Laptop Survey

[botstein]

Here
http://www.powermax.com/parts/code/PM_CU_MB_5U
Or refurbished on the online store.


Re the car example, have we forgotten so quickly about this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2...ehicle_recalls

[photojojo]

Got it. Thank you very much everybody
Now, where can I get a good offer for Mac, their online store or a 3rd party retailer?

I've bought all my Macs refurb.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac

[axum]

What about Macbook Air? Is it safe for the stage?
Is there any reason to prefer a similarly-speced Macbook Pro over it?

[botstein]

What about Macbook Air? Is it safe for the stage?
Is there any reason to prefer a similarly-speced Macbook Pro over it?

They do not have similar specs.

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html

[axum]

Ah, I see. mainly the processors, optical drive. Thanks.

[sobi]

You don't need a mac. Get the best spec'd windows machine you can afford - if money's an issue, that is. If it isn't - see above.

seconded

[zestoi]

i used to only ever use thinkpads, loved them, but the build quality of my late 2011 13" macbook pro is a step up. i'm sure u can get a windows laptop as well built as a macbook but it's going to cost around the same money anyway.

personally i've never liked windows, have always run linux whenever possible, but *love* mac osx. it's just so "simple" at the cost of being not so user customisable. better gui than windows imho and i can run a bash shell and do the same kind of geeky stuff i do in linux.

i had been running traktor on windows 7 for about a year with not too many issues tho - apart from high cpu loads sometimes, but my win/lin laptop is an older acer, dual core 2.2GHz jobbie.

if my career depended on having a reliable platform to run music software then i'd have to just go with mac osx i think (given that most of the software won't run on linux which is about as stable tho)

[Sublim&All]

"Looking around, most people would just say "get a BMW". but I get the feeling that people just say that because everybody else is saying it. BMW's look good on the road and they're nice and shiny but they're expensive and I heard some good things about Toyota Corollas as well."

God, I hoped people here already forgot about me bringing up that comparison to explain at the other mac vs pc topic, concerning the war it started last time...

[axum]

God, I hoped people here already forgot about me bringing up that comparison to explain at the other mac vs pc topic, concerning the war it started last time...

Hey Sublim&All, how is the Macbook Air working for you? is it powerful enough for DJ software and is it sturdy enough for the stage?

[oliosky]

I use a 4 year old 1.6 c2d dell vostro 12" with windows 7 and an early 2011 macbook pro. They both do fine