do i really need a macbook pro for djing?

[Ftruck]

Just wish N.I and all the other DJ hardware designers did a linux version of DJ software.................

+1 this times a million. Traktor on a lean and mean gentoo machine would be bossin'.

[Sublim&All]

Every industry has a stupid tax. There's nothing wrong with paying it. But your analogy is wrong. You make it out like your BMW represents the best performance possible. This is not the case. That half price Toyota can be made to blow the doors off your BMW, and have style. And if the Toyota breaks down, you can have it fixed anywhere and be back up and running in a quarter of the time it takes to fix the BMW - with a quarter of the expense.

Haha please don't take my car metaphor too seriously, picked a bad example there The only thing I wanted to point out is that for me, when I know something can make me so happy by just looking at it and showing it around, I don't care I have to hundreds of Euros extra for it. Because I think it's worth it.

I certainly don't want to claim that my Macbook Air is the best computer/laptop/ultrabook there is in its class. I would never dare to claim that a Mac is better in doing anything than a PC. But my Mac certainly fits my needs better than any Windows PC I owned ever did. It doesn't fuck up when I fuck up when doing things on it

[dj flb]

so does anyone rekon i could get away with an high spec acer laptop that cost around 700 then i could upgrade my mixtrakcpto (which is falling apart) to a kontrol s2 ? or shall i savee and get a good laptop?

[MrPopinjay]

Dude that's way way more power than you need. Traktor Pro will run flawlessly on a $400 laptop. It's not in any way shape or form a demanding program.

[tech2400]

check ur local craigslist, there should be MBPs under $600, plus most of the software is based of a mac osx.

[MrPopinjay]

plus most of the software is based of a mac osx.

What?

[tech2400]

What?

most djing software is developed for Mac and then tossed over to PC.

[Ross]

I find it hilarious that Mac users think PC users need to 'optimize' their systems for DJing.

FYI, they don't.

[dj flb]

ok so i now fully understand, macs are good but are not needed and are over priced plus can brake quite easy, but now come to the other problem what pc do i get because there are many different makes and what specs do i want? thanks again!

[MrPopinjay]

most djing software is developed for Mac and then tossed over to PC.

Untrue, they are developed for both.

I find it hilarious that Mac users think PC users need to 'optimize' their systems for DJing.

FYI, they don't.

Optimise = don't fill with spyware and dodgy pirated programs.