So. The horrid happened, and my computer died. Luckily I have all my music backed up on an external, but it's still a major PITA.
I've been searching and reading threads non-stop this past week (able to use the wife's laptop in the meantime) to figure what I want.
Now, I'm going with a Mac. I've always been a PC guy, built my own, used to be a heavy gamer, yatta-yatta. But I want to try Apple out (very pleased with my iPhone), and so I don't really need a debate about PC vs Mac in the thread, because I've already made my choice for a variety of reasons.
I'm planning on going with a 13" at this point, but I may go with the 15" if the budget runs up enough.
My question is this:
CPU.
Should I go with the newest (i5 or i7) or should I look into one of the refurbished Mac's here and go with one of the Core 2 Duo's?
I plan on using partitioning this for school/general use on one part, and then DJing on the other. I don't own either Traktor or Serato yet, but will be buying one of the two shortly (either an S4 or CDJ's w. Serato). I do plan on using Ableton as well (I own it) but I want to move more on the DJing side of things, rather than production. (Not giving up on it, but need to meet that muse, and the style of live performance isn't what I want out of my workflow).
I've heard a few horror stories with the newest generation Mac's, and that's why I'm asking here for help. I realize these kind of threads pop up fairly often, and I just wanted my fair share I suppose.
I'm not computer illiterate by any means, and so having to ask at all is somewhat bothering. But I'm not used to the Mac world, and it's better to know ahead of time than not. I'm sick of tweaking the hell out of PCs and having hardware fail.
So would I be good to go with one of the new macs, or would saving a couple bucks and going with an older one be a more stable solution?
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