Recommended netbooks for Traktor DJing?

[firebr4nd]

Get a lenovo x120e. They just came out today and specs you get for around $500 blows the entry level macbook out of the water by far for the price. Also it has a nice 11 inch screen, with battery tests saying they get about 6 hours out of the 9 cell batter.

[exokinetic]

Get a lenovo x120e. They just came out today and specs you get for around $500 blows the entry level macbook out of the water by far for the price. Also it has a nice 11 inch screen, with battery tests saying they get about 6 hours out of the 9 cell batter.

Dude.. whoa.

11.6 inch screen, Core i7, 4gb DDR3, 128gb SSD = $1,300

That is sexy, as I have never been able to get even close to those specs in a sub-13" screen.

I can put together an HP ProBook in 13.1" flavor with those exact specs and 8gb of DDR3 for about $700 though, so that two inches of portability are gonna cost me an extra $700...


Funny enough, it was this thread that finalized my decision on the 13.1" screen as perfection for Traktor. For me at least.

[Djtom420]

computer vs computer and spec just aren't the issue. It's the OS. The OS is with out any shadow of a doubt the most important factor.

Seriously, why would I say it... I use computers a lot. PCs and Macs. I'm not trying to be a dick but the Mac OS is much more stable.

You can afford 2 netbooks... 1 macbook, i swear to you, is a better investment for djing than 2 netbooks.

SrSLY??? if you say OS x is more stable then Windows 7 one more time Im just gonna slap... LOL!!!

Honestly though as someone who has both OS x and WIN 7 in there enviroment. I can honestly say there is zero differnece anymore. sure when vista & XP was what was new and fresh I woulda said OS X all the way. However win 7 has really changed this up and both feel about the same. If your win 7 machine is crashing all the time either u got a virues or U R DOING IT WRONG. The machine i am typing on right now is a win 7 Ultimate that has been online for 6 months and has been rebotted twice both times for updates that is it. period, no crashes, no freeze ups, its just rock farking solid. So please the stable arrgument is old, and i am sick of reading about it.

as for the netbooks. man ill tell you I installed abelton on a netbook and it used well over 80% CPU and that was just abelton, audio 2 dj and 4 tracks playing. I also has uninstalled firefox, AVG and any other software i could function without. disabled WIFI, bluetooth and cam. And boy it was slow and sluggish as hell. granted its my backup and i can get by with it but if it was my main, id farking quite this shit.

check out the Acer 1803T. its 11.6 inch display with an I3-I7 chipset, 500 gb hd. they are rock solid and are totally light and portable for the DJ on the go.

[Djtom420]

Firstly, get a netbook with Windows XP (not Vista or 7). Then do a bit of




Seb

Wrong, Windows XP is a dinosaur. Let it go man. Windows 7 is the only way to go.

I remember when XP came out and there were still guys selling new machines with 98SE. God damn....

[MuzicFreq]

XP7 FOR LYFE.... oh wait >.>

Go with Win7 64bit, it's quite solid

[Bunford]

to be honest it just sounds like a bad idea... why not get 1 macbook that'll work and last a long long time rather than two netbooks.

+1

I ain't even got a Mac (but planning on getting one). You can get a pretty good spec second hand Mac for same price as two well spec'd netbooks I'd say if you scout around.

A quick look found this: Macbook

Where a well spec'd netbook will easily cost you £200 minimum + RAM upgrades = same cost as the above Macbook with 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo and 3GB RAM. I know which I'd go for....

[firebr4nd]

+1

I ain't even got a Mac (but planning on getting one). You can get a pretty good spec second hand Mac for same price as two well spec'd netbooks I'd say if you scout around.

A quick look found this: Macbook

Where a well spec'd netbook will easily cost you £200 minimum + RAM upgrades = same cost as the above Macbook with 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo and 3GB RAM. I know which I'd go for....

Buying a core 2 at this time is a complete waste of money, it's been outdated for a while...