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Which Laptops Are You Using?

RiceCube 5:12 AM - 8 December, 2004
I haven't seen this thread yet so I guess I'll start it. It would definitely help me because I'm thinking about upgrading my laptop and I'd like to see what other people are using and if they're having any kind of problems with their laptop. Would everybody be kind enough to copy and paste this info, fill it in and post? Thanks.

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):
Processor Type & Speed:
MB of RAM:
HD Space:
Screen Size:
How much you paid for laptop:
Performance (1-10, 10 high):
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments:
Serato
Josh 5:16 AM - 8 December, 2004
Nice idea, please please please stay ON TOPIC guys, I'll sticky this.
RiceCube 5:18 AM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio V505AX
Processor Type & Speed: 1.8-GHz Pentium 4-M processor
MB of RAM: 512MB of DDR266 SDRAM
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 12.1-inch active-matrix screen
How much you paid for laptop: $1500?
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7
Any problems or issues: Screen feels a little too small. The minimum SSL view size takes up almost the whole screen. Also seems like the cpu is being pushed pretty hard because the GUI slows down a little while tracks are analyzing. Sound comes out fine though.
Other helpful comments: 5.2 pounds. Very small and portable.
TGK 7:36 AM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM ThinkPad T21
Processor Type & Speed: 850Mhz PIII
MB of RAM: 512MB of SDRAM
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 14.1-inch TFT screen
How much you paid for laptop: $800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 5 (After Apply windows XP tweaks)
Any problems or issues: When jumping from one cue marker to other, there is a slight delay. Only One USB port.
Other helpful comments: 5.29 lb. ThinkLight for see the keyboard at dark dj booths.
BassChamber 10:55 AM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Aspire 1603LC 2.6

Processor Type & Speed: P4 2.6

MB of RAM: 512 SDRAM

HD Space: 40 GB

Screen Size: 15 inch TFT LCD

How much you paid for laptop: 1300 €

Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9 (After Apply windows XP tweaks)

Any problems or issues: it is not a centrino one, so battery lasts only 2 hours. the power supply is too big and heavy. the plastic shell feels weak.

Other helpful comments: powerful but heavy. it works with SSL flawlessly.
chubbsta 1:00 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook (Alu)
Processor Type & Speed: 1.25 MHz PowerPC G4
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 1280x854 (15" Wide)
How much you paid for laptop: about 2.800€
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: small ones, no software to analyse MP3s for integrity
Other helpful comments: Needs a fan like the iBreeze
DJUnknown 2:25 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio
Processor Type & Speed: P4 2.8
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 60GB
Screen Size: 15" wide
How much you paid for laptop: About $1350 after rebates
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9 (almost 10)
Any problems or issues: Prior to version 2.1 couldn't set the buffer setting on 1 without it, getting stuck, glitching up, now I can but I still keep the setting at two to be on the safe side, runs SSL flawlessly on 2.

Other helpful comments:
T-One 2:44 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): COMPAQ Presario 902
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Athlon XP 1500+
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 20 GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 1000 euros (>2 years ago)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 5
Any problems or issues: this laptop become very hot when using SSL but no problem at all
Other helpful comments:
Work well with buffer setting to 5, but mp3 needs to be analyzed before playing or some audio dropout appears.
BadCompany 3:44 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite A25-S206
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4 - 2.66ghz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 40g
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 1500USD > 2yrs
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: very little problems works wonderfully
Other helpful comments: USB buffer @ 0 =)... this is a dedicated SL laptop It pretty much has nothing on it but SL and lots of music - its kinda bulky tho
feniks 4:09 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac Powerbook G4 15" Alubook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5Ghz
MB of RAM: 2GB Ram
HD Space: 80 GB @ 5400 rpm
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $3200.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: none so far
Other helpful comments: can't beat a mac in terms of stability IMO
rubidj 4:24 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio PCG-GRT815E
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium IV 2.8Ghz
MB of RAM: 518Mb
HD Space: 60Gb
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 1200 €
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: It is a Pentium IV 2.8 (no mobile) .. battery lasts 1.5 hours, but i always use it with AC.
radish 4:40 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Fujitsu S6210
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium-M 1.6
MB of RAM: 784
HD Space: 40gb
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: $1300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Really good battery life (4.5 hours) and very small/light (1" thick, 4lbs). Built in optical drive. As regards SSL, seems to work fine (no crashes ever). No USB problems, screen is nice and bright. Built in CD drive seems to be too slow to play tracks directly from it though.
Hex 5:58 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Aspire 1511LCe
Processor Type & Speed: Athlon64 3000+
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: £799
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None at all
Other helpful comments: Rather bulky and ugly but runs SSL perfectly on the lowest buffer setting and never has more than 28% CPU usage
Detroitbootybass 6:33 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite A45-S151
Processor Type & Speed:Pentium 4 (2.8 Ghz)
MB of RAM: 752 MB
HD Space: 60 Gig
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $1,100
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None... works beautifully.
Other helpful comments: Dedicated laptop... Scratch Live only... buffer as low as you can go - no issues.
DJ 3pm 8:25 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook 15"
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: int. 80 GB 5400rpm, ext. WD 200GB 7200rpm 8MB cache Firewire/USB2
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: Provided by day job (sshhhh, don't tell them I take it to a bar)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: no port for mp3 analysis tools (corruption detection or auto-bpm)
Other helpful comments: best to use cooling unit, I use iCurve
Revolutionary 8:30 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion ze5200
Processor Type & Speed: P4 2.53 GHz
MB of RAM: 512 MB
HD Space: 40 GB Internal
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 2270 USD two years ago
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: No problems at all.
Other helpful comments: USB buffer size set at 1. Works great.
m0rph! 9:54 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Tecra 8200
Processor Type & Speed: 850MHz PIII
MB of RAM: 256MB
HD Space: 60GB 5400rpm internal
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: oops, was that from my old employer?
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Only had to restart SSL once during a performance in the past 10 gigs (both tracks being played started to stutter... reloading tracks, loading new tracks, cleaning the needles/vinyl, checking calibration did not resolve issue). Laptop gets pretty hot too after about an hour...
Other helpful comments: With buffer set at 10, all tracks pre-analyzed, usage mainly mixing (not a lot of scratching), and no XP tweaks applied, SSL runs like a champ!
Pete 10:02 PM - 8 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook 12"
Processor Type & Speed:G4 1,33 Ghz
MB of RAM:768 MB
HD Space:60 Gb
Screen Size:12" 1024 x 768
How much you paid for laptop:1800 Euro (with 512 Mb extra)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:No one! Many Gigs without any problems.
Other helpful comments:Get a mac and be happy! :) 12" size is perfect for me. You don´t have any problems to find enough space for laptop.
DJ Revenge! 12:54 AM - 9 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Powerbook 12" & 15"
Processor Type & Speed:G4 1.33, G4 1.25
MB of RAM:256 MB, 512MB
HD Space:60 and 80 gigs
Screen Size:12", 15"
How much you paid for laptops:close to $3.5k for both
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9, 10

Any problems or issues: None yet, I own two Serato's units because I them everywhere, just have to mention that I also use it on a P3 800mh and it works fine. Scratchlive is the Sheit!

Other helpful comments:I like the 12" alot, only because it sits perfectly between my turntables, sits right on top of my cases. I'm probably gonna bump up the ram to 768 on the 12" but other than that both powerbooks work SWEEET!
LowfreqFX 1:55 AM - 9 December, 2004
Name of Laptop: Acer Aspire 1511LMi
Processor Type & Speed: AMD64 3ghz
MB of RAM: 1024mb
HD Space: 80gb
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: £900
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8.5
Any problems or issues: none as yet
Other helpful comments: AMD64...so far, so good. (eats battery power, so always use a mains supply)
DJ Dynamight 3:52 AM - 9 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM T23 / T30
Processor Type & Speed: PIII 1.2 GHz / P4 2GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB (both)
HD Space: 30GB / 20GB
Screen Size: 14"
How much you paid for laptop: $900 / $0 :-P
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8 / 10
Any problems or issues: Nope, dedicated for DJ use (PCDJ & SSL)
Other helpful comments: Well built and very reliable, has not crashed. Ever.
Descent 5:43 AM - 9 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac Powerbook G4 15" Alubook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5Ghz
MB of RAM: 1GB Ram
HD Space: 80 GB @ 5400 rpm
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: AU$4222
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Nothing that wasn't my fault.
Other helpful comments: Can play a an hour to hour 1/2 set running from the battery and no PSU connected to the black box. I have found this 2 be useful at times when there are no spare sockets.
Thebasement 6:19 AM - 9 December, 2004
IBM Thinkpad T23
1.13g/1g ram/60g drive
15'Display
$900 CDN
Performance (1-10)10
No issues to report. I used it FS1 and no problems Now I SSL setup striaght out the box with now problems
DJ Irv 12:11 AM - 10 December, 2004
Dell Inspiron 700m
1.6Ghz Pentium M/Centrino
512Mb of RAM -64Mb for the onboard mem
40Gb HD
12" W I D S C R E E N
$800.00 US
Hmmmm. Never crashed.
performance in Serato 10(will run buffer @ 1 even when clocked down to 600Mhz.
pgroves 11:16 AM - 10 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook (aluminium)
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5Ghz
MB of RAM: 768Mb
HD Space: 80Gb 4200rpm (would've liked the 5400rpm drive, but I didn't have the choice as bought a refurbsihed Powerbook)
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: £1310 (bought it refurbished)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Runs fine with a buffer of 2. As long as not using the thrus is happy running the SSL box without the poweradaptor (some Mac users have reported not being abe to do this, though I think mainly with the older Powerbooks and iBooks)
jonnyboy 11:08 PM - 10 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): SONY VAIO unsure of exact m odel number
Processor Type & Speed: 4GHZ p4
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space:40GB
Screen Size:15"
How much you paid for laptop: 850GBP
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Had to disable lots of pre installed crap to get it working 100% (followed guide on this forum for XP tweaks)
Other helpful comments: All I can say is get a VIAO, I had an unbranded laptop before and it was awful, a vaio with the xp tweaks runs SSL perfectly, he,ll it even had TFS running 90%!
Detroitbootybass 11:47 PM - 10 December, 2004
Quote:
Processor Type & Speed: 4GHZ p4

???
radish 4:35 AM - 11 December, 2004
The fastest Sony Vaio is the K series, the top model of which has a 3.2ghz P4.
Revolutionary 9:07 AM - 11 December, 2004
Quote:
I realize you guys may think that you're on topic, but you aren't. Please start a new thread/search the forum and leave this for specs only.

This thread is reserved for specs only.
JD 10:16 AM - 11 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook 15"
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5 GHZ
MB of RAM: 1 Gig
HD Space: 80 gig
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: $2500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Nope
Other helpful comments: If you get a new Powerbook- run SSL with a fan.
radish 3:13 PM - 11 December, 2004
Quote:
Quote:
I realize you guys may think that you're on topic, but you aren't. Please start a new thread/search the forum and leave this for specs only.

This thread is reserved for specs only.

What's the point of a thread full of specs if the specs are WRONG?
Revolutionary 3:21 PM - 11 December, 2004
Send the guy a fucking PM then. It's not that big a deal, you know.
Martin 12:45 PM - 12 December, 2004
I haven't seen this thread yet so I guess I'll start it. It would definitely help me because I'm thinking about upgrading my laptop and I'd like to see what other people are using and if they're having any kind of problems with their laptop. Would everybody be kind enough to copy and paste this info, fill it in and post? Thanks.

