HISTORY:

I play music in "amateur" and I always worked a PC = the choice has become home computer ... 20 years it lasts.

And then I met ... Live Intro need to buy a computer "modern".

Then a colleague of mine passed on his old iMac (the ball + screen) and I already had a slap ... it turns direct ... stable and reliable. Good course to run an app on a computer from 2010 to 2003 ... rowed it, but so far without crashing ...

So the Mac has quickly become ... My budget revolving around 1,000 €, the choice was quickly ported to the MacBook Pro 13 "... and I hesitated with an iMac 21" (but I needed a laptop) or a MacBook Pro 15 "much more powerful but much more expensive too.

Today I do not regret my choice. Live runs perfectly and far from saturation for the purpose I have today ...

Advantages:

- Boot in 30 seconds
- Silent (important for zicos)
- Very low latency
- The nickel (with headphones plugged into an amp + speaker)
- No galley installation or incompatibility
- Beautiful, beautiful it is
- Duty battery
- OS X: it is so simple that PCistes in my style is a little confused. Never be confirmed, say ok or answer "Are you sure" ... It's really nickel
- Quality of the screen. Despite its small size, it has a good resolution ... Anyway it is small. If you choose the apps to multiple windows ... you will suffer. Ableton Live is already a success for it ... All in only one screen.
- Attention to detail. It's Apple. It's beautiful and functional ... and, for example, the charger is tiny, lightweight design ...
- Track pad multitouch ... You can really do without mouse, even if I bought a ... while the laptops are "unmanageable" without a mouse, here ... is really nickel and was full of "features" while playing with a 4-finger ...

Disadvantages:
- The HDD only runs at 5400 rpm ... it can be boring ... but nothing prevents to replace a 7200 show an SSD.
- No separate audio input! A heresy when it is present on other MacBook Pro 15 "and 17" ... I realized after ... GRRRR!! So I was forced to buy an audio interface ...
- 2 USB ports. Also a stingy with our time! 3 would have been minimal.
- Glossy screen. Until it does me no problem ... but it could be one day ...
Since I have I live completely differently. This MacBook Pro 13 "will follow me everywhere and I do not have to worry about" IT "(fix bugs in Windows) but to learn and benefit from the programs that interest me. And for a" amateur "who has little time to devote to music ... the fact that it starts like clockwork, it does not crash and it works wonderfully is a true happiness that is well worth the price difference, even though it's expensive ...

It is clear that never in my life I never buy anything but a Mac ... No more PC's, ended the galleys and bullshit .... hours trying to dip it why not work as explained in the manuals ... FYI ... I need to transfer my data from PC to Mac, and given the weak capacity of the HDD in the MacBook Pro I bought a USB 2.0 external HDD and ethernet (LaCie Network Space 2) ... The MacBook Pro was immediately recognized and the old iMac as ... so I can work in a network without having to make any thing but to follow the 2-3 steps very fast. Well ... unable to access network HDD to PC ... And I have already spent hours!! I'll have to transfer all my data very carefully and with USB ...

A word to the wise.

CONCLUSION

To all those (and those) who hesitates when you pay the difference between a PC and a Mac ... wait a bit to expand your budget ... Blessed with the fingers a computer running smoothly is always a joy and serenity really important for recreation, I think.

Besides, I do not understand why the Mac does not raffle the market ...

Long live Apple, so ...