Looking To Purchase A Laptop....

[kaaos]

Bro, for 2400...I'd of got a Mac lol.

i know i was debating to go mac but to much of my software is not available for mac.

what got the price up that hight when i built it on the site was the blue ray burner and the extra hard drive insurance and the t7770 Processor

[Steven Stewart]

kiss ass......

Keep it up...

[YoRel]

Rom you seem to know your PC stuff, but did you know your driving a Girl Car! but I can't afford one so I'll STFU on that!

As for pc I took a friend to buy a toshiba last week. The sales person tried to sale Microsoft Office with it. Saying that Microsoft only preinstall the trial version on all new PCs. This seem to be true when we looked again for the programs on the PC. I brought a Toshiba a yrs ago, it at least had Microsoft Works. Just something to let new Pc buyers know. We may all need to type a letter other then surfing and playing music.

[Big Ken]

The differences you are talking about are very little when compared pound-for-pound, I'd say more like 10% at most.

There are plenty of brand new MacBook Pros for sale around $1,500.00 (NEW 2008 models, but from a generation ago, still with
Core 2 Duo 2.4 up to 2.6 GHz processors). When you take a PC and add all of the options those have, such as 512 Meg
video card, 320 Gig 7,200 RPM hard drive, Dual Firewire 400 + 800, DVI video out that can drive 1920 x 1200 external
monitor, Express Card slot and such, you find that the prices are actually very close, quite competitive in fact.

If the features and expansions listed above are too much for you, just buy a regular MacBook for $800.00

For the record, the pictures of MacBook Pros above appear to be of 15" models, and not 17" except maybe the one at the bottom?...

The main point for me is that since the applications I run are mostly cross-platform, it's more down to a matter
of picking the platform where I will not ever have to worry. Been running OS-X for the last 7 years on gigs and
it has been absolutely rock-solid, as it is built on a Unix-like foundation (FreeBSD) known for its reliability and
secure multi-user architecture. When you need mission-critical performance, you may want to think twice
before picking an operating system which is mostly famous for its 'Blue Screen of Death', random freeze-ups,
and how many viruses, trojans and rootkits have a habit of installing themselves on the machine you are
using while surfing the Net, or from receiving attachments from trusted parties who themselves got infected.
(i.e.: Windows OS)

That is, of course if your gigs are important to you, rather than the $174.25 you might save by getting the PC, and
which I'd argue is so quickly made back by a working DJ that it may not even be worth talking about.

And for those who see me as a Mac fanboy, I have just as many PCs running Ubuntu or Windows, but I think that
before people make blanket statements where all of the considerations are not clearly laid out, they might want
to focus on picking the best tools for each particular task, rather than worrying about the initial amount spent on
the computer,which is very little when compared with what they have to spend later on music, storage, software,
maintenance, expansion and peripherals.

For example, I believe that USB 2.0 for either storage or audio interfaces is nowhere near as reliable as Firewire,
either in terms of speed or stability. Having two Firewire busses as on the older MacBook Pro, one FW800 for storage
and one FW400 for the audio interface seems to be a guarantee that things will stay predictably smooth.

There are no PC laptops with those two built-in, you'd have to make one of those happen from a PC card or 'Express
Card' adaptor. If you are hell-bent on running Windows on a MacBook you also can, natively which means the
speed is just as good, since the MacBooks are basically PCs.

I am not in love with any of them, but clearly happy to have found what I believe is the optimal model and
environment to get the job done day after day, in the most punishing conditions. If something better comes
along I'll be just as happy to switch to that.

While I do realize that all of this might sound like overkill, please keep in mind that it was written it in the hopes
that it might be helpful information for those considering these factors with a view to get serious and professional
about using such a setup in front of a crowd. Obviously, for a 'hobby' or bedroom setup, none of these factors are
that important, and a PC running Windows and USB peripherals will be just as fine and save the user some dough,
although just how much will really be a question that is answered when making a feature-for-feature analysis.