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Packard Bell M7300
Processor Type & Speed: PIV 3.06 Ghz (not mobile)
MB of RAM: 256 MB
HD Space: 60 GB
Screen Size: 15.1" widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: 1300 Euro
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7 (need to apply tweaks)
Any problems or issues: no major ones
Other helpful comments: I run a dual boot on this with winXP pro for general tasks, and XP home dedicated to SSL. No real issues and easy to install so i can recommend this to anyone that does not have the money for a dedicated ssl-laptop. Widescreen is very nice and spacious and leaves enough space on the screen for a third TT ;)
Martin 12:53 PM - 12 December, 2004
sorry, misquoted.....
DJUnknown 12:27 AM - 13 December, 2004
My Sony Vaio is the PCG-K25 model.
turntablist 9:47 PM - 14 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer TM-371i
Processor Type & Speed: 1.4Ghz Pentium M/Centrino
MB of RAM: 512MB DDR
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 12.1"
How much you paid for laptop: $1400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: none, no USB & others problem, but screen too small. Buffer set to 5 & work great. Become a little bit Hot after long hours run.
Other helpful comments: 3.7 LB without ext. cd-rom, very small size.
Szalony Wariat 1:45 PM - 23 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook G4 Aluminium
Processor Type & Speed: 1,33Ghz G4
MB of RAM: 756
HD Space: 60Gb
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 1500$, used, from NY.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10.
Any problems or issues: Works like dream. NO problems.
Other helpful comments: Some laptops have problems with sending enought power by USB to SSL box. Mine works great. Maby Aluminium series have no problems with that.
pvk 2:52 PM - 25 December, 2004
Name of Laptop:HP Pavillion 5702ze
ProcessorType & Speed : Celron 2.8 Ghz
mb Of ram :768
HD Space : 30Gb
Screen Size : 15"
How Much You Paid For Laptop:£600
Preformance(1-10,10 High): 9
Any Problems: USB is right next to power port so theres a a humming noise with external soundcards WORKS FINE WITH SSL!!!!!
namron 5:34 PM - 27 December, 2004
Name of Laptop: toshiba satellite pro A40
Processor Type & Speed: 2,8 p4 mobile
MB of RAM: 512 ram
HD Space intern: 30GB
HD Space extern: 40 GB 5400rpm (for SSL)
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for Laptop: 1249€
Performance (1-10, 10 High): 10!!
System: winxp Pro Service Pack 1
Any Problems or issues: Nothing!
LoLyfe 5:15 PM - 28 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Alienware Area-51m 7700
Processor Type & Speed: Pent 4(H/T) 3.6GHz, 1MB Cache
MB of RAM: 2GB DDR2 Dimms
HD Space: 200GB Raid 0 configuration
Screen Size: 17" WideScreen
How much you paid for laptop: $3800 (Also use for Graphics)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: No real problems, Wish they offered backlit keys, battery life not too good but this machine stays plugged in majority of the time.
dj synystr 6:35 PM - 28 December, 2004
well i will have my SSL tom but as far as LAptop

Laptop
ECS Slimnote Green 550
2.5 GHZ Interl Modile Celeron
640 megs of Ram
60 Gig 5400 RPM Toshiba Internal HD
15.5" Screen
wireless for downloading tracks requests at gigs
my man bought my Dell 8100 for 400 cash this one was 915 new so i paid $515 outta pocket. not bad for the triple power i got now, lol
performance: 10 works like a beast
WIn XP Pro SP1
don't have SSL yet will follow up in a day or two

Studio PC
Customer Built (by me) PC
1.6 Intel Pent. 3
40 Gig Internal HD
200 Gig External for music storage
21" screen and 15" LCD screen in front of the decks
Performance: 10
issues: same as above
j_dim 10:20 PM - 29 December, 2004
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 8200
Processor Type & Speed: 2.2 Ghz Pentium 4
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 60 Gigs Internal (4200) Rpm
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1900
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9 (Tweaked)

Any problems or issues: CPU usage hits 100 when i set audio buffer lower than 5, Laptop is bulky and heats up very fast So I made a stand that would elevate and cool the bottom.

Other helpful comments: Total Paging size 1534 MB for Partitioned Hard Drive
getting a ram upgrade to 768 MB or getting a new Laptop (still considering)
djtrippin 8:39 AM - 4 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Hp Pavilion zv5370us
Processor Type & Speed: Athlon 64 3000+
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 60GIGS
Screen Size: 15.4 Widescreen"
How much you paid for laptop: $1350 (with $200 compusa coverage plan, this plan is AWESOME, you can literally do anything to your laptop, run it over, melt the screen, break the screen TWICE and theyll fix it all)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): havent used ssl with this yet, but GREAT thus far.
Prinzipal DEEJAY 8:04 AM - 5 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Aspire 1700
Processor Type & Speed: P IV 2600 Mhz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 120 GB
Screen Size: 17 Inch
How much you paid for laptop: 1350 Euro
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: battery life not good (1,5 hrs)
echey 6:28 PM - 6 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): AVERATEC 3200 Series
Processor Type & Speed: Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP-M 2200+ 1500Mgz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 40G
Screen Size: 12.1'' XGA
How much you paid for laptop: $950 + tax
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: no
Other helpful comments: ROCKS
DJ Trev 11:17 PM - 6 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): AVERATEC 3600 Series TABLET
Processor Type & Speed: Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP-M 2800+ 1500Mgz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 60G
Screen Size: 12.1'' XGA
How much you paid for laptop: 1300 + tax
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: no
Other helpful comments: Use as TABLET PC for SERATO, Have mounted in my Case. Makes it easy to pick songs at a gig.
BriChi 7:56 PM - 8 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook G4
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 80Gb 5400rpm
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 3000
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10.
Any problems or issues: not one issue. used it last night for the first time with ssl and loved it.
bartaug 8:09 PM - 8 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple 12" iBook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.2
MB of RAM: 768 kB (popped in 512MB extra)
HD Space: 30Gb 4200rpm (standard drive)
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: 1100 EUR
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10.
Any problems or issues: no problems. The processor is not very fast which makes the screen updates sometimes a bit sluggish, but the small size of the iBook makes up for that.
dj chex 7:15 PM - 11 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 8200
Processor Type & Speed: 1.6Ghz P4-m "northwood"
MB of RAM: 768MB DDR266
HD Space: 30GB 4200rpm for OS, maxtor 120GB 7200rpm 8MBcache ieee1394 mobile rack for storage
Screen Size:15" SXGA 1400x1050
How much you paid for laptop: ~$1500 (3yrs ago)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9-10
Any problems or issues: cpu was running very hot when i first bought it, i replaced heatsink compound and i use I8K fangui to monitor/control fans and temps, now idles around 30-40c, and gets no hotter than 60c (60degrees was the origional setting by the bios to turn on the fan! Very important utility for Dell notebook owners!!!)
Other helpful comments: DELL Fan control utility, a MUST HAVE! www.diefer.de
F-plus 8:15 PM - 14 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): acer travelmate 2303lci
Processor Type & Speed: intel celeron m 1.5ghz
MB of RAM: 512ddr
HD Space: 40gb
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: n/a
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8 so far
Any problems or issues: haven't had any trouble yet, except both the records that came with ssl were slightly warped.
Other helpful comments:
DJ C-Zer 7:20 AM - 15 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): AVERATEC 3200 Series
Processor Type & Speed: Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP-M 2200+ 1500Mgz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 40G
Screen Size: 12.1'' XGA
How much you paid for laptop: $950 + tax
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Occasionally I get some drop outs. Still testing out why. I had my buffer set at 5..maybe that's why.
Other helpful comments: very light like 4-5lbs.
God is a DJ 11:20 AM - 16 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 8600
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1500MHz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: £1000 (About a year ago)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Nope
Other helpful comments: SSL runs great, no dropouts experienced yet with buffer size set to 3. Battery life not great if powering the SSL box thru USB and not a seperate AC adapter. (1-1.5 hours)
djsauce 7:36 PM - 20 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM Thinkpad T41
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1600MHz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: from work ;)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: USB Bandwith - now correctedu sing a PCMCIA USB Card
Other helpful comments: Runs great! No crap outs at any parties I've had.
RiceCube 8:48 AM - 31 January, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Asus M3Np
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M (Centrino) 1.8ghz, 2mb L2 Cache
MB of RAM: 1gb ddr333 sdram
HD Space: 60gb 5400rpm
Screen Size: 14.1" SXGA+ (1400 x 1050)
How much you paid for laptop: $1475 with shipping
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10+
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: I finally upgraded my laptop for use with SSL and I think I found an almost perfect notebook! The 14.1" screen is the perfect size because the laptop itself is only 12" wide and fits perfectly into my laptop/record bag. The higher resolution allows me to view more of the GUI than with my old XGA 12" laptop. This notebook runs SSL perfectly without ANY Windows tweaks! I can even surf the web while DJing and there's no audio problems whatsoever. CPU Usage stays around 25% and maxes at 35% occassionally. Also battery lasts a long time since it's a Pentium M. Comes with 4 USB2.0 slots. Only negative I can think of is that all of the USB ports are in the back and none are on the side of the laptop but oh well. Thing freaking works perfectly for me! I love it! The best part is that these notebooks are customizable so you can get your own customized laptop with all of the specs that you want (processor speed, HD space, RAM, wireless internet, cd or dvd burner, etc.). Also light at 5lbs. E-mail me if you want to know where I bought it online. You can get one of these for less $$ if you get downgraded features (cpu, ram, hd)
DJ BLEND 1:33 AM - 1 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67 Ghz
MB of RAM: 2 Gb DDR333
HD Space: 100 Gb
Screen Size:17"
How much you paid for laptop: $3,000.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: nOpe!
Other helpful comments:
theBrooke 3:32 AM - 3 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac iBook g4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.33 Ghz
MB of RAM: 256mb
HD Space: 60 Gb
Screen Size: 14"
How much you paid for laptop: $1050 shipped!
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Not a one
Other helpful comments: This is the latest revision of the iBook, and I have nothing but praise for this machine. I haven't had any issues at all unless you count user error the first day. I find that this is the perfect notebook for me because it was cheap and I'm a mac user. If I could have afforded the powerbook I would have bought it, but this computer does the job nicely... I have no regrets as far as my choice.
VaBadBoy 4:47 AM - 3 February, 2005
Name Of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1Ghz
MB of RAM: 512 DDR SDRAM
HD Space: 30 Gb
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: Free
Performance (1-10 high) 9
Any problems or issues: Disapearing MP3s
Other helful comments: Only one issue since upgrading my OS to 10.3.7. It runs flawless. I'm just having an issue with songs disapearing off my hard drive. Love not having to carry 10 crates of records though.
skinnyguy 9:44 AM - 3 February, 2005
Name Of Laptop (Brand & Model): Alienware Area 51-m 7700
Processor Type & Speed: p4 3.6ghz with h/t
MB of RAM: 512 DDR SDRAM
HD Space: 100 Gb
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: arm & leg
Performance (1-10 high) 10 so far..
Any problems or issues: it's a big mofo. still learning my way around it along with ssl. one glitch but i'm guessing it's because i was running it off battery only once OR because my tracks haven't been fully analyzed yet.
djspecialk 8:55 AM - 4 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite P35-S6292
Processor Type & Speed: P4 3.3ghz
MB of RAM: 512 DDR SDRAM (upgrading to 1g)
HD Space: 80gb
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $1600
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 super fast and no crashes
Any problems or issues: The screen is freakin huge...having a hard time finding a descent case for it that will hold all my ssl equip, headphones, needles, etc..
Other helpful comments: a little slow for sound editing and so forth...but i guess if your getting a laptop only for this, get a mac.
djkenace 9:27 PM - 4 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook 12"
Processor Type & Speed: G4 867MHz
MB of RAM: 640MB
HD Space: 60GBint./ 80GB EXT. Firewire bus powered
Screen Size:12"
How much you paid for laptop: $1900
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: NONE
Other helpful comments: All fun in the Sun when using A MAC.
R Capone 7:34 PM - 8 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Toshiba Satalitte 70
Processor Type & Speed:P4 3.02
MB of RAM:512
HD Space:60GB
Screen Size:about 12+"
How much you paid for laptop:about $2000
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10^2 :)
Any problems or issues:negative
Other helpful comments:why haven't you got one?
gazmonster 5:29 PM - 9 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):No brand had it custom made by a little computer company in britain.
Processor Type & Speed:pentium 4 2.8Ghz
MB of RAM:1GB
HD Space:80GB
Screen Size:16.5 inches
How much you paid for laptop:£1250
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:nope
Other helpful comments: it uses an ATI RAdeon 9600. i do a lot of sequesncing to its nice to have a graphics card to take the computers mind off the glitz
DJ Shady 6:05 AM - 10 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Compaq EVO N600c
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 3 1.2Ghz
MB of RAM:512MB
HD Space:40Gig 5200RPM(main) + 80gig 7200RPM (hot swappable drive multibay)
Screen Size:14"
How much you paid for laptop: $850 on EBAY :D
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8.5
Any problems or issues: None/Never
Other helpful comments: ATI Video built in, Highly recommended for Scratch Live use. Very reliable and flexible notebooks. Have also tried with these units:
COMPAQ N610c, N620c, N800
HP NC6000, NC8000(The bomb!)
Kid Gorgeous 8:31 PM - 11 February, 2005
Name of Laptop: Apple Powerbook 15"
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.6GHz
MB of RAM: 1024MB
HD Space: 80GB 5400rpm
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $2100 (Educational discount =) )
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any Problems or issues: None! Its a Mac remeber!
Other helpful comments: No regrets! Best laptop I've ever owned. SSL runs flawless. And it's so damn sexy, you can't say that about a dell or ibm laptop, now can you?
AK FutureTrax 3:43 AM - 15 February, 2005
Name of Laptop: Apple Powerbook 17"
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67 GHz G4
MB of RAM: 2GB DDR333 SDRAM
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $2700
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: So hot! I had a 15" Powerbook 1 GHz and just upgraded as this laptop came out literally a week ago. I was a little nervous about the size, but I find it to be very manageable. I LOVE the backlit keyboard - my 15" didn't have this! A key for playing in dark clubs.
ken-guru 10:15 AM - 15 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook 12" (bought 11/2004)
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1,2GHz
MB of RAM: 768Mb
HD Space: 60Gb
Screen Size: 12" (1028 x 768)
How much you paid for laptop: n/a
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: I have the usb buffer set to 4-5 and it works. The screen drawing is jerky at some time but the audio works a-ok. I should've bought the 14" model. Maybe next time :)
Other helpful comments: Serato just works on my laptop :)
djKwan 1:52 AM - 17 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook 12"
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5 GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 12" (1028 x 768)
How much you paid for laptop: 1400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None so far.. runs perfectly
hotpace 11:17 PM - 22 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Fujitsu/Siemens Amilo M1405B
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Centrino M735 1.7
MB of RAM: 512mb DDR
HD Space: 40gb
Screen Size: 15.4" widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: £899
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Just bought it but not yet!
Other helpful comments:
spinjin 4:58 AM - 23 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony VAIO PCG-K23
Processor Type & Speed: 2.8GHz Pentium 4
MB of RAM: 512mb DDR
HD Space: 60GB
Screen Size: 15.4 inches WXGA screen
How much you paid for laptop: $1349.00 (after rebates)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Excellent performance
Other helpful comments: I eliminated factory programs and OS and did a fresh installation of XP Professional. The laptop can run SSL at the lowest buffer setting, but I keep it at a value of 2 to be safe.
chillcut 10:14 AM - 24 February, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook 12" G4
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1,2Ghz
MB of RAM: 1,25 GB
HD Space: 30 GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: 1039 € (1 GB RAM 200 €)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: just tested SSL for ~ 1 h
Other helpful comments: apple ruleZ ;-)
rubidj 7:03 PM - 24 February, 2005
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook 12" G4
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1,2Ghz
MB of RAM: 1,25 GB
HD Space: 30 GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: 1039 € (1 GB RAM 200 €)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: just tested SSL for ~ 1 h
Other helpful comments: apple ruleZ ;-)


