Hardware

I realize that MacOS users will stay with Mac for a long time, but I wonder how much of a leap in performance a TR+4090 rig is versus an Apple Silicon Mac Studio on M2 Max, power consumption be damned, on apps that are common to both MacOS and Windows.

While there is a certain performance difference now between two such systems, when you go out and upgrade your PC to a 5090 in a couple of years and a 6090 in 4 years, the difference will be laughable.

If you want your Mac Studio to stay on the cutting edge of GPU power, the costs of constantly upgrading a whole Mac Studio vs. just the PC GPU is much worse than the initial cost of the first system of either type.

The Mac Studio just cannot function long term as a GPU powerhouse. You can gloat about it for 6-12 months and that's it. It's a machine that can work solidly for you for 10 years, if you don't demand cutting edge GPU performance, but it will be relegated to "servicable performance" in 5-7 years.