I'd have absolutely no problem using PC hardware. I'd love to be able to pick my components and build a better desktop for half of the price - in fact I already have such a machine for gaming purposes. However unless I can put macOS on it that hardware is useless to me.
As a web developer I want a unix environment and I'm not sure if Windows' subsystem for Linux is going to cut it.
However I also use a lot of audio software like Ableton Live as well as countless VST/AU plugins, which renders any native Linux flavor useless.
macOS is the only option and until that changes I'll continue to begrudgingly wait for Apple's infrequent and late desktop hardware updates that feel unnecessarily expensive.
I agree that Linux doesn't it cut it for audio, but that situation seems to be improving - I was surprised to see Bitwig, Renoise & Pianoteq all have Linux versions, and the JUCE SDK that many VST plugins use also supports Linux.
And with macOS deprecating OpenGL, which many VST plugins currently rely on for their interface, I'm concerned about the future of music on the Mac & how long I'll be able to use those older VSTs.
I can confirm that window's wsl and bash systems are moving along very quickly. I moved to windows about a month back and have only one use case for which I need to boot ubuntu up: docker with symlinked folders.
Apart from the above use case, I've missed nothing. There's some hacking I'm attempting to do to get vscode to use the underlying bash mechanism for its code linting tools but that's more a preparation for the inevitable moment when some linting tool or package depends purely on a Linux/Unix environment.
As a web developer I want a unix environment and I'm not sure if Windows' subsystem for Linux is going to cut it. However I also use a lot of audio software like Ableton Live as well as countless VST/AU plugins, which renders any native Linux flavor useless. macOS is the only option and until that changes I'll continue to begrudgingly wait for Apple's infrequent and late desktop hardware updates that feel unnecessarily expensive.