To answer why in Windows but not Mac...
My assumption has to do with the amount of a system's resources each OS uses by itself.
For instance, Windows takes a bunch more ram and typically has more programs to focus on simultaneously than Macs. Now you can argue this is because of a Mac's efficiency, but truth be told, I think each OS has its uses.
If anyone has a Mac and this latency occurs for you too, it just means i'm wrong about it being OS dependent. But what I said about the problem in my first post was the way it was explained to me when i went searching for a solution to this problem.

