I have always used Windows based computers for DAW music production. Starting with Win Xp then to Win 10. Lately I have been doing more midi based recording piano, strings etc and my old laptop was running out of grunt and had the snap, crackle, pop syndrome even at maximum buffer.
When my dad died I inherited his high spec IMac 27” and it sat on my office desk and I hardly ever turned it on at all. I fitted extra ram so it had 24 GB because it was so simple to do.
I had installed Cubase Elements 11 which i use on it when I first got it after reinstalling a fresh version of Ventura on it.
I removed my laptop from my garage studio and installed the iMac and mounted the 24” monitor above the main screen angled downwards so easy to see. After installing all the extra plugins I had on my laptop I was away.
I liken the difference in performance to towing a large caravan with a 4 cylinder car and then switching to a V8. The performance meter hardy even registers even at 128 buffer setting. I find Mac is not as intuitive as Windows in the way you do some things but it’s a learning curve at this stage. Mac is smarter in assigning drivers I have noticed.
I need to learn a heap of basic keyboard shortcuts, luckily the basic windows shortcuts I used transferred directly to the Mac with command instead of control.
I am loving the amount of real estate on the 27” screen after a 24” screen and having an extended desktop so the mixer and channel effects all stay on the monitor screen and recording tracks on the main screen.
I never ever thought I would be a Mac user after using them and disliking them at university in my early days way back.
I have noticed the majority of the Cubase gurus on Utube are Mac users.
Well enough ranting. 
Hi,
I’m sorry, what is the point of your message, please?
I’m enjoying using Cubase on my Mac computer!
Seriously?
I gave up Cubase right after I moved from Windows to Mac (M1 Max Studio). Visually, it’s worse (probably the only software in the world that looks so much better on Windows than on Mac). You can’t adjust UI scale, fonts are blurry and unreadable, colors are toxic.
And the stubbornness (or what?) of Steinberg to not support anything beyond VST3 on Apple Silicon is the final nail here.
I still have a glimmer of hope for UI adjustments (though I’m pretty sure VST3 thing won’t change). But considering, Cubase 14 coming not sooner than at least a year from now, I will probably become very involved with another DAW by that time.
The picture is perfect on my older iMac as it has the HD Screen. I’m also running Cubase 11 elements which does all I need. I trialled Cubase 13 pro briefly but it has so many things that are surplus to my needs it would be a waste of time. I also couldn’t justify spending that much money on a hobby!
I’m loving the amount of real estate on my 49" screen after my 32" screen. But that’s not an OS thing.
Surely this is just the difference between an old laptop and a newer desktop machine? Again, not OS related.
Exactly. it would be like me going from an old intel MBP to a new 7950x machine and saying…From Mac to Windows I’ve seen the light!!!
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Beauty is clearly in the eye of the beholder. I have an M1 Max MacBook Pro (with my eye on the upcoming M4 version) and two 27" Samsung ViewFinity S9 5K displays and everything is crystal clear.
I suppose if one were to look at Cubase only and hide the hideousness that is Windows, then sure, use whatever OS best meets your needs. But to say that Cubase “looks so much better on Windows” is pure hyperbole. Incidentally, I’m pretty agnostic when it comes to the functionality (but not stability) of Windows 10/11 vs macOS. I just can’t look at Windows. It’s beyond ugly.
And then there’s the fact that Cubase menu bars are embedded in window title bars in the Windows version. That’s totally non-standard and just looks weird.
Maybe for MacOS but not for Windows.
Name one other Windows application in which the local window menu bars are embedded in the title bars. The local menus should be displayed below the title bar. THAT is the Windows standard.
Although this isn’t as much of a problem on Windows 10/11, just look at Cubase’s combined menu bar / title bar on Windows 7 with Aero Glass transparency enabled. It looks absolutely hideous to display the menus within that fugly, blurry “glass” title bar.
Incidentally, one clear advantage of Windows over macOS on a multi-monitor system is the fact that window-specific menu bars can be displayed on each physical display (and in each open window). On the Mac there is a global menu bar. Yes, it’s possible to include a menu bar at the top of each Mac display. But it’s not as elegant as the Windows approach, IMO.
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The important thing is: Does your combination of hardware/software enable you to make the music/whatever you want? If you prefer the Apple eco-system, go for it! If you prefer Windows, go for it! Linux? You’re a better man than me, Gunga Din.
Whatever camp you’re in, enjoy it.
Linux? I can only wish Steinberg would release Linux ports but there’s very little chance of that.
Just speaking generally. Some people are quite religious with their loyalties.