For those who aren't on Mac yet: think about it...
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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 20, 2015 at 05:13 AM
Continuing the anecdotal evidence, the following might be of interest. It comes from Hans Zimmer’s engineer assistant. Consider that these people have access to whatever kind of hardware/software one can imagine, including custom solutions.
“We’re mostly Windows-based now, which I think people often find surprising. All the samplers are Windows. The only Macs we really use are for running Pro Tools, and that’s more of a legacy thing. I think it’d be interesting to see if we could go to Windows for Pro Tools as well, because it gives you a bit more freedom in the kind of hardware you can use, especially since it’s sort of unknown what Apple’s long-term plans are for the Mac Pro. ”