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    Quote Originally Posted by petegt View Post
    The thread is filled with people thanking author, more useful tips but also allot of un constructive comments such as 'get a mac' or people that have failed to optimise basic hardware or windows settings usually by not following instructions and guides.

    I'm guessing your the proud owner of a mac?
    Actually, no one has thanked me in days!
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    I was wondering about the necessity of partitioning my HDD if I intend to only use this laptop for audio oriented progs (i . g . Traktor, Ableton, etc) and minor web access for updates and music downloads?

    Anyway, this post was incredible and actually inspired me to reconfigure my notebook. Thanks to smittten and petegt for the walk - thru / vid tutorials ✌

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    One of the benefits of partitioning is that it enables the user to deploy only the components they need for a given environment. If you are just going to be using it for audio apps etc then your probably don't need a separate partition. If the web access portion grows to the point where you think you need stuff like anti-virus/spam s/w then you might consider splitting them out.

    I personally like additional partitions as it provides a safety net if one of them becomes corrupted and you want to be able to switch to another quickly without going through the install/restore/recovery process.

    There's trade offs all the way around - just find what feels the most comfortable, manageable and affordable.

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    Hi smittten and petegt, both of ur posts are very informative. Rather then post a new thread i would like to ask something here regarding a new laptop running on windows 7 os and the s4.

    Some background info 1st. Im about to get a new laptop, most probably a windows 7 laptop as thats wat im comfortable with, and plan to use it for general purposes + sch work + bedroom djing. Specs wise i doubt it would be an issue as i would be getting something on the higher end.

    If i was to create 2 users and NOT partition my hdd, thereby having 1 for general usage / sch work and 1 solely for Traktor 2 / DJing, and optimise the djing account by fine tuning it for traktor and audio processes, such as through msconfig and changing usb power management and what not. Would this be a viable option to reduce the amount of audio drop outs/cackles etc?

    I understand that ultimately, a partitioned hdd would fare better. But just wondering, cause i dun rly wanna partition it. Thanks!

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    Good Question!

    Creating to separate users will separate out the access right and user experience but I am pretty sure that it's not going to give you any extra performance gains for Traktor as the drivers and services will still load up.

    I am not sure why you wouldn't want to partition your disk. If you can provide some more information I may be able to help a little more.

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    If however, i was to disable all the external programs/services, configure the resources and what not, etc etc and thereby tuning the windows 7 OS solely for the djing user account, your saying it wouldnt make a difference in terms of performance for TP2? Just asking.

    Well just that i can forsee myself messing around a lil bit on TP2 while using some of the general user accounts data. Like, while studying or just messing ard. Having to reboot via another partition would be problematic. As u can c, im not that knowledgable bout the new partitioning stuff. Still stuck in the old, "reformat to partition" thing. It looks real simple now though. Am on IE finding info now though.

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    7500 views!!! I'm like famous or something....

    Gonna call my agent.
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    Thank you Mr Smitten. I'm glad some one is nice enough to help the Mac-less among us!

    And a question. Saw something about using an SD card as xtra ram. What is your take on that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by VanGogo View Post
    Saw something about using an SD card as extra ram. What is your take on that?
    It's called Readyboost and I think it is available on Vista and Win7. The idea is that (as you said) Windows utilizes the memory on the SD card as if it were RAM. I had a look to see what kinds of performance you would get from it and found a reference that states that a process that takes 11.7 seconds to complete on a system with 512mb of RAM takes 2 seconds with an additional 512MB of ReadyBoost memory. if the additional 512MB RAM was actually installed RAM the same operation would take 0.8 seconds. So, much faster than paging a disk but still a good bit slower than proper RAM.

    Readyboost might be worth considering for people with netbooks as it may increase their odds of being able to run something like Traktor. For those with 2 or 4GB RAM on their systems it's unlikely to make much difference. My laptop has 8GB and I swear I never use a fraction of it!

    There's not a lot to configure so it's definitely worth spending an hour to test it out. Note that older or dodgy SD cards might cause more problems than they solve. There is also a finite number of writes that can be made to an SD card though that's a pretty high number so shouldn't be an issue.
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