did you buy ram from Apple or other place?

Thank's
Revolutionary 8:36 PM - 24 February, 2005
That's what we got the PD system for, rubidj...
chillcut 7:31 AM - 25 February, 2005
Quote:
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook 12" G4
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1,2Ghz
MB of RAM: 1,25 GB
HD Space: 30 GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: 1039 € (1 GB RAM 200 €)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: just tested SSL for ~ 1 h
Other helpful comments: apple ruleZ ;-)


did you buy ram from Apple or other place?

Thank's


nope, from gravis, an apple dealer in germany

chillcut
Butang 8:22 AM - 6 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5Ghz
MB of RAM: 768MB
HD Space: 60GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $1.700
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: OSX 10.3.8 and Serato Ver.1.3. Buffer setting @ 2. I had my first gig w/Serato last night and no prob... I wish control vinyl are little bit lighter.... Oh much better than Final scratch vinyl. They are so heavy.
hologram 10:13 AM - 6 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Gateway 7422GX(RETAIL STORE MODEL)
Processor Type & Speed:AMD 64 3400
MB of RAM:1 gig
HD Space:80 gig
Screen Size:15.4
How much you paid for laptop:1399
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:None other than caused by bad MP3s
Other helpful comments: Haven't tweeked it yet and have had no problems. I am using a seperate user for ssl.
Zion-Prayz 3:59 PM - 6 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite M35X
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Celeron M 340
MB of RAM: 512 MB
HD Space: 40 GB
Screen Size: 15-inch
How much you paid for laptop: $550
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: No problems at all. I can run with the buffer at 1 with no problems and I haven't even done the WinXP tweaks yet.

My HP-Compaq nx9010 Celeron would crash at buffer 1 and even with the tweaks I would have to set the buffer at 13 just get the CPU to budge from 100% usage.
lancota 11:50 PM - 7 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook
Processor Type & Speed:1.5 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1500 RAM
HD Space: 80 gig
Screen Size:17" (widescreen)
How much you paid for laptop:over 3k
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:Not since 1.3
Other helpful comments: Since the 1.3 upgrade I've not noticed any of those small digital pops that I would sometimes get... thanks serato team!
Sim 10:29 PM - 13 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell i9300
Processor Type & Speed: 1.6 M
MB of RAM: 512 dual channel
HD Space: 100gb 5400rpm internal, 160gb 7200 external
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $1800 after $750 off coupon wOOt
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Just got it, so not yet
Other helpful comments:
mArtian! 10:44 PM - 13 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Powerbook G4 12"
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5 Mhz
MB of RAM: 512k
HD Space: 80gb
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $3058nzd (Educational* discount)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: I've ordered and paid and CAN'T DAMN WAIT!
Other helpful comments: Don't come onto forums looking at laptop reviews for SSL while trying to write an essay...!!
dj dawn 9:20 PM - 15 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Fujitsu Siemens PC, Amilo
Processor Type & Speed: Intel celeron M 2.8 Ghz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 40Gb
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: ca 1700$ (11000 SEK)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: no problems at all
Other helpful comments: Serato is king!!!
Geeman2026 1:29 AM - 16 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba P15-s420
Processor Type & Speed: P4 HT 3.00 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1.256 Gig
HD Space: 80
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: 1850 US Dollars
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: no problems so far
Other helpful comments: In order to really get the feel of this program your gonna have to just take the entire day and just mess around with it. Experiment with the USB buffer and other settings so that you could get the feel and find out what is going to be comfortable for you. I do not recommend that you just install the software and hook it up on the next gig. Overall I am still getting the feel of it but I most defenitly satisfied with the whole layout and not dissappointed.
Dj Rocky 2:58 AM - 17 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite A75-S231 --------------------------->(With Windows XP Pro)
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium4, 3.33 GHz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $2100 USD (With O/S Upgrade)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Non so far
Other helpful comments: Upgrade O/S if posible!!! Reformat and use computer for SSL ONLY!!!
nobspangle 6:04 PM - 17 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP nc4010
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium-M 1.7GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: £950
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: This has no CD drive but it only weighs 1.6Kg (3.5lb), with no tweaks this laptop easily outperforms my AMD 2400 desktop.
Dj KaGeN 6:54 PM - 17 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP zv5000
Processor Type & Speed: AMD3000+
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 15.4” WXGA Brightview Widescreen display
How much you paid for laptop: $1100
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: Runs very well, and has all my normal work stuff on it also.
STRyk 1:25 AM - 18 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook G4 1.25Ghz
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.25Ghz
MB of RAM: 512Mb
HD Space: 60Gb
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 2800 euros
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 !!
Any problems or issues: No problem...
Other helpful comments: RULES !!! RULES !!! RULES !!! for others apps i'd rather to have 2Gb of RAM & a 120Gb 7200 rpms !! lol
GraphiKal 11:07 AM - 20 March, 2005
Name of Laptop: Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed:1,55Ghz
MB of RAM:512Mb
HD Space:80Gb
Screen Size:17"
How much you paid for laptop:2000Euro's
Performance (1-10, 10 high):so far 10
Any problems or issues:Non what so ever
Other helpful comments:...
CMS 4:32 PM - 20 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Dell Inspiron 5160
Processor Type & Speed:P4 3.0 GHz
MB of RAM:512
HD Space:60 GB
Screen Size:15 in.
How much you paid for laptop:800 USD
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments:Got a great deal through Dell Small Business
Rollin' Cash 5:31 AM - 27 March, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): apple g4 powerbook
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5ghz
MB of RAM: 768
HD Space: 80 gb
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $2,400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10+
Any problems or issues: NONE, Mac's are dope, like serato. just plug and play.
Other helpful comments: Be very organized, otherwise it's hard to keep track of 1000's of tracks. the 12" is perfect size for playing out, since a lot of dj booths don't have a lot of extra space.
Kilomix 11:53 PM - 7 April, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba M35-S320 Satellite
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.5GHz Centrino
MB of RAM: 512mb
HD Space: 60gb
Screen Size: 15.4" WXGA
How much you paid for laptop: US$1550 March'04
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Hard drive replaced due to defect in Dec.
Other helpful comments: Works glitch-free with SSL. All good.
danyb 9:09 PM - 11 April, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook G4 Aluminium
Processor Type & Speed: 1,67 Ghz G4
MB of RAM: 1 G
HD Space: 100
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: 1870 US$
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10.
Any problems or issues: Incredible!!!
Other helpful comments:simple perfect!!!!
danyb 9:10 PM - 11 April, 2005
1870 US$ friendly price :) But don't say to anybody!!!! :)))
YelloJello 8:12 AM - 20 April, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 9300
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 2.0 GHz
MB of RAM: 512 DDR2 533 MHz
HD Space: Hitachi 60GB 7200 RPM
Screen Size: 17" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $1350 with $800 coupon
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: No problems setting up at all, plug and play, find good deals and discussion at notebookforums.com
lancota 4:57 PM - 23 April, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 6000
Processor Type & Speed: 1.83 GHz Centrino
MB of RAM: 1 Gig DDR2 533 MHz
HD Space:60 GB 4200 RPM
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop:$1380
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments: Same as YelloJello's comments above, although I just bought it straight from Dell, they've got a 34% off deal goin on right now (4/21)
DeeJay*CASPER 12:04 AM - 26 April, 2005
Toshiba Satellite A70
Windows XP Professional
3.2 Gig Pentium 4
898 RAM
60 Gig HD
17" widescreen
worth $1600 but only paid $680 Brand New
performance : (1-10) about 15..LOL
No Problems at all...
helpful comments: NEVER access the internet and completely swipe it of all unnecessary programs.
Tchavi 1:18 PM - 29 April, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Travelmate 4002LMi
Processor Type & Speed: 1,6 Ghz Centrino
MB of RAM: 512 MB
HD Space: 40 GB
Screen Size: 15''
How much you paid for laptop: 1000€
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10.
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: perfect!!!!
gswift 1:50 AM - 2 May, 2005
Quote:

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Toshiba Satellite P30-RG4
Processor Type & Speed:Intel P4 3.46 w/HT
MB of RAM:1024 mb PC2700DDR
HD Space:80Gb
Screen Size:17 XGA TFT
How much you paid for laptop: 2400Cdn
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments:
Jay-P 5:29 PM - 2 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP
Processor Type & Speed: AMD ATHLONxp 64 3200+
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 60
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: haha - cheap
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 (still tweaking for ssl)
Any problems or issues: froze when screen saver is on - fixed
Other helpful comments:
famdeejay 7:15 PM - 6 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed:1.67 ghz G4
MB of RAM: 1GB DDR SDRAM
HD Space:100 GB
External HD Lacie 160GB
Screen Size:17in
How much you paid for laptop:2600
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments: The BOMB
cutrix 6:04 PM - 8 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed:1.33 ghz G4
MB of RAM: 512 DDR SDRAM
HD Space:60 GB
Screen Size:12in
How much you paid for laptop:1100
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:fuckin nope
Other helpful comments: Ummm. macs dont fuck around with music apps. Serato doesnt fuck around with mac computers. Mac's are just thee shit, pretty, sleek, fast, reliable 10000X better than PC.
DJKB 10:32 PM - 13 May, 2005
I use the pressario 3000 and I never go online with it and all the programs are turned off. I have had no problems and my computer gets hot and thats it. SSL has been good for me with doing my mobile and club gigs.

