New Akai MPC Prototype

Moi ce qui me fait peur c'est Microsoft (Microsoft Production Center or Computer....) !

Guys, you are misunderstanding the use of Windows here. Windows Embedded is simply an OS created with the sole purpose of allowing manufacturers to integrate a ready-made functioning OS to any hardware. It just saves them the hassle of creating their own propriatory OS. Once Windows Embedded is integrated into the hardware, the hardware developers develop an application to run seamlessly within it (the MPC application) and then it is CLOSED to any further software installations. It becomes a self contained system.

At this point, it does not mater one bit that the underlying OS is Windows, as basically as far as the end user is concerned, they only ever see the MPC application installed in it. This is no different to any EPOS or ATM machine you might use - most of them run Windows, but you are completely unaware of it as you only ever interact with the ATM software installed on top of it.

So it does not matter if you run Mac OS, Linux or Windows on your own computer. It's no different to using an MPC1000 with your computer - the MPC will communicate with your computer via the universal methods (e.g USB, MIDI etc). As an end user, it's unlikely that this MPC will allow you to install any additional software. The Windows OS is simply a ready-made host that allows the developers a quick way to roll out hardware. So mac users are not screwed, in the same way that they are not screwed that an MPC1000 uses 'Akai OS', not Mac OS.