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> But has anyone read any reviews of OS X 
> in audio use?
> I'd especially like to know, has the latency _really_ got better...

OK, answering to my own question:

http://www.allosx.com/996516293/index_html
"Once the systems were busied with other tasks, the Linux systems slowed,
but OS X's Core Audio system maintained its unloaded latency and placed
first in the tests. "

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3269
"Mac OS X performed outstandingly when under system load. It offered the
same latency speed as before - 2.83 ms. Previous competitors in the unloaded
category dropped out of sight. Its nearest rival (with 4.3ms) was again
Linux 2.4.1 OS, this time running on a dual processor Pentium 3 with a pro
audio card installed and additional software. 

The report authors conclude: 'The new CoreAudio API, which was introduced
with OS X is clearly designed for low-latency performance, and allows
multiple programs to access the soundcard concurrently. Only an experimental
system called Linux Audio Application Glue API provided comparable
performance.'" 



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