Macbook Air - Do you recommend it to DJ:s?

**oskars** · 03-30-2011, 04:22 AM

Would you recommend this for DJ:s?

Macbook Air 13"
1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
128GB Flash Storage

The storage ain't so large, but hey, I could use a external harddrive!

/ O

**PeteBoy** · 03-30-2011, 05:11 AM

Well, in general Airs are quite good piece of gear (extremely light, portable, not a bad performance) however it depends for what you're using it. In my opinion for DJs it's not a good choice. Mainly because it has only 2 usbs. Yes, other MacBooks have also only 2 usbs but they have firewire which is perfect for the external drive connection

And believe me, if you want to be portable with your Air you don't want to mess around with an external drive. It's always better to have everything in one piece.

**kilobytekaushik** · 03-30-2011, 05:23 AM

try getting one with faster processor even u get lesser ram.

**StephanV** · 03-30-2011, 07:24 AM

Nah I don't recommend it:

1) Outdated CPU: it'll probably still do for now, but it's not future proof at all, and imo too slow to be reliable for gigging.
2) It's not bad build quality, but I doubt it's sturdy either, I'd go for something more durable.
3) USB ports as mentioned above

**PeteBoy** · 03-30-2011, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by StephanV

Nah I don't recommend it:
1) Outdated CPU: it'll probably still do for now, but it's not future proof at all, and imo too slow to be reliable for gigging.

I agree. T2 requirements are not very precise (Intel® Core™ Duo, 2 GB RAM), however you know already that your Air with 1.86GHz is not the fastest Core Duo processor. What is more, in general Core Duo are outdated on the market there are already 2 newer families of processors from Intel (i series and sandybridges).

**DennisHuiberts** · 03-30-2011, 03:36 PM

Why don't go for a 13" MacBook Pro?

**deevey** · 03-30-2011, 05:09 PM

From a portability standpoint, the 11' is tasty and would have ample Juice for DJ'ing (1.6 & 128SSD, 4gb RAM) but if you are going 13' get a MBP instead, you wont regret it.

**Garygary1** · 04-01-2011, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by deevey

From a portability standpoint, the 11' is tasty and would have ample Juice for DJ'ing (1.6 & 128SSD, 4gb RAM)

Erm...no.

Traktor 2 is far more processor intensive than anything else, so being .8 ghz below minimum system requirements to really gonna hurt performance.

@Oskars: Just get the 13 inch mbp. Your getting better performance with a system that is still pretty damn sleek by anyone's standards.