This is a random question that maybe someone out there can answer. I have a Hackintosh running an i5 9400, 16GB DDR4 3000hz, 1 TB WD Black NVME. This has been my primary music workstation PC; it's essentially all I use it for. I also had a 2015 Macbook dual core that I would sometimes do music work on as well, but it started to get a little slow, so I upgraded to a 2019 Macbook 16" with i9 9880H 8-core CPU, 16GB DDR4 at 2400hz, 512GB integrated drive.
It got me thinking, the specs on paper would seem to be better on my new Macbook than my desktop hack. Since I sometimes transfer music files between computers and it can be kind of a pain in the ass, I just found myself thinking "should I ditch the Hackintosh and just use my laptop hooked up to an external monitor and docking station?
Aside from the slower memory speed, wouldn't the new Macbook otherwise out-perform my desktop? The pros of ditching the desktop is that I could keep all of my music production files on one single machine, whether at my desk or on the go, and of course extra performance is nice. Other benefit is a second screen.
On the other hand, there's a chance the Macbook fans (which are louder than the fans in my nearly silent hack) get picked up on the microphone when recording. So not really sure if the benefits above are really worth that risk.
I mostly think I'll keep my dedicated Hackintosh tower, but just curious what one of you would do in a similar scenario.
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