My personal machine is a 2012 Macbook Pro, my work-issued machine is a 2014 Macbook Pro. Both are likely to get updated next year. For my personal machine I've

My personal machine is a 2012 Macbook Pro, my work-issued machine is a 2014 Macbook Pro. Both are likely to get updated next year. For my personal machine I've looked at alternatives to Apple but I haven't found anything that's better and cheaper. Music is my hobby and the dealbreaker for me is the state of DAWs on Windows and Linux. For whatever reason I find the latency intolerable when using anything other than GarageBand/Logic Pro on a Mac when using a cheap USB-based audio interface. Using Apple's software on Apple's hardware it just works and works quite well.