Doing so can cause issues with audio drivers, latency and can crash your projects continuously. Virtual machines are very buggy and due to Apple's specific hardware requirements for macOS, it's very difficult to get running smoothly on Windows. If you have the correct hardware requirements to build a Hackintosh, then you should be ok running a virtual machine for Garageband, but it still won't run as well as a DAW that is made for Windows.Īnother thing to consider is updates.

As updates are released, software becomes obsolete for certain versions of macOS. When running a virtual machine for macOS, it's extremely difficult to keep up with OS updates and to get them running smoothly.

This means you'll always be a couple of updates behind everyone else. You can get PC's that are stable, but they will always be slightly more at risk of potential crashes.Īre Macs Better Than PC for Music Production?īut Apple release new features for Garageband quite frequently, so it's probably best to just get a cheap 2nd hand, Mac, if you want Garageband that badly. When building a PC for music production it's important that you pay attention to the hardware. It's common for PCs to have hardware with bad drivers that can cause DPC latency spikes and as a result, give you stuttery audio/video. With Mac, you don't have any of these problems because there isn't the same level of customizability for parts.

You can only use certain hardware in Mac machines, and this hardware has been pre-selected by Apple for you. This also helps with the stability of music production software.īecause there's a fairly limited amount of hardware that will be running the application, it's easier to find the bugs and iron them.

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