DJKB
Las Vegas, NV
V108 FM
Club SRO
Club Tequilla
DJ Smooth B. 6:06 PM - 14 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Travelmate 240
Processor Type & Speed: Intel P4 2.5 Ghz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 40 GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 1000€
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7
Any problems or issues: No, it works and works
Other helpful comments:
dj solomon 11:14 PM - 16 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook 12"
Processor Type & Speed: 1.33ghz
MB of RAM: 768mgs
HD Space: 60 gigs
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: 1200ish
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.5
Any problems or issues: All good in the hood!
Other helpful comments: The 12" is nice because it weighs the least of the powerbook series, you dont really need that much screen realestate for SSL and if you want more screen space at home, get an external monitor!
DJ Jakub 3:09 AM - 17 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Asus S1N
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M (Centrino) 1.7ghz, 1mb L2 Cache
MB of RAM: 756meg ddr333 sdram
HD Space: 40gb 5400rpm
Screen Size: 13.3" SVGA
How much you paid for laptop: $1000 with shipping
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10+
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Buffer at 0, no problems. Fan turns on as soon as i plug in the USB interface, but its not very loud.
mike-greece 5:29 AM - 17 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): ACER 1524 WLMI
Processor Type & Speed: AMD 64bit 2400+
MB of RAM: 512mb / 333Mhz
HD Space: external firewire 1394 250 GBs
Screen Size: 15,4" wide
How much you paid for laptop: 1135 euro
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: none
parke02 8:02 AM - 24 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 6000
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.6
MB of RAM: 512mb
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 15.4" wide
How much you paid for laptop: $800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: buffer at 0, no problems. have serato on a n optimized, fresh install of windows xp pro, and on its own partition.
daenyx 8:57 AM - 24 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Powerbook 17inch
Processor Type & Speed:1.5ghz
MB of RAM: 1g
HD Space: 60g
Screen Size: 17 in
How much you paid for laptop:not sure, gift, probably market
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: absolutely nothing
Other helpful comments: running SSL at fastest buffer while recording on same mac with audio recorder 2.0. No issues, with or without doing small things from the OSX tweak thread.
kidjay 4:32 PM - 25 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Gateway
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 1.3
MB of RAM: 512mb / 333Mhz
HD Space: external firewire 1394 250 GBs
Screen Size: 15,4" wide
How much you paid for laptop: $800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: none
castor 10:51 PM - 25 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 6000
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.73Ghz
MB of RAM: 512mb
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 15.4" wide
gfx: Radeon x300 128mb
How much you paid for laptop: £840
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: I'm running a firewire soundcard, serato box, reason 2.5, cubase sx2 and the serato 1.3 NO NOTICEABLE LATENCY

plus i can have 2 monitors if i want with this software, making production easier!
Randi 11:30 PM - 25 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Toshiba Satellite
Processor Type & Speed:Pentium P4 3.2
MB of RAM: 768 MB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size:15,4"
How much you paid for laptop: $1800
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments: I put all my mp3s on a flash drive since I use my laptop for other things, and it work great. I import the mp3s from my flash drive, and if I take out the flash drive, the mp3s doesn't not appear on the screen, and when I put the flash drive back in the mp3s comes back on the screen.
ACME 7:14 PM - 26 May, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook Al 15"
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.25 ghz
MB of RAM: 512 MB
HD Space: 80GB 5200rpm (BTO option)
Screen Size:15,2"
How much you paid for laptop: $2700 almost 2 years ago
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments: Serato 1.3 with Tiger, works well.
tsaiborg 1:59 PM - 3 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.67ghz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 15.2"
How much you paid for laptop: $2200
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: None so far
Other helpful comments: Not really, just got SSL and wanted to post...works flawlessly!
ACME 3:28 PM - 3 June, 2005
UPDATED

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook Al 15"
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.25 ghz
MB of RAM: 512 MB
HD Space: 80GB 5200rpm (BTO option)
Screen Size:15,2"
How much you paid for laptop: $2700 almost 2 years ago
Performance (1-10, 10 high):8
Any problems or issues: lower dimm slot doesn't work anymore and I had to replace the power adapter.
Other helpful comments: Serato 1.3 with Tiger, works well.
ZRN4ED 5:13 PM - 9 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Alienware 51m 766
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4 3.0Ghz HT
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 250GB External HD 7200RPM
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $2000.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Working good so far,no crashes
Other helpful comments: None
jimeeboy51 11:00 PM - 10 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite 5205-s705
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 3-M 2.4Ghz
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 60GB HD 5400RPM
Screen Size: 15.4" UXGA (1600x1200) w/ 64mb nVidea graphics
How much you paid for laptop: $2000.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Had to analyze all my tracks before playing them and turn off auto overviews or else it would cause audio drops. The buffer is set to 5. Any less can cause audio drops. The CPU's usage fluxuates between 40-100% on avg, even with unneccessary processes killed.
Other helpful comments: So far so good.
aaronb 2:38 PM - 11 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 8500
Processor Type & Speed: P4M/2.4
MB of RAM: 1024
HD Space: 80G
Screen Size: 15.4" widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $2200
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8

Any problems or issues:
- It's pretty heavy
- It runs stupidly hot (72C-74C while mixing)
- SSL looks a bit retarded in 1920x1200
- I have random issues with usb stutter, particularly when cueing and when I let the song run past the end (going to try jimeeboy51's idea to turn off the auto overviews and see if that helps)

Other helpful comments:
- Disabling Intel SpeedStep helps with the temperature problems, but reduces cpu speed to a fixed 1.2G (which doesn't seem to affect SSL much at all)
- if you use the audio out (headphone jack) at all, you'll want to disconnect the ground on the power (using a 3-prong to 2-prong adapter or whatever)... when the laptop is grounded via the plug, there is all sorts of noise on the line out
- Reboot and kill any unnecessary processes before a session

I'm probably going to switch to a powerbook before considering a live performance with SSL. My confidence in windows is a bit low.
jimeeboy51 9:34 PM - 12 June, 2005
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite 5205-s705
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 3-M 2.4Ghz
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 60GB HD 5400RPM
Screen Size: 15.4" UXGA (1600x1200) w/ 64mb nVidea graphics
How much you paid for laptop: $2000.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Had to analyze all my tracks before playing them and turn off auto overviews or else it would cause audio drops. The buffer is set to 5. Any less can cause audio drops. The CPU's usage fluxuates between 40-100% on avg, even with unneccessary processes killed.
Other helpful comments: So far so good.

I take it back...my system sucks ass. its a 0. For some reason, I can't even go 30 mins into messing with it when it stalls of freezes my computer. It could be an isolation problem, but I just wanted to let you know.
Revolutionary 9:45 PM - 12 June, 2005
Quote:
Nice idea, please please please stay ON TOPIC guys, I'll sticky this.
dj omer 8:00 AM - 16 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):FUJITSU-SIEMENS AMILO L6820
Processor Type & Speed:INTEL CELERON 2.4GHZ
MB of RAM:1GBRAM
HD Space:40+external 160
Screen Size:17
How much you paid for laptop:1000euro
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9/10
Any problems or issues:no
Other helpful comments:
KMXE 11:10 AM - 19 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite M40/K00
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium M 760 2GHz (533MHz)
MB of RAM: 1GB Ram
HD Space: 80G
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $AUS2799
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: "Zip zero, stingy with De Niro..."
Other helpful comments: Literally worked out of the box. i dont think i really needed to tweak it, but i did as more of a precaution. Its light (2.8kg), dedicated video card (128MB nVida GeForceFX), and got all the little features that you might need. I'll end up using this as my portable recording station.
sixxx 9:32 AM - 21 June, 2005
I may be wrong, but I think I'm the first one with an iBook on this thread.... for now

