Check out a high end HP but, I would save up and just get a MAC. I ran the program on a PC before and went to a MAC before i made the move to video. The program is designed on a MAC so why go through the hassle. I spent 1400 on my 13 inch macbook and it hasn't crapped on me yet. The only thing extra i did to it was putting in 4GB of ram instead of 2GB

hackintosh. or save up.

check it out:

www.serato.com

Get a refurbished mac. A lot cheaper.

good idea too

hmmm... headache or peace of mind... choose a Mac for serious club dj-ing.

but if you can't afford it then ask for extra shifts at McDonalds til you can afford it.

i suggest you listen to very very good advice.
www.scratchlive.net

check my specs on my profile worked right out the box. For the record I also have a MAC had major issues while trying to find a PC that worked after I found one I then brought a MAC.....Best of both worlds and have a backup... Phat-AL has some major stories to tell I am sure he would recommend a MAC no matter what..

Where do I go to look at a refirb MAC

Apple store. Search "Refurbished".

Check your local craigslist.org too.

thanks

Thank you guys will look for a mac NO mcdonalds though

ALL THE MAC BOOKS i LOOK AT ARE NOT 2GHZ ALL BELOW THAT

Specifications : How are these specs

15 inch MacBook Pro

2.2GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo

1440 x 900 pixels

2GB memory

120GB hard drive

8x double-layer SuperDrive

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 128MB SDRAM

who is the maker/model?

oooh, nm,,,,duh

That will run fine.

rick, that macbook pro is fine. i would recommend going up to 4gb of ram(crucial ram).

That was found on wpne of those chinese sites for only $400 Not realy sure I wanna trust them check it out here.

newyork.craigslist.org

go to the apple store (apple.com) and click on the "store" tab at the top

after that scroll down the page and look for a skinny-tall box that says "special deals" on the left side of the page.

The refurb macs section is the first in this box

The cheapest one on there for the right specs is $2600? MAC is NUTS

the 1.6ghz Is not enought they are nuts

Maybe serato shold take into consideration everybody cannot afford a $1600 mixer and then a $2000 laptop and they should make their equipemtn more compatable to the pc user

You could always use Virtual DJ.

it is people like you that make it so serato can make us buy the software yes it is great but it should not only work with one system

well after years of using my pc im finally doing the switch and let me tell you if you are a serious dj then you can save up to get a mac book pro!
it took me nearly a year! save a lil at a time.
:)

Why not? There are tons of other software releases from different companies that are PC only.

GTFOH LOL :) I got my mac for 1400 new out of the box with 4GB of ram from sweetwater

I did not ever say I cannot afford it I have th emoney for it Just do not feel a software as Big as serato should be locked into jsut mac to work correctly.

I went out and bought a NEW PC and as soon as they released video it was a whole list of things that were needed and none of them were on the pc.

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GTFOH LOL :) I got my mac for 1400 new out of the box with 4GB of ram from sweetwater

OK tell us the secret hideout?

store.apple.com


I have this exact one...
store.apple.com

thats what I paid too. But these directly from Apple and get the full warranty. Make it even better by adding Apple Care and you will have three years of worry free cost free repairs (if needed, yes macs break too)

you can even get a new unibody refurb

store.apple.com

see you on the macside...

If you buy Applecare look for it on ebay. You can usually pick it up for half the price of the apple store.

OK tell us the secret hideout?

www.sweetwater.com I have the 13' macbook (white) 2.4GHz, 4GB of ram 120GB HDD and SSL and VSL runs like a dream. I have all my music and vids on a 1TB external hdd

- Buying a Mac -

If you are in college, know someone in college or someone who works at a college.
You get a significant discount with a college ID.

Also,
Wait until June/July to buy because they will give you a free iPod with that college ID.


Buying a Mac is one of the best investments I've ever made. Don't forget that you can also run Windows on a Mac and have a dual bootable system.
If you live near an Apple store, sign up for Apple one to one ($99 a year), they'll teach you everything.

Good luck.

i have a macbook(black) 2.4 250 gb hd..and obviously not the video card requirement because it only comes with the macbook pro..if i up my ram to 4gb will this make up 4 not having the required video card?

you will still be denied certain effects, but the mixing and playing back of videos will be solid. When I went from Macbook to Macbook Pro, there were only a few effects that were different. of course the effects you get on the MBP are badass...Melt and Rotoscope were worth the upgrade for me.

I'll get a macbook pro later, they are quite expensive but for now the macbook is doing me just fine. I do wonder about switching over to firewire 800 instead of 400. what's the difference over usb?

Sorry how do I get the college disocunt My wifes frined is in college

have her buy it through the apple store on line. the purchase has to be in the students name. look for the educational store on apple.com. The prices drop by a couple hundred on laptops.

I got an even better deal by going into the campus apple store

ok just checked you are right $200 thanks

right around the corner, got a free nano with blackbook

Well maybe that's a good thing. I'm tired of getting undercut/promoters offering me $150 for the night for audio sets. Maybe, just maybe the fact that you have to spend almost 4k for video done right will mean that the market won't be flooded w/ wavies who have watermarks all over their video. Why are you bitching about the price? Everyone knew how much it would cost as soon as VSL 1.0 came out last february. You can whine and moan about it all, but it comes down to the fact that you have to PAY DUES in order to make it doing video. It used to be that you had to prove yourself DJing, but now that's been washed out by the greedy-ass promoters and the undercutting wannabe DJs.

BTW the problem isn't with serato, it's with Windows adding so many goddamn restrictions on Quicktime (which is by far a superior codec set compared to windows media) in XP and especially Vista. Bitch to Bill Gates, not Nathan...

seriously that was right around the corner

www.appleinsider.com

buy now

I dont think it is too expensive to do video.. i mean until serato & rane released the 57, it cost like 6k+ to do video using those DVDJ-1000's, and the video mixer.

I got the 57, and a Macbook upgraded with only 2gb of ram, and a 500gb hard drive, and i dont have any problems..

Im wanting a new macbook that i can fit 4gb of ram into it b/c video sl added that new feature where you can decide your video quality., and im looking at about 1700 for the one i want.

Pretty cheap compared to our options a couple of years ago...


P.S - PC's Suck. Not just with serato, but in general. MAC is definitely where it is at now.

upgraded video card in the MBP will bring more features to VSL than the extra 2GB of Ram, even if you get a last year's model you'll be styling.

If I had to buy one today I think I would still pick up a pre-unibody.
2 FW ports
no extra converter needed for s-video
matte screen

i'm happy

Buying a computer is not as expensive as buying all of the DVDs and videos.

No, the problem is mainly with serato. Some problems do arise from QT, but those are from the programming of QT.

Yeah, microsoft programmed special instructions in their OS's to run QT more slowly :/