Help me with decision about Mac Vs PC

Dear Board,
I currently own the new version of Cubase 4.
I am having tremendous problems with jitter and stutter. I have the Tascam US122 (usb) and am considering finally purchasing my mac and going to Logic.
If I spec out an IMac at 2.0 ghz with 3 gigs of ram and a 250 gig HD, would I have the same jitter and stutter as I am having now, or do I need to invest in a Firewire sound card?
I am running 4 VSTs (halion 1). Would Logic be able to run 4 ESX instruments without freaking out on me?
I only need keys, bass and drums for basic rythym tracks (will ESX provide General Midi versions of these instruments?), but the PC Cubase won't even do that without problems.
What's really strange is that my Logic 5 (PC) plays nice with the Tascam US122 while the new Cubase 4 doesn't.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
B3

Hi B3,
I have yet to see a PC get used on any commercial albums...for the most part they are not "really" meant to be used this way.
One clear example of why this is,is sample-accurate synchronization.I have had ProTools on a Windows NT machine,Nuendo on a Windows XP,Cubase on Windows 98 and 2000,and NONE of them will do the following properly:
Synchronise to an external tape machine with sample-accurate,REPEATABLE synchronization.The PC is ALWAYS off by 17-2040 samples,and I remember talking to several experts,including Studer corporation,which all told me that because of the way Windows polls or "clocks" internally,it is IMPOSSIBLE to make it playback exactly in the same sync on each playback pass when synchronizing to external tape of any kind.It does not matter what synching hardware you use,it has nothing to do with the external sync boxes.
So,without going into more gruesome examples,I would suggest you go and try a Mac.I did and never looked back.My old rackmount PC has not been booted in almost 4 years.Remember,that ALL computers have their quirks,it is just that Macs have a lot less of them,and usually any problems can be resolved without pulling hairs.And...they DO sample-accurate synching...every time.
Cheers,
Nick

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