With the 11.6"? smooth? just wow!

which processor?

1.4GHz Core 2 Duo.

Honestly, apart from the size - it felt like I was djing with my macbook pro.
NOTE: using v7s with wifi and bluetooth turned on.

the only thing i really hate is the ssd disk space - I'm used to a terabyte on my mbp.

I guess performance with internal mixing ITCH devices could be less stellar.

yeah - you might be right. If I had kept any of them I would test for yall, but V7s are the best for me, so that's what I stuck with.

Not enough juice IMHO. -BDM

run 4 decks..

I'm interested to see how a XONE DX works with the air. Thinking about parting with my macbook pro 15"

FWIW, V7s and the Denon seem to use the least amount of CPUs - probably because they don't use ITCH's internal mixing engine.

-KLH

i think the vci300 uses the least - i was running that just fine on an atom-powered netbook with integrated GMA graphics. at the time my ns7 would choke on that.

wow. that's really cool to hear. That would be awesome to use a small footprint 11" macbook air.

I have two V7s as well - hmmmm..... Always good to downsize that part of one's rig IMO. Keep the clutter, size, and weight to a minimum if you can.

Damn, i hate being tempted. Right now I use my 15" MacBook Pro, but it would be awesome to have a macbook air dedicated for just djing.

It turns out that a top of line Macbook Air 13" is actually FASTER than a base 13" Macbook Pro. So much for an "underpowered" machine :)

how many usb ports does a macbook air have?

2

why did i always think it was 1 ? hmmmm

I use a 13inch MBA 2,13 with SSD for DJing (ITCH & Traktor) since 1.5 years without problems.
But I wonder if the new 11inch MBA with its only 1.6GHz processor has enough power for ITCH & Traktor. I would like to switch to 11inch

@yeahdef which latency have you set in itch on your 1.4GHz mba? Are 2ms workable without dropouts?

@ kraal

Because that was the case with older Airs

im using 1ms latency. no dropouts yet, but i did notice once or twice during my set the waveform would stutter a minor amount when i was cueing up / cutting in.
im sure at 2ms, it'd be gravy

Hey there. I realize this is an old thread, but was hoping you might be able to offer some experience...

I'm looking at the NEW MBA 11", that's now offered with a 1.8 GHz optional processor upgrade. I've got the NS7, with the included copy of Itch (1.8 GHz is the actual minimum spec that's listed for Itch/NS7). Based on your posts above, this should be a workable combo, right?

the new MBA is faster than 2010 Macbook Pro!

Did anyone notice "macbook" are not in the line up no more. only macair and macpro for laptops,

Apple just discontinued the macbook. Cheapest portable is now the MBA 11".

So... if I'm reading this correctly... I should be all set running my NS7 through Serato 1.7 (it's the version that came with my NS7) on a new 11" MacBook Air 1.8GHz (Intel i7 chipset)? Yes? (please, say "yes").

Yes.

But you'll find out ITCH 2.0 is much better :)

only one thing: the new MBA ships with OSX 10.7 Lion; ITCH is still listed as "not compatible" yet, even if many users are running it happily on Lion.

I've got a bud that works at the Apple Store. He's confirmed that the new Air will run under 10.6.8, and 32-bit. Lion annoyed me when I was trying it out.

Didn't know there was an Itch 2.0. I'll be sure to get everything updated on the Air. Should be here mid-week next week. I'll post my experience with it.

OK: update: I've got the new 2011 11" MBA, 1.8 GHz, 2GB/120GB-SSD, running OS 10.7 and Itch 1.7. I've spun for a few hours now, and it's flawless. I'm in love with this laptop.

Also... it will NOT run any OS earlier than 10.7 that it ships with. There are hacks that supposedly will let you run certain versions of 10.6, but they are flakey, certain features (like firewire) won't work. 10.7 takes a little getting used to, but for the most part it's a lot like 10.6.x. Still not sure I like this 2 fingered scrolling though.

do you mean the "natural scrolling"? you can reverse it in system preferences

Yeah, thanks for pointing that out. (I mean... really? Do you think I'm an idiot? Should I assume you have your preferences for capitalization and punctuation reversed?)

I simply said I wasn't sure if I liked it, not that I don't know how to operate a computer.

(You never get a second chance to make a first impression.)

I don't understand you. Why should I think you're an idiot?

I t5hink he was just trying to be helpful! djcerla has never been anything but helpful and courteous on this forum in my experience. Wind your neck in tempo!

Hey trying to get help here...
Just trying to find out if this computer will work well with serato itch for a pro setting...Here are the specs.....its one of the new ultrabooks.

HP - 13.3" Folio Ultrabook
Processor Intel® 2nd Generation Core™ i5
Processor Speed 1.6GHz (with Turbo Boost up to 2.3GHz)
System Memory (RAM) 4GB
Video Memory Up to 1696MB total available
System Version 64-bit

Can anybody tell me if the MacBook Air 11in, 64GB, with 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
processor and 2GB of memory, with 64GB flash storage Intel HD Graphics 3000, will run smoothly with Itch and with the Numark Ns6> ( Im new to this, please help! )

if anyone can chime in here as well..
Im thinking of getting an AIR 11inch for my grad school...and just wondering if it can also work with ITCH 2.2

It will probably run OK but because the NS6 has 4-decks on screen by default, the screen resolution is too low. You will have virtually no library viewable onscreen.

thanks for the info...i have the 380 and even though its 2.2.1 Im pretty sure it will still work regardless of the new FX etc. I dont do VDJing so thats okay...

once I get the air ill do some trial runs and let you guys know..

i just bought macbook air and download itch and all but it keep on telling me no compatible device connected.. what can i do,been trying it for 2 days now anyone with any link to follow..

Check your OS version, and then make sure your version of Itch is compatible.