slartabartfast Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 So apparently Apple had decided to move away from Intel, and all that that entails. For that small group who have been using Cakewalk and other native Windows applications on Apple hardware this is an issue, but maybe even more so for those who have invested $$$$$ in amassing an Apple studio if everything needs to be re-coded in order to be upgraded in the future. The demands of real time audio may make some kind of translator or virtual machine to graft old Apple onto future Apple impractical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioNSFW Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) Meh - Instruction sets for ARM vs. x86 are very similar , especially when compared to the old powerPC chips and current IBM Power. At least with ARM, byte order is the same, not the big-endian vs. little endian thing that went before. I expect some specialty apps that rely on the very specific specialty X86 or x64 instruction set (Like the AES encryption offload) will require refactoring -and actually expect Apple will have both ARM and x86 systems systems on the market for a while. A Hypervisor/VM on ARM to run X86 is not really a tenable solution as the processor still would not have the instruction set for the VM to access. But then again, Apple is about the worst for suddenly abandoning users. And so Cakewalk running on a Mac booting Windows will not be a possibility. For a DAW on a mac - Pro-tools or Logic or Garbage band will be the way to go. One of the very large video shops I work with is Windows exclusively, in their case because the performance of Windows SMB just absolutely spanks Apples' version of the protocol for throughput performance - we're talking a factor of 5x or more faster Edited June 10, 2020 by StudioNSFW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 When I bought my 15" refurbished 2013 MacBook Pro I decided to not go with Bootcamp. At the time I just did not want to go that far to CbB on my Mac when I could just go over to the PC and use it. Especially since Studio One Pro 4.x is now my go to DAW. That is installed on both machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, StudioNSFW said: For a DAW on a mac - Pro-tools or Logic or Garbage band will be the way to go. Or.... Digital Performer Mixbus/MIxbus 32C Studio One Pro Reaper I have all of those installed on both Mac Catalina and Win 10 Pro along with Pro Tools (Mac/PC) and Logic (on the Mac). Edited June 10, 2020 by Bapu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Are you sure they won't still support windows? 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 3 hours ago, craigb said: Are you sure they won't still support windows? 😁 There is a use for a MAC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starise Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 That's an awfully expensive window stop. Could have saved a few bucks using a PC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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