Which laptop?
Which laptop? Posted on: 05.12.2012 by Sandie Kristufek I'm in the market for a new laptop and I'm interested to know what other people are using. I am currently using a HP Pavilion dv6 (one of the early ones) and while it's been OK, it hasn't really blown my socks off and Maschine seems to hammer the processor.Macbook Pro is an obvious choice but I have issues with Apple (mainly about the iphone so willing to swallow my pride if they are really as good as people say they are!!). Main usage would for production, runinng Ableton and Maschine. Occasional DJ'ing (Traktor). Anybody got any suggestions? | |
| Caren Carender 06.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by Dustin V
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| Caren Carender 06.12.2012 | Macbook pro, and try to get the antiglare screen, works like a charm! |
| Mimi Mahaffee 06.12.2012 | I believe that the Apple OSes requires less power to be run than windows generally which means that a less powerful spec macbook running mac OS will perform better than better spec PC running windows. You could definately go with the cheapest macbook pro or even buy a used one, it wont be a problem for it to handle traktor. |
| Candy Vardy 07.12.2012 | |
| Emanuel Kepics 06.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by NewManSoon
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| Ryan Schlich 06.12.2012 | Sager custom laptops. - But I would buy 13" macbook with an SSD for portability/stability. |
| Dorie Scelzo 06.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by squidot
#2 is where it fails for me. I can't live without a *nix system as my primary. And even if I dedicated a computer to Music, I wouldn't run Windows on it, no matter the price/performance benefits or anything else. I can use Windows for normal things okay……but I have to believe about every little thing. On *nix, things just happen. And even figuring stuff out is easier (for me). That's why I choose Apple. I also believe the *nix philosophy is just plain better all-around and don't understand why Windows does anything the way it does. But that explains my preference for the thing that makes me prefer Apple, not my preference for Apple. Ableton, Serato, Avid, and Native Instruments are the reason I use Apple laptops…not Apple. |
| Rocco Fiveash 06.12.2012 | Meh, I bought a Dell on the cheap with awesome specs. This thing is but fucking ugly, but it runs Traktor and Serato with ZERO hiccups. CPU load barely moves - if at all.. latency is set at 2ms, no drivers or devices to uninstall, no tweaks needed to be done. I unboxed , installed my software and away I went. I have put Serato on all four decks with filters, FX etc and the CPU did not budge. $800 or so got me 3rd gen i7 , 8 gigs of ram, 1TB HD +32gig mSata cache drive, 1080P screen, DEDICATED GPU with 2 gigs of ram + Intel 4000 card, backlit keyboard etc.. Soon I will be replacing the 32gig mSata drive for a 256gig SSD and replacing the ram with 16 Gigs So no, you don't need a MBP. |
| Cole Maroto 05.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by hola amigos
plus, macbooks can have issues too. i've owned one and it wasn't flawless as i had to spend hours troubleshooting audio and hardware problems with that machine as well. after about 4 years my hdd died so i replaced it but several months after that the whole thing crapped out on me and i'm not going to spend any money to replace the logic board or any other expensive piece as it was already pretty outdated. also, i made the right choice for me and i was happy to spend a few hours tweaking my laptop (which may not have even have been fully necessary to be honest) in order to save over $1000 on a mac with similar specs. it saved me a few hundred dollars an hour to do a little bit of work. |
| Jolynn Schroyer 05.12.2012 | Don't spend hours doing any of that ^^ Just get the Macbook. You won't be disappointed. Literally buy the laptop go to your gig un package it and get the crowd going. |
| Cole Maroto 05.12.2012 | if money wasn't an issue at all i would probably buy a macbook pro, however the fact that i can get a pc with close or better specs for anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 the price...i would rather used that saved money on other things. i have a dv6, i5, 8gb of ram and don't have any issues with traktor, ableton, or maschine. i did have to work out some bugs in the beginning and do some optimization, but after a few hours of that, things are running smoothly. if i could have gotten a good deal on a comparable lenovo i probably would have picked one up, but i got my dv6 for pretty cheap at the time and didn't want to spend the extra few hundred. i use a 5 year old believepad at work...which i've dropped...twice...on concrete and it still works fine. some of them are built like tanks. |
| Jolynn Schroyer 05.12.2012 | Macbook Pro hands down. Can start dj'ing right when you open the box. |
| Dorie Scelzo 05.12.2012 | Macbook Pro. If you can't afford it, I'd seriously look into a Macbook Air and see if it meets the specs for what you need |
| Inez Marcinik 05.12.2012 | If you can afford it.....macbook pro definately. It's by no means needed, but there's a reason they are so popular. |
| Ervin Calvery 05.12.2012 | Macbook Pro. |
| Lillia Datson 05.12.2012 | Macbook definately. |
| Syreeta Piela 05.12.2012 | Macbook Pro all day.. Had one for 3 yrs and would NEVER go back to anything else. Especially for DJ'ing/Producing.. And everything else ;-) |
| Cassidy Galindez 05.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by MaxOne
They are dummy proof and powerful. Can't ask for much more than that. |
| Alyce Southey 05.12.2012 | i have a HP DV7 8g ram, i5 and runs everything perfect. ableton runs smooth even with 15+ tracks of plugins running. no cpu spikes. i keep it for mainly music and thats it. nothing else goes on this laptop. |
| Hipolito Scionti 05.12.2012 | Macbook Pro ibtl |
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