I use a Mac, but trust me on this, it does not matter which one you use. Now, if you want to maximize what's happening, the Mac does that and that's why I use it. You pay a lot for the computer up front, but then you can record with Logic, which only comes for the Mac. Logic
Pro X is inexpensive.
Now, you can do the same thing with pro tools on a PC. But, it doesn't come with a fraction of the things Logic comes with. The things
Logic comes with are not mediocre. They are the type of plug ins you would go buy on your own... If you had pro tools.
Or you can use pro tools on the mac. Which is good too because the machine works well and efficient, so pro tools works great and you may find you like the experience better than the PC.
The PC vs Mac debate is simply this.. They are both computers, but they both are two different experiences. They do everything a different way. The mac way of doing it, is easier. I don't just say this as if I'm so know it all. I've done it with both of them.
If you have the funds, you could get a supped up PC that was much more powerful than a mac. But if the experience isn't getting the work done, it doesn't really matter how much power you have. The goal is to get the work done, which is the song.
You will run into those who are bitter. Who can't afford a Mac, so they will insist that the PC kills the Macintosh. But that is just people talking and projecting their own problems.
I CAN make a PC record and do the same things my mac does. But since I'm fortunate enough to be able to afford the mac, why would I do that?
Once you purchase the mac, if you get
Logic Pro X, you'll see what I mean about getting a ton more than you paid for. You'll have so many tools that no matter what you want to do, there will be a way to do it.
Where as with pro tools, yes it can do these same things. But what if the tool I want to use is a 2 thousand dollar VST package?
Plus, on the non music side of things. I have had a mac tear up before. But rarely does it happen. Usually it is made to do the same thing every single day without bothering me. It seems like when I had a PC, there would always be this crisis of it taking hours, if not days, to make a mundane task understand how to do what I needed it to do.
I won't go back to PC, unless, as the economy is going badly, I come to a position to where it's simply the only tool I can get my hands on. And I will make it work, just like the mac works. But it will take more evolvement.
So, the answer is, "Mac vs pc which is better for recording." Neither one of them. You can push the same recordings out of both of them. But if you happen to have the finances. Just go ahead and go for the Mac. As the other people have said, you'll see why when you have one.
FORGET
the status symbol. Who cares if it's more cool to have a mac. That's not why we have them.