Bachus,
Gig Performer gives me an "Apple" experience in my Windows hybrid tablet. That would be my utmost praise of Mac as a DAW platform considering my "bias" against Apple as a company. I agree that some of the Windows tablets/notebooks are way up there in prices. However, in Windows world there are many ways and choices. I have 3 Lenovo tablets and one MS Surface Pro. The latest Lenovo of mine is a 15.6 inch hybrid tablet with i7, 16 RAM, and 2 TB Samsung SSD plus. It was a brand new and it cost me $1,300. Well, I had a kid take out the factory SSD and install the 2 TB Samsung SSD.

After reading your posts on the Kronos and a video demo by a black gospel music by chance, I was sold on it. I wanted one, but I knew that I would not carry it around to gigs. So I decided to go more software instead especially when my arranger is software vA2. I will Main Stage just because the hardware was given to me, but I'm afriad that I might want to upgrade to a Mac MINI down the road if I get too deep into Main Stage.

It dawned on me just now. Is there such a thing as a Mac clone?
I googled it real quick. I found this article entitled "Apple Squeezes Mac Clones Out of the Market Dan Knight - 2014.01.25"
That reinforces my view of Apple as a closed system.