I tend to agree. If that’s your only spike, and it’s happening every 60ish seconds, that’s a good place to look. Go to START and type “NETWORK CONNECTIONS” into the search field. In the following window, right click the WiFi and select DISABLE. Once that’s finished, close the window.
Next, go to START and type SERVICES.MSC. In the new window, click to sort by NAME, then scroll to the bottom to find “WLAN AutoConfig Service”. Double click STOP, then set the service to “Startup Type > DISABLED”.
Check your DPC again.
No, I would man up and learn how to fix my own stuff.
No it doesn’t. It falls under the “I’m too lazy to try to understand this thing I make a living using” category. Whether people like this use a Mac or a PC, the minute they have trouble the show is over. Call me old fashioned, but that’s just not professional. If you’re using a Mac because you like the OS better, or because it appeals visually to your sense of style, or whatever, I’ll accept that. But you’re paying for the same hardware regardless, you’re just paying more if it has an Apple logo on it. Paying a premium so you can remain ignorant will only get you out of so many problems.
Because CoreAudio and CoreMIDI are absolutely stable and solid platforms for developers to code towards . I’ve seen so many companies go over schedule with software based products because of problems with OSX that I have to laugh at this.Sorry, but I’ve been working with digital audio as a career for long enough to know better.
I understand these issues perfectly well. Doesn’t mean I want to spend my weekend making something JUST WORK. You don’t worry about how your mixer works, it just does. If your CDJ breaks? Send it to be fixed or replace it. These problems are indicative of ‘defective by design’. Whether it’s the NI drivers or cheap parts in the laptops, something isn’t right. And as a grown up with a job, life, relationship, I don’t have time to fart about.
I’ve asked this question several times to different people without ever getting an answer: can you link me to a Windows laptop that has the same features and build quality as a MBP?
Back on topic - make sure the wifi is disabled in Windows, not just in the system tray. All that will do is stop it connecting, not turn off the hardware.
no bluetooth available. I disabled the WLAN service, disabled the wifi through my laptop’s shortcut FN key, and disabled the wireless adapter in network connections, still no dice.
Have you tested it without the battery connected, running via mains power?
(it helps to ID whether it’s a power management problem - I know you tried disabling PM in windows but there’s more options in the BIOS usually and this should help ID whether you need to go in there or not)
If it takes you all weekend, you should learn more about your hardware. It’s the mantra of the typically ignorant Apple fanboy that Windows users spend all day tweaking their computers and fending off internet threats. Maybe that’s your personal story. But I assure you it’s not shared by everyone.
The great thing about learning how things work is that I can be comfortable and safe no matter what I’m in front of. I use Windows at home, and have a MBP and a Ubuntu machine at work. None of them have problems.
And as a matter of fact, yes I DO know how my mixer works. And if I needed to replace a fader in it, or a mech in a CDJ, I could do that as well. It’s not just about saving money, it’s about minimizing downtime. Whether it’s in a DJ booth, in a studio, or a live control room, if you’re getting paid to play then downtime is a killer. And I don’t have time to stand line waiting for some douchey hipster “genius” to tell me that the repair can’t be done on site and needs to get sent out.
http://www.rainrecording.com/products/livebook/ for starters. The great thing is, for the same price as a similar MBP, you can have a mainboard populated with chipsets known to offer the best performance for audio software, and you can bump up to 6gb of RAM. If you drop in on the 3 year extended care, not only do you save $50, but you get knowledgeable support that will walk you through setup and configuration of any audio or video production software. What do you think you would get if you called Apple support or went to the Genius Bar and asked the next available hipster about setting up Logic (or god forbid a non-Apple product like ProTools or Traktor)? You get 3 years of that kind of coverage at Rain. I have a Dell XPS 1530 as a personal laptop, and I"ll put it against my Intel MBP all day long as far as build quality goes. Unibody is nice, but so are removable batteries and easy to access components.
Did you do that BIOS update? If so, run Resource Monitor and see if you can narrow down the offender. It’s a great tool, because you can check boxes to filer certain processes (which really helps narrow things down). Another app similar to RM is Process Explorer, but it’s an external download. It’s cool for tweaking services on the fly, because you can right click the service and suspend it and see the effects immediately.
You might also try disabling SearchIndexer, SearchProtocolHost, and SearchFilterHost. This is a common tweak for audio computers.
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