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple 12" iBook
Processor Type & Speed: 1.2GHz PowerPC G4
MB of RAM: 1.25GB
HD Space: 30GB internal / FireWire/USB 120GB External HD (WD)
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: US $750 Brand New unsealed.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 (no problems as of yet)
Any problems or issues: None as of yet
Other helpful comments: Serato has been running smoothly with the exception of freezing (screen only, not sound) due to a corrupted MP3. Problem solved no problems with new 1.4 so far.
tekmoe 2:34 PM - 21 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5ghz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 80gb 5400rpm
Screen Size: 15.2"
How much you paid for laptop: $1972 out the door
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Bottom RAM slot fried. Logic board needs to be replaced under warranty. Moved RAM to top slot.
Other helpful comments: Very sexy laptop. People eye it like a pair of 36c's. Ultra-sleek and very useable. I love it.
mixta-mike 6:30 PM - 21 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Alienware Area 51m
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4, 3.2GHz
MB of RAM: 1.25GB Ram
HD Space: 60 GB @ 7200 rpm
Screen Size: 16.1"
How much you paid for laptop: $3100.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none so far
Other helpful comments: none
Steve 11:06 PM - 21 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 1100
Processor Type & Speed: PIII 1.0 Ghz (I Think...laptop not with me)
MB of RAM: 512MB Ram
HD Space: 20GB, with a 20GB External Drive
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Had to fiddle with the settings in the Serato Setup screen for the USB Buffer and such, but nothing else.
Other helpful comments: none
JABAone 7:40 AM - 26 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 3.2 GHz
MB of RAM: 512 MB Ram
HD Space: 60GB
Screen Size: 16"
How much you paid for laptop: $1100 shipping included via EBay
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9+ ALMOST a 10!!!
Any problems or issues: every now and then the program tells me that an error has occured and it will change the newest added titles of some of songs in my library to the default "Unknown." I believe this is an internal issue though... not so much a program issue.
Other helpful comments: Check EBay for great deals, which is where I got mine. I did my research before buying my laptop and found that the TOSHIBA SATELLITE was one of the best PC laptops to use with this program. Never had my laptop overheat like with some computers and never had any issues when using this program at gigs. I love it! 9+ to a near 10!!!
Jonas 8:12 PM - 29 June, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): AJP Z71V
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.73 GHz 740
MB of RAM: 512 MB Ram
HD Space: 80GB @ 5400RPM
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: £1000 inc P&P
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Soundcard: Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMI
Any problems or issues: none yet, only 1 month old.
Other helpful comments: Dedicated to SSL only.
Sean Diamond 4:40 PM - 1 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Aspire 5024WLMI
Processor Type & Speed: AMD ML-34 Turion (64bit mobile 1,8ghz processor)
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 100GB + 80GB Lacie Porsche 5400rpm External HD
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen Crystal Brite
How much you paid for laptop: 880 Pounds Sterling
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9/10
Any problems or issues: The Keyboard is Americanised
Other helpful comments: Serato Runs fantasticaly
Dom 7:18 PM - 1 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook
Processor Type & Speed: G3 800mhz
MB of RAM: 640 MB
HD Space: 30GB+40GB External FW (OSX Panther for SSL is installed on the FW HD)
Screen Size:12.1"
How much you paid for laptop: 1200 Euro (08/2003)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 5
Any problems or issues: With OSX Tiger still a lot of USB Dropouts, Panther runs fine.
Other helpful comments:Serato runs fine..much better and faster then FS 1.1.4 under 10.2.6
davidjames 4:40 PM - 11 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Asus Z70V
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 750 1.86 GHz
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 40 GB 5400rpm internal, 160 GB 7200rpm FW external
Screen Size: 15" WSXGA+, ATI x600 dedicated graphics
How much you paid for laptop: $1500 US
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 1
Any problems or issues: None, SSL runs perfectly
Other helpful comments: I really can't say enought about how well this machine is built. Asus is a lesser known company outside of the motherboard geek world (i'm a proud member ;). but the truth is that Asus builds many of the "name" brand laptops on the market, so they know what theyre doing.
meshboogie 3:21 AM - 13 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):iBook
Processor Type & Speed: g3 700 mHz
MB of RAM:384
HD Space:20gb
Screen Size:12
How much you paid for laptop:$1400(5/2002)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:nothing major. i have to reboot every once in awhile to cycle the box so i get audio, but otherwise...
Other helpful comments:i'm using a weakass, 3 year old computer with OS X and SSL and it works like a champ, what else do i need to say?
nik39 10:01 AM - 13 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell 2500SN (Super PC?) Laptop
Processor Type & Speed: 2.4GHz P4 Desktop CPU
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 40GB 5400rpm internal
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: 800$ used (mid 2004)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: ACPI is ckufed up, means you either have to turn of Windows ACPI functions (which is not good) or you have to take off the battery (isnt good either, imagine the power cuts out for some milliseconds... poof, you have to restart your laptop), or else you will get USB dropouts once every minute. Laptop has a pretty loud annyoing fan, which is not a problem in the club, also that thing is pretty heavy. Else than that is has been at the Dell repair center at least 3 times => Dell support was helpfull, but it shouldnt have to taken care that often. My personal experience -> avoid buying Dell if you rely on your laptop and cant risk any downtime.
Other helpful comments: The only reason why I rate it at 8 is that nowadays there are machines which are faster means the time for pre-analyzing tracks is is shorter with newer models, else than that I would give it a 10 when it comes to SSL performance. Buffer size of 1 is no problem at all.
nik39 10:11 AM - 13 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM Thinkpad X20
Processor Type & Speed: 600MHz P3
MB of RAM: 320MB
HD Space: 20GB 5400rpm internal
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: cant remember, that machine is at least 5 years old, but it was pricy for shure (IBM)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 5
Any problems or issues: I love this machine. After 5 years of heavy usage the thing which holds the display became a bit loose, and the harddrive is pretty loud IMHO, but else than that NO h/w issues at all. IBM Thinkpad quality.
Other helpful comments: SSL works fine with USB buffer size of 5 (pre-analyzed tracks), no ACPI problems, this machine works like a charm. Though its simply to slow nowadays, trying to use a buffer size of 1 makes the machine almost freeze, also analyzing tracks takes pretty long. But hey, this was the machine I used to work with until last year, and that was still fine. SSL works nice, the gfx are glitchy but not sound cut offs. Maybe it works also with lower buffer sizes, 5 is definitly a safe number.
Display resolution is a bit too small after getting used to larger resolutions, but the size of the machine is lovely, 12" (display size! ;) is a very handy size esp if you consider dj booths having only a little space for additional DJ equipment.
nik39 10:38 AM - 13 July, 2005
Processor Type & Speed: 300MHz P2
MB of RAM: 128MB
HD Space: 12GB 5400rpm internal
Screen Size: 15" or 14"
How much you paid for laptop: cant remember, that machine is at least 7 years old, but it was pricy for shure (IBM)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 3
Any problems or issues: I love this machine too ;-) . After 5 years of heavy usage the only thing which needed replacement was the harddrive, else than that NO h/w issues at all. IBM Thinkpad quality.
Other helpful comments: I dont use this laptop to spin live, but I wanted to know the limits of SSL, the minimum requirements say you need at least a Pentium 3 at 700MHz. Here is the original thread where I also posted a sample : scratchlive.net <- click. It prooves SSL can run on almost any h/w configuration. Though you shouldnt expect any top of the line performance with a slow laptop like this one. It worked with an USB buffer size of 20, gfx were very glitchy, but mixing was still possible if you rely on your ears.
hard8 5:36 AM - 14 July, 2005
Apple G4 1.5
1.25 mb ram
80gb HD
15" Widescreen
paid $1995 (right when they intro'd new 1.67mghz models)
Performance: for Scratchlive: 9.5......for Final Cut Pro...8.5 (I have a g5 with 8 gb of ram, so I don't really care)
Issues: OSX Tiger has been a little buggy. Some apps quit without warning, but usually after a major bout of processor lag. No issues with SSL.

Have had 3 gigs using Serato on this machine. Not a single problem except after a lot of switching between standard vinyl and Serato vinyl, the waveforms have trouble refreshing. This has never caused a dropout, however, even after 3+ hours of non-stop music.

Great job on this software guys!. v.1.4 is incredible.
Skip-A-Beat 5:45 PM - 16 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell 6000 Widescreen
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.8
MB of RAM: 1 gig
HD Space: 80g HD
Screen Size: 15 Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: 1700
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 Flawless
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments: we have implemented this in our club as well as our out of town gigs... It's that shizzle.
seratosnatch 5:50 PM - 17 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Apple Ibook G4
Processor Type & Speed: G4 800
MB of RAM:640 DIM
HD Space: 40
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop:$850 USD
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Slight screen redraw issues, usb light on a few times. No crashes or issues to bother me.V1.4
Other helpful comments: Used Serato out last night for 3 hrs straight.. had no problems ..Just works the way I dreamed it should..
Pushkin 12:31 AM - 18 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Power Book G4
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: $3500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10+
Any problems or issues: NEVER
Other helpful comments: I love this thing! It works great, looks even better and feels like WOW! lol
If you have the funds, get it. I don't think a better choice is out there. Is there?
BorDeauX 8:51 AM - 19 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook 12"
Processor Type & Speed: PowerPC G4 1,5 GHZ
MB of RAM: 1280 MB (1,25 GB)
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 12" (1024 x 768 pixels)
How much you paid for laptop: ca. 1800€ (about 2200$)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: never, wokrs fine all day
Other helpful comments: This book is so small and lightweight, but powerful and looks so nice.
plueschkante 3:03 PM - 19 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook 12"
Processor Type & Speed: PowerPC G4 1 GHZ
MB of RAM: 768 MB
HD Space: 40 GB (plus 160 GB external FW HD)
Screen Size: 1024x768 (12")
How much you paid for laptop: 2000€ (but that was long ago ;-))
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Nothing serious
Other helpful comments: Almost perfect hardware. Get the 15-inch Powerbook if you can affort it (Bigger screen size, Keyboard illumination).
djkhris 11:18 PM - 22 July, 2005
ok is a intel cel processor 1.5 gig
ok to run ssl if so i would love a response from
someone who as done this before using this speed of processor
60 ram of hard drive
512 memory
$700 (new)
djgreg1200 3:01 AM - 23 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio PCG-K45
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4 3.1 GHZ
MB of RAM: Started with 512 but now have 768 MB
HD Space: 80 GB + 100 GB External
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1150 after rebates
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: I had to reboot once for overheating but once I upgraded the RAM, I never had that issue again.
Other helpful comments: Been using it at gigs for almost a month. I use it for up to 4 hours each time out and no issues. I gotta keep the buffer at 12 which is the only drawback.
studio17 8:26 AM - 25 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.67ghz
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 15.2"
How much you paid for laptop: € 1800
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments:
Melissa 7:53 PM - 25 July, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba P 35
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4, 3.5ghz
MB of RAM: 1.5 GB
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $1899
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: It is big and heavy
Other helpful comments: Brand spanking new, SSL/Music only, I've only had it for a week and haven't used it for any gigs yet, but so far so good. I upgraded the RAM from 512 MB...
djns 1:00 PM - 4 August, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook w/SuperDrive
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.67ghz
MB of RAM: 1.5ghz
HD Space: 80GB + 40GB external
Screen Size: 15.2"
How much you paid for laptop: $2300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: nope
Other helpful comments: none
DJ Frank Sonique 6:30 AM - 5 August, 2005
I work in my Club in Germany since 3 Month with SeratoScratch (www.planetdance.de).
With the Update 1.4 from Serato, my System runs more better than before.
I have no Problems with my Laptop - It works very well.

Name of the Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook w/Superdrive
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1,67 ghz
MB of RAM: 768MB
HD Space: 60 GB
Sreen Size: 12
How much you paid for laptop 1300,00 EUR
Performance (1-10 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: none
DJ Sterling 8:36 AM - 5 August, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5 GHz
MB of RAM: 2 gig
HD Space: 80 gig 5400 w/Superdrive
Screen Size: 17 inch Display
How much you paid for laptop: Never ever, ever, ever… tell!
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10, it’s a Apple and I only running SSL
Any problems or issues: Just started using SSL, schooled by other Pro’s in the business
Other helpful comments: Using Tiger as my OS, and it seems to rock and keep me rolling. Also have a PC notebook and it seems Mac’s are just better with Video/Music apps.
djphilly 6:00 AM - 7 August, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Compaq Presario 2100
Processor Type & Speed: AMD 2400+ 1.8ghz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 40 GB
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: $200 used
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: no multitasking
Other helpful comments: upgrade ram and HD
magin 2:00 PM - 8 August, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5 GHz
MB of RAM: 1.5 gig
HD Space: 100 GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: 1,517...worth every penny
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10, Turned it on and it WOrked! no problems so far. It seems that my powerbook is able to run the scratch live interface without an external power supply too=) This program works better than I dreamed it would. The interface is perfect and gives me everything I could possibly want to know about my tracks instantly. The sound quality blew me away.
Any problems or issues: Nothing that wasn't easily addressed by searching the Forum. But I have not yet tried to record or send a broadcast with it yet...so fingers crossed.
Other helpful comments: Use some color coded tape to quickly identify your Line and Thru connectors. Could even label them "line 1","thru 1", etc to expediate hookup in a club situation.
DJ Irv 1:28 PM - 12 August, 2005
Dell Latitude L400
ULV Pentium III 700Mhz
20Gb HardDrive
256Mb RAM
Screen Size 12"
Free from work. It's a tiny laptop about 3.5lbs.
Performance 1 this laptop was poorly designed and doesn't cool itself well. It will crash after running 95% for 10 minutes. Stay away from this laptop! I got it as a spare in a what if all else fails scenario. I will grab a Dell Latitude C400 and post the results tomorrow.
DJ Irv 8:52 AM - 13 August, 2005
Dell Latitude C400
ULV Pentium III 1200Mhz
30Gb HD
256MB of RAM
Screen Size 12"
Free from work. It's about 4lbs.
performance 8
used it for 6hs without a hitch. Fewer dropouts than my Pentium M 1.6Ghz i think this is due to the USB controller not the CPU. It ran at 90% all night.
cutrix 2:03 AM - 17 August, 2005
hey Frank Sonique... How do you have a 1.67 ghz 12" powerbook G4??? im a little confused, i thought they didnt make them with that processor with that screen size, Am i wrong?
Dj Paperchase 6:02 AM - 17 August, 2005
no you are right!!! LOL...I thinks he's confused!!!
latinprince 6:33 AM - 17 August, 2005
Using Powerbook 17 inch screen
1.67 GHZ
DJ Damian Saint 10:54 AM - 18 August, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: Power PC 1.5 GHz G4
1.5ghz RAM
80gig HD
Screensize 15"

Never had a problem with SSL , runs silky smooth now I'm back on OSX Panther , had crash problems with OSX Tiger 3 times in one week while playing to 2000 people.Not the SSL's fault.Dont need the power adapter to run it eith , works fine on USB power.Best thing Ive bought for work yet!!
MInzane 10:48 PM - 18 August, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: PowerPC 1.5Ghz
MB of RAM: currently 512Mb, soon to be 1.25G
HD Space: 80G
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $1400
Performance (1-10, 10 high):8
Any problems or issues: The screen pauses for a split second when I load tracks, probably due to the RAM we'll see when I increase it. But it has not crashed, solid as a rock. I used on my radio show with no issues. Apple and Serato are an ill combo!
DJ GaFFle 2:25 AM - 20 August, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple G4 Powerbook
Processor Type & Speed: Power PC 1.5Ghz
MB of RAM: 1Meg
HD Space: 80Meg
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1940
Performance (1-10, 10 high): ?...I just bought it today.
Any problems or issues: Not yet
Other helpful comments: I was hoping to get them from this forum. Comment in the near future after I sort through my recently inherited MP3 collection.
RTS 10:29 AM - 20 August, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 510M
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M (Centrino) 1.7 GHZ
MB of RAM: 1024
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 15 inch (1400x1050 resolution)
How much you paid for laptop: EUR 950,-
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None, got it for a week now.
Other helpful comments: Runs SSL on lowest buffer size without problems.
roddyrod 6:15 PM - 23 August, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell 700m
Processor Type & Speed: Centrino 1.7G
MB of RAM:1.3GB
HD Space:40G + 2 Externals 200G's
Screen Size:12
How much you paid for laptop:900
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:not yet. runs pretty solid. Rocked 10 nites in the club so far with no hitches.
stewcrew 1:01 AM - 24 August, 2005
I use a HP Intel Pentium
1.60 GHz
480 RAM being upgraded soon..not bad also good to use a Targus Chill mat to keep it from heating up...keeps it cool..but looking for some type of stand to place near my DJ case...also does anyone know what cable is needed to hook up microphone...in the SSL there is a jack and I see where and how to hook it up to DJ case but not sure on what cable or jacks to buy...do you guys use your mic also looking at a Tascam 1700 cd player so that I can scratch using the disks...well holla back and keep it live

Thomas
T&D Mobile DJ
djrhouse 1:01 AM - 25 August, 2005
I use:
Dell 9300
1.6 GHZ Centrino
1 Gig of RAM
100 Gig Hard Drive
256 MB Video Card
17" Widescreen
6 USB ports
True Life Screen (clear like High Definition)
Price: $1700
Performance: 10

I will purchase SSL this week and post my comments on performance. So far it works like a champ with competitors software if I may say here.

