I just got into music production. I already had a pc but got a mac g4 laptop as a music related only machine, I use it to dj with Traktor using a m-audio fw410 and was using a doepfer pocket dial but just got a evolution x-session. At home I have a 23" cini hd monitor which is sooo sweet and run logic 6 plat soon to be pro (which is hands down the best sequencer and if one doesn't think so then one either hasn't used it or understood it, not that I have used digital performer mind you), it works great but the 877mhz processor gets a bit swamped at times during heavy processing but I am holding on getting a g5 till the next generation arrives. I really wanted to get away from cracked programs and have a clean machine with manuals, updates and tech support, which I have needed.
I hated macs before I tried osx, there are still a few things I don't like but it is so easy. Like installing programs like Live is just a case of draging a folder from the cd to anywhere on your comp and that is it and you can move it around anytime. In my experience the os is a rock and has only ever crashed when there was some issue with the old m-audio drivers.
Then there are PC/mac only programs, like sonar or the killer soft synth z3ta+ (come on Rene port it over to AU) or wavelab with that brilliant compare audio function but the mac has logic, pluggo, radial and the very inovative numerology to mention a few.
Personally if I were you (but then who would be me?) and I had the cash which you probably have considering this is an option for you. I'd go to audiomidi.com and buy logic pro for $999 which in quids isn't much, a month ago this package would have cost you $2500 maybe more. If you need to run a soft synth off the pc just have the mac control it via midi and route the audio from the pc to mac and record it, you could even just have reason running on the pc and control it with logic if I am not mistaken. Use both machines.
Like I said I am really new to this and have done more research than composing at this point but I am loving the mac.
Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit
company that can't stand 1 bit of competition.