Prepping laptop for gig

[Jester]

Gamebooster.
Disable all network adaptors, acpi.sys battery controller, webcam in device manager
Turn off all the fancy windows glitter, e.g aero peek.
Run a thorough defrag.
Rock out.

[KS2]

If I disable stuff in the new user account I'm guessing it won't affect my regular user?

[Jester]

All the UI type stuff is independent for each account. However, i believe if you disable devices that may affect all users.

[KS2]

What's the deal with leaving Traktor open for however long without using it as well as the s2 being disconnected?
Doing an opening and then a closing set and would like to keep the tracks I've played notification up. If it's an issue though it's no biggie.

[Audeo]

This is really not an attempt at a troll post, but does Traktor Pro 2 by the end of 2012 still need an "optimized" version of Window to run smooth?
I mean, I run it from a 3 year old 13" MacBook Pro and a friend uses it on a 1 week old untweaked Windows 8 install and both run great.

To be honest, I still have to be convinced that Traktor actually runs shitty on a Vista install, let alone a decent W7 install.

[KS2]

Mine runs fine usually. Sometimes goes a bit dodgy if I forget to turn the wifi off though. Just wanted to minimise the chance of any glitches at a gig

[muffintop]

This is really not an attempt at a troll post, but does Traktor Pro 2 by the end of 2012 still need an "optimized" version of Window to run smooth?

I've never had a problem @home not using game booster/ power script, but playing out it's better to be safe than sorry so I run both

[Dhinojosa94]

stuff like this makes me thankfull i have a 2.6ghz 8gb ram macbook

[ksandvik]

I run Traktor on an ancient 2008 MBP. Works just fine.

PS: I don't exactly want to take my brand new MPB 13" to gigs if this old laptop works fine.