How much does garageband cost?

Yes. A software better than garage band is Dub Turbo

with the following specs

-with 10 pad drum machine

-16 track sequencer

-4 octave keyboard

-44.1 stereo. wav music output (industry standard)

Now, the software works perfectly with BOTH MAC and pc and it comes with thousands of pre-loaded beats and sound samples for you to mix up.

And Yes, the software is very easy to use, in fact tutorials and training videos will be provided once you download it.

Hope that helps

http://dubturbo-beats.com/