# Looking to for advice on buying a used Macbook for Traktor 2? **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware: Controllers, Mods and Gear\ **Tags:** mac-book-pro, traktor\ **Created:** [February 23, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/looking-to-for-advice-on-buying-a-used-macbook-for-traktor-2/64515 "2014-02-23T17:08:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Delaynads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Delaynads](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Delaynads)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/looking-to-for-advice-on-buying-a-used-macbook-for-traktor-2/64515/1 "2014-02-23T17:08:02Z")
**Looking to for advice on buying a used Macbook for Traktor 2?** Hi guys, I’ve been looking to buy a new laptop to run traktor on as my old is well passed it’s day. I’ve been thinking of switching to Mac and found a Macbook pro that was almost 6 years old. The Specs were 4GB Ram, Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 Ghz, 250GB HDD and it was 13.3". Will this be enough to run Traktor or will it spike the CPU and under perform. I don’t use much effects, maybe the odd reverb splash or delay but that’s about it. Huge thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![mrdorianjames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mrdorianjames](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mrdorianjames)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/looking-to-for-advice-on-buying-a-used-macbook-for-traktor-2/64515/2 "2014-02-24T02:04:17Z")
Sounds similar to mine. Except I have 8 GB of ram and a bigger screen. ---
**Author:** ![arsman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/arsman/32/13433_2.png) [@arsman](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/arsman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/looking-to-for-advice-on-buying-a-used-macbook-for-traktor-2/64515/3 "2014-02-24T02:11:24Z")
i think it will run, I have traktor pro 2 running on a 2009 laptop freshly reformatted with much lower specs than that. but i wont personally get anything past 3 years. though it may show okay condition, you will never know when it will give up on you. ---
**Author:** ![mrdorianjames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mrdorianjames](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mrdorianjames)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/looking-to-for-advice-on-buying-a-used-macbook-for-traktor-2/64515/4 "2014-02-24T04:12:11Z")
Good point, arsman. Although, with mac, their hardware will usually out live their software. Not to say their hardware is immortal but usually Apple drops support for their legacy hardware way before the hardware takes a nose dive. ---
**Author:** ![feedbackl00p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@feedbackl00p](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/feedbackl00p)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/looking-to-for-advice-on-buying-a-used-macbook-for-traktor-2/64515/5 "2014-02-24T04:32:08Z")
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**Author:** ![mrdorianjames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mrdorianjames](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mrdorianjames)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/looking-to-for-advice-on-buying-a-used-macbook-for-traktor-2/64515/6 "2014-02-24T06:32:08Z")
Are you pretty well invested in Mac already? ---
**Author:** ![kooper1980](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/kooper1980/32/13044_2.png) [@kooper1980](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/kooper1980)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/looking-to-for-advice-on-buying-a-used-macbook-for-traktor-2/64515/7 "2014-02-24T08:53:07Z")
There is no doubt it will run Traktor effortlessly. What price can you get the Mac for?