MacMINI/lcd display or powerful laptop(Please read and debate)!!

[djxsquizet]

I use a dell e1505 with 2 gigs of ram its a intel centrino duo witha 80 gb hd. I first got it for school, then I put ableton on there and run it will the xsp.

The only time it has failed me when I am doing a party it was outside and very hot out there 95-100 and it kept overheating and once I got it in the shade turned out to do a pretty sweet set.

and remind you I use this for school, I have school papers, notes, and I use the internet on it for research and myspace and what not.

I plan on getting a laptop just for dj'n looking for a used mac book. but other than that my inspiron works just fine for me right now.

[tekki]

This this $1300 laptop something you are thinking about purchasing ? or has it been purchased ? if its something you own, what are the specs ?

Is it just me or does that poll make no sense ?

It has always been you... That's why I won't bother answering.

[jimmymac]

Macbooks (like Ean uses) are lightweight and ultra portable, have six pin firewire ports to drive a firewire sound card without a wall wart, a hard wearing outer casing and virus/malware free rock solid OS.
With the white 2.4 ghz core 2 duo version at $1299, it would be a no brainer for me.

[tekki]

Unfortunately that was not an option in the poll.

[jimmymac]

Unfortunately that was not an option in the poll.

but possibly an avenue he's not thought of.:

[tekki]

True that!

[miyuru]

Fatlimey brings up a pretty good point with the shuttle pc's , if you dont mind carrying around an LCD screen you could build yourself a really kick arse shuttle pc that would eat most laptops in terms of performance for very cheap.

...but don't forget, a keyboard and mouse as well. IMO if you're really going to be gigging, constantly, just make the investment in a laptop dedicated to your music.

[miyuru]

Looking at the specs of an EEE PC I'd love to try that out with the 1.6 Ghz Atom powered version. There are 3 USB ports (2.0 of course) which would be all that I would need, and you can get a 40 GB SSD or 80 GB regular HD with the higher end models. Yeah, damn I'd love to try that out.

I wonder if I could buy one, install Traktor plus songs and get my VCI on it to test it out...and return it if it didn't work out?