Ron
McSpleen 1:40 PM - 29 August, 2005
Finnally got my own top! Went with HP as I used a buddies for multiple gigs with SSL without a single issue

HP dv4000
1.73Ghz Centrino
1 Gig of Ram
100 Gig HD
128 Video
15.4 widescreen
2 Meg L2 cache
533 Mhz FSB
Price: $1699 CDN$ + tax and $299 for a 3 year full warranty
Performance: 10 so far
Problems or Issues: None so far
Comments: Runs flawlessly on buffer 1, I have not applied any tweaks. It came loaded with XP home edition SP2 and I may still format with Pro SP1 but haven't decided.
artin (DJ D.I.S.) 9:09 PM - 31 August, 2005
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook 15"
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5 GHZ
MB of RAM: 1 Gig
HD Space: 80 gig
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: $2500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Nope
Other helpful comments: If you get a new Powerbook- run SSL with a fan.


what do you mean by running SSL with a fan... please explain. thanks
Scotty Mac 2:39 PM - 2 September, 2005
• Apple PowerBook 15
• G4 1.5GHZ
• 1GB
• 80GB internal/250GB external
• 15" Widescreen
• $2250
• 9
• None
• Was dupped by Microsoft/Windows for 10+ years before "seeing the light". Have switched to Mac/OS X and will never go back. It is a true instrument and have been pleased every time I turn it on.
Dj Ryme 4:31 PM - 2 September, 2005
Apple Powerbook 12"
G4 1.5GHZ
512MB
60GB
$1650

Just boght it last week, kicks ass, processes way faster than my PC. Havent had a problem yet (crossing my fingers) from what I hear these comps are the best.
InsaneMixaken 12:51 PM - 4 September, 2005
Sony Vaio PCG-K25
P4 2.8 ghz
60 gig internal
1 gb ddr sdram
$ 1200.00
Performance 10

I did all the tweaks runs stable like a champ with Buffer setting 1
Doc Brown 5:13 PM - 4 September, 2005
Toshiba Tecra M4
P4, 2.2ghz
1 gb memory
14", 1400x1050 tablet screen
40gb internal HD, 160gb external HD
artin (DJ D.I.S.) 12:21 AM - 6 September, 2005
Apple Powerbook
G4 1.5 Ghz
512 MB RAM
15"
80 Gig HD
$2100
Performance : 9
djderby 10:23 AM - 9 September, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple IBook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1,33 Ghz
MB of RAM: 768 mb
HD Space: 40 gig
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: 1100 Euro
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Gets hot when playing for a long time (several hours) which is normal i think?!
Other helpful comments: If you have to choose between a Mac or a PC (for example Dell) the price difference isn't actually that big. In my case it was more or less the same and since OSX is more reliable that Win , you should schoose for apple. (However on my desktop i never had any problems with windows)
PhillyDJ 4:08 PM - 9 September, 2005
Gateway M680
Pentium M (Centrino) 2.13
2048 MB RAM (2 GIG)
100 GIG HD, 300 GIG External (Seagate)
17" Widescreen Ultra Brite
$3000 including a 4 yr total protection (accidental included)
Performance: 10
No problems or issues
Total accidental coverage is nice to have. If someone drops my laptop or spills a beer in it, they will cover it.
DJ_X_Trodinaire 5:55 AM - 11 September, 2005
Just Bought Yesterday
Toshiba Satellite M45-S355 PM Notebook
Pentium M 1.86Ghz
1GB RAM
100 GIG HD
15.4 Screen
Performance NA Hope its good enough for SSL
1399 + 369 3 year insurance
m0rph! 3:03 AM - 14 September, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Asus W3V
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M (Centrino) 1.86GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 60GB 5400rpm internal
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: $1699
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.82563
Any problems or issues: Asus is great at not installing any crap-ware, so I didn't have to perform a fresh install of XP after purchase. She runs a wee bit warm after a few hours, but that's because of the HD and the Radeon X600 inside. Woot! :-P
cbk 8:24 PM - 14 September, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Compaq V2000
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Turion 64, 1.6 Ghz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 14" widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $899 w/ rebate
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: not yet! first SSL gig this saturday. wish me luck!
1200LTD 5:47 AM - 23 September, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple G4 Powerbook (Superdrive)
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5Ghz G4
MB of RAM: 1.25Gb RAM
HD Space: 80GIG HD + 100GIG Lacie (External)
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $2,100
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None so far. OS X Tiger, Runs Smooth...
djratedrde 8:38 PM - 24 September, 2005
Name of Laptop: Apple Mac Powerbook G4 15"
Processor Type & Speed:1Ghz
MB of RAM: 512MB upgrading to 2 gig
HD Space:60GB(internal) 320G External (Western Digital)
Screen Size:15"
How much you paid for laptop:1300.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high):I will say 9 right now but I will need to revisit after I start using Serato on it.
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments:
gucca69 8:25 PM - 26 September, 2005
APPLE POWERBOOK G4 17INCH 100GB BEST ON THE MARKET PRICEY ABOUT 2800euro BUT YOU GET YOU PAY FOR. NEVER ANY PROBLEMS BIG SCREEN BRIGHT KEYS LIGHT UP! a dj's dream.
Rebelguy 3:37 PM - 28 September, 2005
Name of Laptop: Asus
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 2.26 (Overclocked)
MB of RAM: 2 gig
HD Space: 2 60G 7200RPM Internal Drives
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 2000.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): To Date I will give it a 9...nothing is ever perfect. I am using it for Serato as well as Mobile Recording/Remixing.
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Great laptop. EXTREMELY fast and stable. I can get it to play back 40-50 tracks of audio with a couple of VSTs in Nuendo without breaking a sweat. It has two fans built into the bottom which keep it cool.
DJ 3pm 9:28 PM - 28 September, 2005
Name of Laptop: iBook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.42GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 60G 4200RPM Internal Drives
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: $1090US
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9, using for SSL, audio/video editing, school work (graphic design)

Other helpful comments: I miss the backlit keyboard and audio-in from my Powerbook, but both these can be fixed with simple USB add-ons. Plenty fast: buffer=2 screen=60
Dj Paperchase 1:28 AM - 1 October, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Brand New Apple G4 PowerBooks OSX Tiger 10.4 (Sexy as Hell)
Processor Type & Speed: Power PC 1.5 GHz
MB of RAM: 1GIG
HD Space: 80GIGs
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1934 (Education Discount)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Nope, now that I have got my brand new interface box back from RANE.......Thing is running perfect so far for the last two hours!!!
Other helpful comments: I'll Use an IBREEZE with the Powerbook, it gets hot, but no problems so far!!!
SF_JTRIX 9:08 PM - 1 October, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple G4 Powerbook
Processor Type & Speed: Power PC 1.67 GHz
MB of RAM: 512 DDR Ram
HD Space: 80 Gigs
Screen Size: 15 Inch
How much you paid for laptop: I didn't, got it as a gift
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9, I can't give it a 10 because I've yet to use it live at a gig to it's fullest potential, but so far using it at home, I've had no problems.
Any problems or issues: There were some audio pops when I was scratching with it, but I heard that can happen when you set your USB Buffer all the way to 0
Other helpful comments: Elevating it off of a flat surface keeps it a bit cooler.
Flipsta 1:08 AM - 2 October, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion
Processor Type & Speed: AMD 64 3200+
MB of RAM: 768 soon to be 1gig
HD Space: 80gb
Screen Size: 15.4 in widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: 850!
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 so far
Any problems or issues: None so far except a short battery life with the 8cell. Scratch live ran flawlessly first time I used it in a gig setting.
Other helpful comments: THe screen on this laptop rocks! It runs very quiet and seems to stay pretty cool. An interesting question....will Serato release a 64bit version of Scratch live?? hmmm....
j-u 12:50 AM - 4 October, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM Thinkpad T-43
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium M 740 1.73GHz
MB of RAM: 1024MB upgradable to 2GB
HD Space: 80GB (internal HD)
Screen Size: 14.1
How much you paid for laptop: 1600000won so it's about ~1.500$ in USD.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): so far 10 didnt do all the tweaks
as did on my compaq laptop. but it runs perfect on a buffer size of 1. didnt even build overviewes for some of the songs i've played this weekend.
Any problems or issues: anything yet, and i hope it stays that way
Oth.er helpful comments: get a laptop with a strong CPU!!! that was at least my problem with my old one.
DJ Jinnai 12:39 AM - 7 October, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Generic Brand from Fry's
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5 GHZ AMD Sempron
MB of RAM: 704MB
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: $599
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: USB Dropouts,fixed by Disabling WI-FI.
Other helpful comments: Be sure you always turn off WI-FI before using Serato! No Dropouts now! :D
coco 8:27 AM - 7 October, 2005
I know I dont have a laptop but there are no discussion on what pc's people are useing. I went to a PC due to storage issues.
Just giving people a heads up if the did not want to go the laptop route.

