I need a laptop for heavy Ableton Live sessions with massive virtual instrument libraries; is the M3 Max MacBook Pro still superior to top-tier Windows mobile workstations?
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I need a laptop for heavy Ableton Live sessions with massive virtual instrument libraries; is the M3 Max MacBook Pro still superior to top-tier Windows mobile workstations?
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2026 best laptop for Ableton Live music production M3 Max vs Windows workstation CPU RAM audio performance Google ↗
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