And I'll STFU now.

fk

Thanks fpr the info. The main reason for my purchase of a laptop is when I start school on the 25th if this month. These are the main things I need:

Hardware Requirements A PC running Windows XP or Vista, or Mac OS X with the operating system’s minimum requirements for processor, memory, and hard drive (See the Microsoft or Apple website for minimum requirements.) At least 10.0 GB of free hard-drive space (additional space may be needed for multimedia files) 1024 x 768 monitor with a 16-bit or greater video card (24-bit preferred) Sound card with speakers and microphone (24-bit preferred) DVD-ROM drive or CD-ROM drive Sound card with speakers and microphone (for selected courses)

Software Requirements Microsoft Windows Operating System (XP or Vista) or Mac OS X Microsoft Office 2003 or later* A current antivirus and antispyware application that is updated regularly Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Firefox 2.0.0.3 or later, or Safari 2.0 or later Adobe Reader 7.0 or later (free download) Adobe Flash Player 9.0 or later (free download) Sun Java 2 SDK (Java 1.3.1) or later for PC (free download)/Classic Java (MRJ 2.2.5) or later for Mac (free download) AOL Instant Messenger (free download) Some courses and programs may have additional Now of course I will also want to use my laptop for DJ stuff. With this in mind, what do you computer wiz kats think will be best? Should I just go with the Mac or would something a little cheaper work?

[JMJ]

Thanks fpr the info. The main reason for my purchase of a laptop is when I start school on the 25th if this month. These are the main things I need:

Hardware Requirements A PC running Windows XP or Vista, or Mac OS X with the operating system’s minimum requirements for processor, memory, and hard drive (See the Microsoft or Apple website for minimum requirements.) At least 10.0 GB of free hard-drive space (additional space may be needed for multimedia files) 1024 x 768 monitor with a 16-bit or greater video card (24-bit preferred) Sound card with speakers and microphone (24-bit preferred) DVD-ROM drive or CD-ROM drive Sound card with speakers and microphone (for selected courses)

Software Requirements Microsoft Windows Operating System (XP or Vista) or Mac OS X Microsoft Office 2003 or later* A current antivirus and antispyware application that is updated regularly Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Firefox 2.0.0.3 or later, or Safari 2.0 or later Adobe Reader 7.0 or later (free download) Adobe Flash Player 9.0 or later (free download) Sun Java 2 SDK (Java 1.3.1) or later for PC (free download)/Classic Java (MRJ 2.2.5) or later for Mac (free download) AOL Instant Messenger (free download) Some courses and programs may have additional Now of course I will also want to use my laptop for DJ stuff. With this in mind, what do you computer wiz kats think will be best? Should I just go with the Mac or would something a little cheaper work?

If that's all that is required, you really don't need a Mac......JMJ

[Big Ken]

If that's all that is required, you really don't need a Mac......JMJ

I figured that, but it would be nice to have all the bells and whistles. Thinking about Serato and other software that I may want in the near future.

[GROOVE VICTIM]

Don't kill yourself.

A 6 to 700 Dollar Laptop with atleast a 2 year Warranty will Suffice.

These days you're getting a Core 2 Duo or an AMD Anthlon XP2 with 2 gigs of RAM, 300 GIG Hard Drives, 256 MB Graphics Card Running Windows Vista for under 800 bucks.

If you're looking to go above 800 bucks, I'd start looking at a MAC.

From a PC point of view, parts are too damn cheap to be spending bookoos of money on a Laptop. That's not the case for most Apple Products.


Peace

[Big Ken]

Don't kill yourself.

A 6 to 700 Dollar Laptop with atleast a 2 year Warranty will Suffice.

These days you're getting a Core 2 Duo or an AMD Anthlon XP2 with 2 gigs of RAM, 300 GIG Hard Drives, 256 MB Graphics Card Running Windows Vista for under 800 bucks.

If you're looking to go above 800 bucks, I'd start looking at a MAC.

From a PC point of view, parts are too damn cheap to be spending bookoos of money on a Laptop. That's not the case for most Apple Products.


Peace

[JMJ]

I figured that, but it would be nice to have all the bells and whistles. Thinking about Serato and other software that I may want in the near future.

All the bells and whistles are great IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY USING THEM. Otherwise it's just waste. Get what you NEED and save some money......JMJ

[Rom]

Rom you seem to know your PC stuff, but did you know your driving a Girl Car!