Name of PC (Brand & Model): Shuttle xpc sn45g

Processor Type & Speed: 1.667GHz AMD sempron 2400+

MB of RAM: corsair xms 512 ddr 3200 ( you only need 512 )

HD Space: TWIN 250GB MAXTOR MAXLINE III

Screen Size: portable 15in lcd screen

Video card: G force mx440

How much you paid for PC: $637 including carrying cases

Performance (1-10, 10 high):10

Any problems or issues: none its a PC not a laptop

Other helpful comments: shuttle makes small from factor PC's. the pc I run is only 8.1 W x 7.5 T x 12 D Inches, its the size of a shoe box. There are 4 other dj's that run serato also in a club I dj at, they all bring laptops and one or two external hard drives, its alot to hook up and I just wanted it all in one box. I get the PC set up in about three mins. check them out www.shuttle.com
Froggie 6:12 AM - 8 October, 2005
Sony r505
1.13ghz pent III M
30Gig and 256mb ram expandable to 384~!~!!!

runs ok without analyzing, lags on start of track
Thebasementwonder 2:48 AM - 9 October, 2005
Acer Turion 3000(1.6g 1mb L2 Cache)
768 DDR Ram
15x4 WideScreen
60g 5400RPm Drive
DVD/CDRW Combo

Screen Refresh Rate 60
USB Buffer 5
Performace 10

Had problems with the ACPI Management but took out the battery had its kicking ass (Oppps did I do Thaaaaaat)
DJ Vision 6:35 PM - 11 October, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Fujitsu LifeBook N3500
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium M 740 1.73GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB DDR2
HD Space: internal 100MB 5400RPM, external 160MB 7200RPM
Screen Size: 15.4 WXGA Crystal View
How much you paid for laptop: $1400.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None significant
Other helpful comments: Excellent screen
Ras Gonzo 7:46 AM - 16 October, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba a75
Processor Type & Speed: P4, 3.33ghz
MB of RAM: 1 gb
HD Space: 100 gb + 60gb ipod
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: $1399
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.5
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments: strickly SSL & itunes
grrillatactics 7:01 PM - 18 October, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4, 15" with superdrive
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5 GHz G4
MB of RAM: 1.25 GB RAM
HD Space: 80 GB HD
Screen Size: 15" diagonal
How much you paid for laptop: See www.apple.com for prices, they are pretty standard for mac stuff
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8.79
Any problems or issues: A little bit pricey, but otherwise a solid tool
Other helpful comments: Buy low, sell high.
DJ Smooth B. 9:40 AM - 21 October, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Extensa 4101
Processor Type & Speed: Mobile 1.6 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1024
HD Space: 80Gb
Screen Size: 15" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: 1250 €
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 2
Any problems or issues: Never had any problems
Other helpful comments:
djkrayz 2:21 AM - 31 October, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell 700M
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0GHz 1MB
MB of RAM: 2gigs
HD Space:80
Screen Size:12.1in
How much you paid for laptop:1900
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:have to take out battery to run ssl to prevent usb dropouts
Other helpful comments so fresh and so clean
topranking 2:17 AM - 3 November, 2005
does any one use a www.panasonic.com TOUGH BOOK, they advertise that they can take a beating and are ever water repellent. a plus for a traveling club playing beer drinking dj.
topranking 2:19 AM - 3 November, 2005
here's the specific one i was looking at
catalog2.panasonic.com
DJ_X_Trodinaire 3:48 AM - 3 November, 2005
wooah nice!
DJ_X_Trodinaire 3:54 AM - 3 November, 2005
tablet starts at 3400 gasp

and you must be a business to buy i think
DJ Irv 4:08 AM - 4 November, 2005
Stay on topic!
DJ Durg 1:46 AM - 5 November, 2005
Name Of Laptop Hp Athlon 64 6000 Serious
Processing Speed.... 3.5
1 Gig of Ram
Hard Drive 1 Gig
1400ish

No Probs so far
bitt 10:49 AM - 7 November, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook 12"
Processor Type & Speed: G4 867 Mhz
MB of RAM: 640 MB
HD Space: 40 Gb
Screen Size:12" 1024 x 768
How much you paid for laptop: u$1400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None, so far.
Other helpful comments: 12" size is just right for it. Runs perfectly. I was about to buy a Vaio, but I have definitely no regrets.
DD 9:32 PM - 7 November, 2005
Name of Laptop: Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67GHz
MB of RAM: 1.256GB
HD Space: 100MB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $2,000
Performance: 10
Any problems or issues: None


-Apple Powerbook G4
-1.67GHz
-1.256GB memory
-100MB Ram hard drive
-15 inch
-Mac OS X
-Superdrive
thatguysmitty 4:05 AM - 8 November, 2005
Name of Laptop: Gateway M210
Processor Type & Speed: P4 Centrino 1.7GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 50Gb internal & 120Gb external FW
Screen Size: 14.1" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $0 Work Issued
Performance: 10
Any problems or issues: None so far...
DJK 9:00 AM - 10 November, 2005
Quote:
Stay on topic!


ps, your website is sooooo anoying.
DJK 9:02 AM - 10 November, 2005
Quote:
does any one use a www.panasonic.com TOUGH BOOK, they advertise that they can take a beating and are ever water repellent. a plus for a traveling club playing beer drinking dj.


When I was in the marines I saw one of these get dropped out of a humvee going almost 60mph. It didn't do a thing to it. I also saw one that had a bullet through it, and it still worked, you just couldn't read the screen.
DJ Irv 2:52 PM - 10 November, 2005
My website is anoying call the Marines and inform them of it. ha ha ha.
DJK 6:11 PM - 10 November, 2005
hey dj irv, stay on topic. . .
djspicedham 8:16 PM - 10 November, 2005
you guys are both ridiculous- stop posting in this thread its dumb.
Serato
Josh 10:34 PM - 10 November, 2005
you might want to copy and paste those off topic posts if you need them, because I will be deleting them shortly.
Melissa 9:45 PM - 15 November, 2005
Quote:
does any one use a www.panasonic.com TOUGH BOOK, they advertise that they can take a beating and are ever water repellent. a plus for a traveling club playing beer drinking dj.

Forget it. I have a civilian style toughbook for work/personal use (CF-Y2) and it was a lot of money for very little computer... But it is bad-ass tough, very light, great for travel but not that fast and I managed to make mine really buggy... Read the specs and you'll see... You're better off being more careful with your drinks...

I bought a toshiba for ssl... sorry josh, I hope this wasn't too off-topic...
danield 9:03 PM - 17 November, 2005
Name of Laptop: Toshiba M45
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.6 Ghz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 80Gb internal
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $1400.00
Performance: 9
Any problems or issues: So far none, the only difference between playing with vinyl and playing with SL is you don't need to change the vinyl record on each track... :)
barelylegalbass 11:12 AM - 18 November, 2005
Name of Laptop: Gateway W730-K8X, AMD ATHLON64+ 2.8GHz
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 100GB internal, 25oGB external USB 2
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $1400.00
Performance: 10
Any problems or issues: None, I will run SSL while recording into a MOTU 896 using 5 inputs into CubaseSX3 running a usb dongle while using a wireless USB mouse.all that while im surfing the web. and all my music is stored on the external USB2.0 HD...so I am running 4 USB items and one firewire item and 3 apps all at once, not a problem.
rubidj 3:51 PM - 21 November, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Tecra A5-159
Processor Type & Speed: Centrino 1,73Ghz
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 60GB
Screen Size: 14" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: 1150 €
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: I owned before an Ibook 12" 1,2Ghz. I had some problems with video and dropouts, the i changed to this one and all perfect.
Alexg1200 6:58 AM - 29 November, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Viao
Processor Type & Speed:pentium 4 1.2
MB of RAM:512
HD Space:200 gb western digital extrenal hd
Screen Size:12 inch
How much you paid for laptop: retail is 2100.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9.5
Any problems or issues:sometimes mp3s will skip other than that NONE
Other helpful comments:
SloMocean 7:43 PM - 29 November, 2005
Name of Laptop: Apple ibook
Processor Type & Speed: 700mhz G3
MB of RAM: 640mb
HD Space: 40 gig
Screen Size: 14"
How much you paid for laptop: $2000 [three years ago]
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues:
Nothing yet. Got the usb at 2 and the screen refresh at 40. Been playing everyday for the last month, about 2+ hours, plus a six hour gig last saturday and not a single hiccup yet [minus a corrupt mp3].
Other helpful comments:
Don't see the need for a new powerbook now. At least not until this one blows up. Saved me some cash.
Dj Karl-R 7:48 AM - 1 December, 2005
Just got a new laptop to replace my old one. Been using it for about a month now and very good results
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Gateway MX7515
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Athlon Mobile 64 4000+ 2.6 Mhz
MB of RAM:1 Gig upgrading to 2 Gig this week
HD Space:100 Gig 5400 RPM Internal & 2 300 Gig External Seagates 7200RPM
Screen Size:15.4 Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop:$1,199
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:Not 1 problem used it for over a month now and use Serato and my gig every week 3-4 times a week for 3-5 hours straight and no problems. I have ran protools, sonar, etc no problems also great performance.
Other helpful comments: Great Value PC
stewcrew 7:29 AM - 4 December, 2005
Anyone have the solution...I use Serato and cd's can I use both at the same time...if so what type of adapters would I need to have and how would I set it up...

thanx Serato Scratch Live Playa's ..lol..pretty cool name for the room...

T&D Mobile DJ..also you can send me a message it the private message or here it's all good..thanks again
rizzle 8:06 AM - 4 December, 2005
Name of Laptop: Apple PowerBook 17" - OS X (10.4.3)
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67 GHz G4 PowerPC
MB of RAM: 1.5 Ghz RAM
HD Space: 100 GB (Internal); 460 GB (External)
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $3399
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 12
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments: Firewire SSL preferred.
datamyte 7:21 PM - 5 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM Thinkpad T42
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Centrino 1.7 Ghz
MB of RAM: 512 MB
HD Space: 40 GB Internal / 250 Gb external
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: Nothing - work laptop
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments: IBM is not the greatest these days.
Rale 1:31 AM - 6 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Hp Pavilion
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium 4 3.2
MB of RAM: 1 gig
HD Space: 60 GB 5400rpm
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: 2300 $
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none what so ever Serato is the best!
Other helpful comments: Firewire SSL but usb works just great!
and if Firewire was created i recommend u make it on 400 couse only lapple has 400 and 800 Firewire onboard other notebooks mainly have 400
DJ C-Zer 2:36 AM - 6 December, 2005
I'm thinking about upgrading my RAM to 1gb of DDR333 2700 SoDim. Can somebody confirm if this will improve my performance or would I just be wasting money on the specs below. Also the current 512mb stick I have inside is 233 not 333 which is supported by my laptop. So I am actually using a slower speed in RAM. Would there be much of a difference? Serato folks? DJs?

Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): AVERATEC 3200 Series
Processor Type & Speed: Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP-M 2200+ 1500Mgz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 40G
Screen Size: 12.1'' XGA
How much you paid for laptop: $950 + tax
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Occasionally I get some drop outs. Still testing out why. I had my buffer set at 5..maybe that's why.
Other helpful comments: very light like 4-5lbs.
AMF 3:40 PM - 6 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Emachines m6805
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Athlon xp3000 (1.8ghz)
MB of RAM: 512mb
HD Space: 60gb internal, 200gb external
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $750
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: Was getting ALOT of usb drop outs since my purchase a couple months ago. After doing every last optimization (and re-installs), I finally decided to disable acpi and this did the trick!!! I haven't had ONE drop out in 2 days.
Other helpful comments:
Jason Cerna 6:24 PM - 6 December, 2005
Apple iBook
G4 PowerPc 1.33GHz
512 MB PC2700
40GB internal, 60GB external firewire
12"
$949(educational discount)
Performance w/ SSL: 10
Problems or issues: No issues, everything worked fine out of the box
Comments: What a great product!
DJ Freez 6:37 PM - 6 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavillion ZD8000
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4 300
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space:60GB
Screen Size:17"
How much you paid for laptop: -
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8 - Do We Know What A Ten is? (-:
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Added A 500 GB External Drive and I only Make waves no MP3's. That's one less step searto has to do when playing music.

DJ Freez
DJ Mat Stevens 7:13 PM - 6 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Medion Notebook
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4 3.06
MB of RAM: 512mb
HD Space: 60gb internal
Screen Size: 15" normal
How much you paid for laptop: £900
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: I think standard control vinyl is a bit heavy and sluggish, ie too much friction between vinyl and slipmat compared to normal vinyl. Also I had condensation problem on saturday (2000 people = very humid cos of sweat) - affected ONE track for 3-4 seconds!!!! Great stuff even so. LOVE THE PRODUCT but could really use version 1.5 for recording the mix and the vinyl itself, plus also would love a "decent" auto-dj facility for toilet breaks / hosting / warm-up sets etc... WELL DONE RANE / SERATO! SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT THIS AGES AGO!
Other helpful comments: integral id3 tag updating would be LOVELY!
DJ C-Zer 9:06 PM - 6 December, 2005
AMF, Please explain the steps you took to disable ACPI. Thanks,



Quote:
Was getting ALOT of usb drop outs since my purchase a couple months ago. After doing every last optimization (and re-installs), I finally decided to disable acpi and this did the trick!!! I haven't had ONE drop out in 2 days.
Other helpful comments:
AMF 3:56 PM - 7 December, 2005
Quote:
AMF, Please explain the steps you took to disable ACPI. Thanks,



Quote:
Was getting ALOT of usb drop outs since my purchase a couple months ago. After doing every last optimization (and re-installs), I finally decided to disable acpi and this did the trick!!! I haven't had ONE drop out in 2 days.
Other helpful comments:



I'm gonna send you an e-mail thru your website....
AMF 4:26 PM - 7 December, 2005
Actually I'll just post it here for you too. Maybe it can help someone else who's having this issue...

