Mos, you know I respect your opinion. Here's my response...
Wait... what are we disagreeing on? If we remove FOSS - which is more abundant on Windows - can you still disagree with what I've stated? Third-party packages ARE available, but there are less than what is available on Windows. Due to less competition, prices of the software tends to be higher on MacOS. If you disagree, well then, we'll simply have to disagree.
Windows DPCs = MacOS Tasklets. Apple prioritizes tasklets associated with multimedia by default. Windows does not. Apple uses CoreAudio to prioritize its tasklets where Steinberg's ASIO does it with Windows DPCs. CoreAudio is a better implementation in that it's natively prioritized by the OS. WaveRT (RT was for Real Time) was supposed to be Microsoft's answer to CoreAudio, but it didn't catch on (and didn't work on USB) so Windows users use ASIO.
IMHO we are saying the same thing...
I agree with this entire rant.
I will also agree that if quality hardware is matched apple-to-apple (pun intended), the Windows PC will typically be more expensive. MacOS laptops are more expensive than the cheapest Windows laptops, but they do typically have significantly more quality than those cheap Windows laptops.
Still, IMHO $1k for a MB Air is fairly steep considering that the CPU and graphics won't really be tapped - even with a DVS. At ~$700, I believe most Windows laptops to be a better value for DJing than the MBAs or MBPs... but that's my opinion.
Now where's that beer? I'm buyin', Mos...
-KLH
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