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Feb 6 2010

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Windows 7 vs. Mac OS X

I hate to say it, but today I had a realization…one that I didn’t want to have necessarily: Mac OS X development is sucking fumes and Windows 7 is actually a good OS. I came to this realization when looking at the decline in good Mac counterparts to popular software I use everyday. I personally love Quicken, and if you have been following Intuit’s development of it’s popular finance software on the Mac, you would need no lecture from me as to why that’s the first thing I open with. I can’t believe that there is a such a hole for software like Quicken, almost all the instant messengers (excluding the gay AOL IM), and numerous other audio software to fall so easily into.

Since 2006, when Apple jumped on Intel’s balls and started pushing out UB (Universal Binary) software, there has actually been a sharp decline in Audio DAW software support as well as so many other little “get things done” apps. Being a composer who bases his whole rig on the Mac platform, I am almost embarrassed to see the support trends for Apple’s new OS in regards to programs like Cubase and other recently released Software instruments such as the new Native Instrument stuff. One of my biggest gripes is the speed at which Apple pushed out these new frameworks, causing the Steinberg team and NI team to play catch up at an alarming rate – allowing their software to prematurely need newer versions without fully getting the system they have stable.

Apple has compartmentalized their OS in such a way that it forces users to upgrade. There has been relatively no stability between Tiger and Leopard/Snow Leopard in regards to development done by Steinberg, Intuit, Yahoo, Microsoft, Skype, and a plethora of other hardware developers. Either you have what is hot – Snow Leopard – or you stick with what you got -Cubase 4 and NI K5. This doesn’t even take into account the fact that so many third-party products lose many of their Windows counterpart’s features on the Mac platform! As much as I love the stability and ease of the Mac OS X, if Apple continues to neglect their long-term coordinating, I am sure Windows will always triumph in Pro applications. I mean who actually cares about a damn iPad or the silly Laptops that come with no CD-ROM? Pro-users that rely on the power and stability of a Mac don’t care about gimmicks.

What do you think?