i've been spinning for 28 years. i have currenty 3 1/2 basements full of records. when final scratch first came out, i really didn't like it one bit. it's very slow with loading data. i could not really do the scatches that i wanted to do. then my friend, who dj's at a radio station had a serato. the thing's i seen him do made my mouth drop. i am, and will always be a fan of vinyl. this is something that i live & die for. playing off a laptop is something i'am not crazy about. soooo, i kept spinning my records while everyone else converted over.my friend, dj art" pumpin " payne had switch over to serato, i still was not convince up until i tried his serato in late 2007 at a party he was djing at. at the time , i did not know how to work serato or his laptop for that matter. but once i caught on, i said it's my time to get one. loooooooooong story stort, i now have one & i never look back. i'am not a fan of laptop, but, if this invention help's me make more money without breaking my back, then i'am for it.