has their pros and cons. Windows just doesn't work for me.