The musical Mac follows your groove
One of the best things about my Mac is that it can be so easily purposed to serve my diverse project interests. I use it happily as a web programmer, and euphorically as a digital musician, without skipping a beat. All applications run simultaneously and seamlessly, and they don't crash! Plus,
Apple and third-party software abounds to solve problems both technical and creative.
InTime Tempo Tracking by Circular Logic may help solve the problem of recording musicians reluctant to play to a click track. Think of InTime Tempo as a reverse metronome:
instead of forcing the musicians to play to a grid, the software follows the groove of the players in real time. This software may just help you capture that extra fluidity and feel in your next project.