Yes, it's not just about specs. I didn't mean to imply it was. Apple also optimise for an ultra thin/light chassis and battery life. These are not what you want

Yes, it's not just about specs. I didn't mean to imply it was. Apple also optimise for an ultra thin/light chassis and battery life. These are not what you want for sustained high CPU applications with a real-time requirement. A mobile workstation running a stable build of Windows 7 would certainly give stable audio. My reasoning matches that of the article: Apple's yearly software/OS upgrades and Prosumer hardware are not giving the "reliability, stability, compatibility and application support" that you claim.