I knew there was some interesting technical reason behind it! One of my bugbears is delayed response - I seem to see this more and more in mainstream software,

I knew there was some interesting technical reason behind it! One of my bugbears is delayed response - I seem to see this more and more in mainstream software, and I think platforms like .NET etc don't help. I can't help feeling like I'm interacting with a façade. Things just feel so tighter when you click and the interface responds, consistently. I used to dabble with electronic music and I always found that dedicated hardware was much more satisfying as there weren't god knows how many layers of abstraction and management between you and the metal - just directly wired to a chip. Latency goes from annoyance to serious problem with audio.