What's the most important features to look for on a new laptop

I have an Acer laptop at the minute, and i find it works well with traktor. But my other laptop broke and im due to get it replaced anytime now, so i want to know which features do i need to really look at more than others, i know i want one with at least 4g ddr3 ram, and the higher the processor speed the better, i reckon il have a budget of around £500 to spend so no macbook pro for me lol..so hit me with your recomendations guys, this new laptop will solely be for traktor. Also if ive registered traktor already on this laptop, will i be able to put it on my new one too? or will i have to cantact NI and inform them? also i want maybe a 500gb hard drive to eliminate having to use an external hard drive, and i feel 500gb would be plenty...

OH SHIII
[ame="http://www.google.com/search?q=Dell+Mini+10v&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a"]Dell Mini 10v - Google Search[/ame]

Then do this:
http://gizmodo.com/5389166/how-to-ha...eopard-netbook

MPB for 300!!!! It'll run Traktor no problem. I don't know about Traktor alongside Ableton though...

sounds good, too small tho i think..

Really any 300-500 dollar laptop of criagslist ought to make traktor it's beezy. It's not very demanding. I'm sure you can find what you want there.

For Traktor, any average laptop will do, as far as CPU power is concerned. RAM: my guess is that 2 Gigs would be enough. More RAM can't hurt, and it's cheap.
What's most important in my opinion is: Get something rugged. Any laptop that has something even slightly flimsy to it will break sooner or later, and chances are it will happen before or at a gig.
I guess this is probably out of reach for now, but I also highly recommend to save some money for an SSD drive. Not so much for speed reasons, but because they're more or less vibration-resistant. It happened to me once that a DJ booth that was set up on a group of stage elements was vibrating so hard from the bass that the HD actually crapped out. Turntables were jumping all over the place, the only thing that worked reliably was the CDJs. Not a nice experience.

As far as the Traktor license is concerned, as far as I know you can install and register it on two computers, but you might want to contact NI anyway so they can delete the registration for the old computer.

As far as I am concerned it just takes a snapshot of a Device ID unique to your computer. Whether they encrypt it or not is beyond me, but I doubt there are any DJ/Hackers so I am willing to bet they dont. Try opening the offline registration file, or .nfg or whatever, with a binary decompiler and reading what it says. I am willing to bet I am write. In which case you can just copy and paste your device ID into the required field, upload, and then activate.

a fruity glowing logo...jk

fast processor and check compatibility issues of the motherboard (integrated components as well). RAM and HDisk can be upgraded.

PS: DON'T GET A VAIO

this one any good guys??

http://h40059.www4.hp.com/uk/homelap...5ea_ds_ene.pdf

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Originally Posted by maxonemillionone

OH SHIII
Dell Mini 10v - Google Search

Then do this:
http://gizmodo.com/5389166/how-to-ha...eopard-netbook

MPB for 300!!!! It'll run Traktor no problem. I don't know about Traktor alongside Ableton though...

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I have on of these. I got a refurbed Mini 10v from Dell for 220.00 and the Snow Leopard disk was 30 bucks. For 250.00 I have a neat little portable Macbook and Traktor Pro runs on it with NO issues at all. I've done a 4 hour set with it. Only downisde is that it takes a while to analyze tracks.

anyone think that HP one i put a link to is any good?

Mate id get a second hand 13" MacBook off eBay if I was you. OSX & Traktor is a top combo.

Just noticed your from Warrington, I'm in Widnes.

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Mate id get a second hand 13" MacBook off eBay if I was you. OSX & Traktor is a top combo.

Just noticed your from Warrington, I'm in Widnes.

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Haha just round the corner then, i think or would have thought a 13" one would be too small, id prefer at least a 15" screen tbh. im looking at macbook pro's on ebay but its a lot of money to spend on summat 2nd hand that could fook up on me in a month or so lol... do u gig anywhere around here then? or is it just a hobbie dj'ing?

something like this one any good?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-MacBook-...item1e60614448

Just a hobby to be honest man, bedroom DJ at the min.

About the screen size though, I think a lot of people on here get on with Traktor fine on a 13", I know what your sayin' though I went for the 15" but when I see me mates 13 it looks perfect. Kinda wishin I went for the smaller size.

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Originally Posted by paulmac

something like this one any good?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-MacBook-...item1e60614448

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yer that looks like a beast

If you get a PC laptop, perhaps look at investing in one of these...

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/pro...ops/laptop-hdd

Some really promising reviews, I'll probably invest in the future.

i shall watch that one then see how it goes, i used to dj in town here, ive done Breeze bar, Brannigans (helping out) tiger 2 and did Mr Smiths for a year on a sat night, also worked in macauleys in bolton for about a year 2...just a hobbie for now again tho, just gettin back into it all after a few years away from it all....gone all digital now tho :)

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Originally Posted by OmniRoss

If you get a PC laptop, perhaps look at investing in one of these...

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/pro...ops/laptop-hdd

Some really promising reviews, I'll probably invest in the future.

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how much are they? probly wud have to go for the 500 tho :)

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how much are they? probly wud have to go for the 500 tho :)

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http://www.ebuyer.com/product/222310...edium=products

Just get somethiing high performance. U can get something with at least an i3 chip in it for ur budget.

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Originally Posted by maxonemillionone

OH SHIII
Dell Mini 10v - Google Search

Then do this:
http://gizmodo.com/5389166/how-to-ha...eopard-netbook

MPB for 300!!!! It'll run Traktor no problem. I don't know about Traktor alongside Ableton though...

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Honestly bro, Iv set these up before on my own netbook and its just not THAT GREAT. It dosnt run like a traditional OS X machine. it just dosnt. it runs like a pc with os x installed on it. its buggy as hell, there have been sleep/hibernate issues for ever now.

Jut my 2 cents. I luv the idea but its just not there yet.

its not my cup of tea either...