Piss off to my ass YoRel.

[DJJM3.COM]

Don't kill yourself.

A 6 to 700 Dollar Laptop with atleast a 2 year Warranty will Suffice.

These days you're getting a Core 2 Duo or an AMD Anthlon XP2 with 2 gigs of RAM, 300 GIG Hard Drives, 256 MB Graphics Card Running Windows Vista for under 800 bucks.

If you're looking to go above 800 bucks, I'd start looking at a MAC.

From a PC point of view, parts are too damn cheap to be spending bookoos of money on a Laptop. That's not the case for most Apple Products


Peace

you can get a Used MacBook Pro for 700-900 (folks is hurting for money and selling them off)..and get applecare extended warrenty and roll with no worries.....I just got on Mac Pro for Tracktor Scratch Pro and going to get another for my studio setup....

[Big Ken]

you can get a Used MacBook Pro for 700-900 (folks is hurting for money and selling them off)..and get applecare extended warrenty and roll with no worries.....I just got on Mac Pro for Tracktor Scratch Pro and going to get another for my studio setup....

[Big Ken]

STFU.....You aint buying SHIT.... YOU KNOW Mrs. White aint lettting you BUY NOTHING...

Unlike you, I don't need permission from my wife to spend MY money.

[HOUSE MIKE FEVA]

Unlike you, I don't need permission from my wife to spend MY money.

WOW! DAMN!.....

[Reggie McKeever]

Thanks fpr the info. The main reason for my purchase of a laptop is when I start school on the 25th if this month. These are the main things I need:

Hardware Requirements A PC running Windows XP or Vista, or Mac OS X with the operating system’s minimum requirements for processor, memory, and hard drive (See the Microsoft or Apple website for minimum requirements.) At least 10.0 GB of free hard-drive space (additional space may be needed for multimedia files) 1024 x 768 monitor with a 16-bit or greater video card (24-bit preferred) Sound card with speakers and microphone (24-bit preferred) DVD-ROM drive or CD-ROM drive Sound card with speakers and microphone (for selected courses)

Software Requirements Microsoft Windows Operating System (XP or Vista) or Mac OS X Microsoft Office 2003 or later* A current antivirus and antispyware application that is updated regularly Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Firefox 2.0.0.3 or later, or Safari 2.0 or later Adobe Reader 7.0 or later (free download) Adobe Flash Player 9.0 or later (free download) Sun Java 2 SDK (Java 1.3.1) or later for PC (free download)/Classic Java (MRJ 2.2.5) or later for Mac (free download) AOL Instant Messenger (free download) Some courses and programs may have additional Now of course I will also want to use my laptop for DJ stuff. With this in mind, what do you computer wiz kats think will be best? Should I just go with the Mac or would something a little cheaper work?

What up Big Ken!!!

If you're going to use your laptop for school and djing, I'd suggest a Mac simply because they stay cleaner due to the reasons mentioned in earlier posts. In a school environment, you will be handling a lot a files from a lot of sources. Also, you'll be on all sorts of networks. Otherwise, take a look at Dell's refurbished site: http://www.dell.com/outlet. Go to the Business and Education section and take a look for some Latitudes or maybe even a Vostro. I suggest the business laptops because there's still a chance at getting a good one with XP. Also, the business machines don't come loaded with a lot of pre-installed clutter, and they offer no questions asked 2 and 4 year warrantys. Dell also offers a nice docking station for the Latitudes that easily let's you connect/disconnect to a monitor, keyboards and etc.

FYI, I've been running a D830 with XP, 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, 160G/7200 rpm hard drive, and 4 gigs of ram, since last spring. I paid a little less than $1200 for it last summer and picked up a 3 year warranty extension for another $270. My sh!t smokes a cigarette while I'm running Traktor Scratch Pro. But, I have nothing else on my machine.

[Reggie McKeever]

you can get a Used MacBook Pro for 700-900 (folks is hurting for money and selling them off)..and get applecare extended warrenty and roll with no worries.....I just got on Mac Pro for Tracktor Scratch Pro and going to get another for my studio setup....

Agreed, this is good option too!!!