Cubase performance Mac vs PC?

[gekko513]

My brother is planning on getting a DAW and he's considering a Mac although I think he's still leaning towards getting a PC.

He already has a license for Cubase and wants to know how Cubase performs on a PowerMac compared to Pentium, Xeon and Opteron based systems. I've tried searching and I found [sound on sound] which gives some indication, but it's a little old and it says that some things aren't optimised for the G5 yet. Does anyone know if that has changed or know about some more recent tests?

 

[pulsewidth947]

One of the main problems is most people use logic or something else instead of cubase on a Mac, so that makes us Cubase users an endangered species!

I've only got cubase SE and I haven't used it much yet so I couldnt tell you much about it I'm afraid..

OSXAudio might be of use.

Good luck

 

[gekko513]

Hi, thanks for the link, although it seems to be down at the moment and has been for a day or so.

Is Logic "better than" Cubase?