I really don't understand this Mac vs PC debate in a ProAudio context. Like Anderton put it, once you have your program open, you really don't deal with the OS much. I can spend hours in Sonar without needing anything else on the computer. Whether I have finder or Explorer, NTFS or HFS+ really doesn't matter 99 percent of the time. I'm quicker on Windows if I need to make a setting or do something else, but that's mostly relevant because I need to use my laptop for a bunch of things as I don't do studio work full-time. If I had a truly dedicated system it would make no difference to me what the OS was. I could even set Sonar/Logic to autorun on boot.

Not have to deal with Windows is always a HUGE bonus for me.
 
Once you're running Bootcamp and Windows, you are essentially running a PC - albeit, a very fancy (and underpowered) PC. Not a very exciting perspective.
 
For me, it's just not worth the hassle.
 
I would run a native version of Sonar (admitting that I didn't have to upgrade OS) on my Mac anytime. But even though I sometimes would have liked having access to Sonar, I never seriously considered Bootcamp since I switched in 2010.

 
I get the hassle of having to install Windows, then Sonar, but are there really performance issues? When you say 'underpowered', does running Windows on a Mac somehow downgrade the performance of the Mac? Sorry, still trying to understand apart from the hassle of installing another OS on the machine, what the Bootcamp issues are. 

millzy

Not have to deal with Windows is always a HUGE bonus for me.

Once you're running Bootcamp and Windows, you are essentially running a PC - albeit, a very fancy (and underpowered) PC. Not a very exciting perspective.

For me, it's just not worth the hassle.

I would run a native version of Sonar (admitting that I didn't have to upgrade OS) on my Mac anytime. But even though I sometimes would have liked having access to Sonar, I never seriously considered Bootcamp since I switched in 2010.

 
I get the hassle of having to install Windows, then Sonar, but are there really performance issues? When you say 'underpowered', does running Windows on a Mac somehow downgrade the performance of the Mac? Sorry, still trying to understand apart from the hassle of installing another OS on the machine, what the Bootcamp issues are. 

I ran a bootcamped Macbook pro running Sonar for 3 years without any issue Milzy - back when macs were fast though:) There was certainly no performance hit as you are essentially running windows natively. Perhaps the poster is thinking of Paralells and various other windows emulators which are a freakin' nightmare.

millzy
but are there really performance issues?

Not here. I'm running a 2012 i7-iMac with both macOS and Bootcamp/W10. Cubase, Studio one, they've the same performance on both OS. Sonar runs into some dropouts or crashes, maybe this is a specific problem with my FW-Interface.
 
The software world is running fast and a new manager will popup the message "Let's make Sonar4Mac" ;)

Apple's consumer/phone thrust has hit the artistic community hard.  Ironically, Microsoft's failure to succeed phone wise forces a greater focus on their main platform and a grab is on for the growing art of humanity... within which Sonar resides!
 
While I recognize the value of cross platform, I've never owned an apple product and doubt I ever will so hope this leads to better focus on bakin' the cakes we all know and love  by MS and Cake!

As a non-Mac fan I should be disinterested in all this. However the idea of Sonar on a Mac seems like an exciting development, even if it's only a cut-down version and not the full application. Unfortunately I don't currently have access to a Mac. Otherwise I would certainly be checking it out.

What's strange in this whole deal is that Apple itself has such a strong focus on design, you'd think they'd be on top of the game for graphic design and Autocad workstations. I wonder if their designers are "secretly" working on dual-videocard Alienware/Clevo/MSI laptops for rendering. There are no truly high powered Macbooks that compete in that area.

All computers suck, as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks for the update and the open and honest communication Cakewalk. The only reason I would change to Mac is to get a better Sonar experience - can't wait to see what you bring to the party next!

Kev999
As a non-Mac fan I should be disinterested in all this. However the idea of Sonar on a Mac seems like an exciting development, even if it's only a cut-down version and not the full application. Unfortunately I don't currently have access to a Mac. Otherwise I would would be checking it out.

I'm also not a Mac fan, I'm using it but I'll never download a joke.

millzy

Not have to deal with Windows is always a HUGE bonus for me.

Once you're running Bootcamp and Windows, you are essentially running a PC - albeit, a very fancy (and underpowered) PC. Not a very exciting perspective.

For me, it's just not worth the hassle.

I would run a native version of Sonar (admitting that I didn't have to upgrade OS) on my Mac anytime. But even though I sometimes would have liked having access to Sonar, I never seriously considered Bootcamp since I switched in 2010.

 
I get the hassle of having to install Windows, then Sonar, but are there really performance issues? When you say 'underpowered', does running Windows on a Mac somehow downgrade the performance of the Mac? Sorry, still trying to understand apart from the hassle of installing another OS on the machine, what the Bootcamp issues are. 

I was thinking that most people using PC usually build or buy incredibly powerful machines -  by a PC user standard, Mac computers are often underpowered.
 
I don' believe there'd be anymore performance issue than on another machine, since a Mac is essentially a PC.