So after many years of shunning MBPs for equivalently powered Windows laptops at a third of the price, I have now found that I am done with random clicks and pops that come out of literally nowhere (Some times 5 or 6 hours into a gig).
This laptop has served me well, but in recent times, playing on different set ups, I've found it to be somewhat "spontaneous" in it's latency reliability, and I just can't be doing with it any more, my gigs are paying too much for me to have a failing laptop.
I thought I'd look into the second hand MBP market, and surprisingly you can find 2013 MBPs for around £300-400, which as far as I'm aware is a pretty decent price for what you're getting.
How have you guys fared with second hand MBPs, or do you know anyone who has? As a hardcore Traktor user, what year/power should I be looking for? I'm already resigned to the fact that I will have to use an external HDD, which pains me but from my experience I've never seen a Traktor/MBP combo struggle because of it.
I'm also aware that the more recent macbooks created a massive issue for Traktor users, both software and hardware, which I'm not sure if NI have fixed yet?
Should I go for a decent used (2013 and onwards) MBP or spend a considerable chunk of my life savings on a new MBP? It just seems like I'm paying way above the odds with the brand new ones.
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