This was done on an eMachines 6805 athlon 64 3000.

Ok, here's what I did. Follow the steps from the rane site here:


scratchlive.net


That will get you switched from acpi mode to standard pc mode. After this you'll have to reboot the laptop. Once it comes back, you'll have to re-install your drivers for everything. In my case, my laptop came with some kinda recovery disc. I popped that in and it found every hardware driver that was needed for my laptop. Once I finished, I did have one issue when I checked the processes under task manager. The pointing device was using 99% the of cpu usage. I can't remember the exact process name, but I'll send it to you later on when I get home (it was something like syn*****). Anyway I went to the synaptic website and downloaded their generic driver and that solved that problem easily. Here is the synaptic website for that driver (if you even need it):


www.synaptics.com


It went down to like 1%. or maybe less. Loaded serato 1.4 and started playing music. And this is going on day 4 and STILL not 1 usb drop out.

Also of note, I don't use this pc for anything except serato. No internet and only a few programs (wavelab, nero, serato, & bpm analyzer). And my laptop performance only goes up to 30% maximum.
MrGoodie2shoes 11:55 PM - 7 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac iBook G4
Processor Type & Speed:
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $1139, used GF's student discount
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 for the overall value at this price
Any problems or issues: None, PC user for years. I cannot believe how much better I like Mac.
Other helpful comments: I can't believe I waited this long to get Scratch Live now that I've used it.
L.E.O. 6:35 AM - 10 December, 2005
Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M 760 Processor (2GHz/533MHz FSB)
Display 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™
hard Drive 60GB 7200rpm Hard Drive
xispix 9:27 AM - 10 December, 2005
what computer do you think is best fitted for the serato? powerbook or a laptop
soul 9:38 AM - 12 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: advertised as 100GB but really 93GB
Screen Size: 15 feels bigger because its widescreen.
How much you paid for laptop:$1700 get what you pay for.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None at all.
Other helpful comments: awesome to have lit keys plus the widescreen display of macs is perfect for serato. I'm glad I didn't get the 17' because it doesn't seem as portable especially for gigs. Mac daddy for life.
mexicannnnnn 7:47 AM - 18 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5Ghz
MB of RAM: 1GB + 128MB VRAM
HD Space: 80GB + 80GB external
Screen Size: 15.2"
How much you paid for laptop: $2000CDN
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8 (just wish it was a bit faster)
Any problems or issues: HD fried.. Toshiba replaced it for free.
Other helpful comments: Nope.
DJMark 2:58 AM - 19 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook 12"
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5gHz
MB of RAM: 1.25gb
HD Space: 80gb
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: 1300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: only performance issue with Scratch Live is occassional "stutter" in the display (not in actual audio output).
Other helpful comments: perfect size for small DJ booth.
Technorganic 11:41 PM - 22 December, 2005
I haven't seen this thread yet so I guess I'll start it. It would definitely help me because I'm thinking about upgrading my laptop and I'd like to see what other people are using and if they're having any kind of problems with their laptop. Would everybody be kind enough to copy and paste this info, fill it in and post? Thanks.

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sager NP4760C
Processor Type & Speed: P 4 i gigahertz
MB of RAM:512
HD Space:40gig
Screen Size:17 inch
How much you paid for laptop:1500
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9, 10 when it was new
Any problems or issues:none, best of all 5 computers I have owned in my life.
Other helpful comments: www.discountlaptops.com all you need to know is right there, don't pay for a brand or a piece of plastic on a machine that was built at only one of the 5 OEM manufacturers on the planet. Buy direct from the guys who make the brands that put a plastic logo on their machines. Save $1,000 or put it towards the best machines on the market.
EL NECIO 6:39 PM - 23 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.33mhz
MB of RAM: 1.25 MB
HD Space: 60GB+200GB External FW
Screen Size:14"
How much you paid for laptop: $1,100
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues:no,no,no
Other helpful comments:Runs perfectly
EL NECIO 6:41 PM - 23 December, 2005
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.33mhz
MB of RAM: 1.25GB
HD Space: 60GB+200GB External FW
Screen Size:14"
How much you paid for laptop: $1,100
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues:no,no,no
Other helpful comments:Runs perfectly
Dj Alex Alvarez 8:23 AM - 24 December, 2005
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook g4
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.67 ghz
MB of RAM: 512 mb
HD Space: 80 gig
Screen Size: 15.2
How much you paid for laptop: $2,000
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: No
Other helpful comments: Great Machine
clintonf 2:43 PM - 5 January, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Latitude D600
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Mobile Pentium 1.6Mhz
MB of RAM: 1Gb DDR 266
HD Space: 60Gb
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: £500 (refurbished) 18 months ago.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Not really used it much with SSL, but for the time i've been using it, not a single problem. Using near minimum/maximum settings without issue. I haven't found the need to disable any windows services, but i'm not going to be using it to play gigs, so I'm not that i'll have any problems with my laptop going to sleep. Not using the machine for any other purpose than to run SSL. However, may add some recording software at some point. Using MS WinXP SP2
Other helpful comments: SSL Rocks
DjWoody 2:04 AM - 7 January, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook
Processor Type & Speed: G3, 900Mhz
MB of RAM: 640MB
HD Space: 30 Gigs
Screen Size: 14
How much you paid for laptop: $600
Performance (1-10, 10 high): $10
Any problems or issues: NONE!!!
Other helpful comments: So glad I dumped Final Scratch. SSL Is the best investment I made in a loooooonggg time!
nautical 9:48 PM - 12 January, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell 700m
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Centrino
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 60 gb
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $850
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10!
Any problems or issues: Not so far!
Other helpful comments: Works great, switched over from final scratch 1.5 and I'm glad I did!
DJ Becka 1:20 AM - 13 January, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Gateway (forget which model it is)
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4 - 3.06ghz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 80gb
Screen Size: 15.5 inches
How much you paid for laptop: $1030
Performance (1-10, 10 high): So far so good...9
Any problems or issues: Other than all the crap that comes pre-installed with this thing, I've had no major issues
Other helpful comments: I bought this laptop from Best Buy and it was the best investment I have ever made....great price-and has everything I need to run serato. Oh, another nice feature this thing has - a dvd and cd writer ;)
Easy Money 11:01 PM - 15 January, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): i Mac G5
Processor Type & Speed: G5 2.0GHZ
MB of RAM: 1Gig
HD Space: 150 gig with 250 gig external
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $1,600.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.5
Any problems or issues: Only that SSL does not like to have the external hard drive pluged in at the same time. Other than that. none
Other helpful comments: Excellent,the stand up screen is a real space saver.
Thanks to everyone that posted here, it gave me a good insight before I went out and bought my computer.
decknology 5:58 AM - 16 January, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):
2005 Dell Inspiron 6000

Processor Type & Speed:
1.75GHz Intel Pentium M

MB of RAM:
1GB

HD Space:
60GB

Screen Size:
15-inch Wide Screen

How much you paid for laptop:
$1017

Performance (1-10, 10 high):
10

Any problems or issues:
Nope

Other helpful comments:
Works flawlessly =)
j_dim 3:13 AM - 17 January, 2006
Apple Powerbook
G4 1.5 Ghz
1 GB RAM
15"

100 Gig HD
$2000

Performance : 10

Any problems or issues:
Flawless
j_dim 5:22 AM - 17 January, 2006
Apple Powerbook
G4 1.5 Ghz
1 GB RAM
15"

100 Gig HD
$2000

Performance : 10

Any problems or issues:
Flawless
Kid Stretch 12:02 AM - 20 January, 2006
Apple iBook
G4 1.42 Ghz
1 GB RAM
14"

100 GB HD
1750 Euros

Performance : 10

Any problems or issues:
Crashed one time at a club, due to a faulty mp3.

But i'm a little concerned when i load some tracks takes a little time (maybe one second). Is this something to worry about? After the program crashed i'm a little paranoid! :)
Ash-1 1:23 PM - 22 January, 2006
From everyone's comments/experiences it seems PC's and Mac's are pretty much on par with each other, please correct me if I'm wrong.
But can anyone tell me what the major differences are in terms of how they operate and run software programmes. I would like to purchase both a laptop and ScratchLive, but would like to be comfortable/asured that spending £2000 or so will be money well spent on realiable products.
DJ GaFFle 9:44 PM - 25 January, 2006
As far as how they operate Scratchlive, both sides seem to have the same issues (dropouts, etc...which are SSL 1.4 problems). As far as a unit, I chose a MAC because of not having to constantly worry about system updates and fears of SPY/AD-ware and ViRuSeS!
Apple Powerbook
G4 1.5Ghz
15"
80GB HD
$1949
Performance: 9
Problems: Crashed (ONLY at the FRIGGIN CLUB, Never AT HOME!!!)

I can't wait until they finalize version 1.5...
ism 8:25 PM - 29 January, 2006
Pc laptop would be better. 1.7ghz or higher,pentium 4,80 or 100 HD space and an external hardrive.
lesterdiamond 6:26 PM - 31 January, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Vaio VGN-S580
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 2.0 ghz
MB of RAM: 1.25
HD Space: 80 gb
Screen Size: 13.3
How much you paid for laptop: $2000
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: much better than the toshiba satellite that i previously owned, i think it was a P25-s507 laptop
funk21 4:51 AM - 2 February, 2006
Apple Powerbook
G4 1.67Ghz
15"
80 GB HD
2 Gigs OF Ram
$4000.00 CDN(2300.00 For Base Computer) with 3yrs of Apple Care

No problems really other than a few iTunes not being read(no Id3 tags). Love the computer, love SSL. Biggest concern is buying an external HD now.
Grundy 2:01 AM - 5 February, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1GHz
MB of RAM:1.12
HD Space: 60 gb + 250 gb external
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $550.00 US
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: No Problems using Serato for the last three weeks. SSL is dope!!!!
BigBen 7:21 PM - 6 February, 2006
I have a ? concerning the grounding problems PCs have that Macs don't. I know I can't hook my PC laptop straight into my mixer because of the ground hum. Macs are built so that they are grounded and don't have this problem. I am about to buy a PCDI box for 100 bucks to knock out the hum when I am just playing off of my PCDJ program. I am most likely going to purchase SSL this spring sometime, so I'm not sure if the SSL box kills the ground before sending it to your players? Basically, will I need the PCDI box when I get SSL to ensure that there is no hum??
Dj Gains Bond 6:59 PM - 7 February, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer
Processor Type & Speed: intle pentium 4 1.73 ghz
MB of RAM: 504
HD Space: 80 gig
Screen Size:15.4 Wide Screen
How much you paid for laptop: $900
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:none
Other helpful comments: so far so good
THURO 8:56 AM - 8 February, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio FS Series VGN FS660/W.

Processor Type & Speed: M Processor 1.73 GHz.

MB of RAM: 1 GB.

HD Space: 80 GB Internal Drive, 250 GB External Drive.

Screen Size: 15.3 inches, Dual Monitor feature if you want more real estate.

How much you paid for laptop: $1800 before tax about $2000 after (this was in june 2006)

Performance (1-10, 10 high):10

Any problems or issues: None up until now

Other helpful comments: Runs SSL perfectly played 10 hour sets with no problems.
THURO 8:57 AM - 8 February, 2006
June 2005 sorry
yoooooon 7:11 PM - 9 February, 2006
i lug around shuttle xpc mini computer with a 15inch lcd in a duffel bag. not too convienient, but better than records.

Shuttle XPC
AMD Athlon 2100+xp
512 Ram
HD - 80 GB at 7200 rpm

Crashed once, tried to load an audio track from a cd.
DJ Bri 6:05 PM - 10 February, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 700m
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 2.0GHz
MB of RAM: 1Gig
HD Space: 100 Gig
Screen Size: 12.1"
How much you paid for laptop: $1890
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Must turn off ACPI
Other helpful comments:
Bounce 9:54 AM - 11 February, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP zv6130us
Processor Type & Speed: AMD 64, 2.0 GHz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 15.1
How much you paid for laptop: $850 from Compusa
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: No
Other helpful comments: Best bang for the buck!!! Never had a problem with it.
DJ C-Zer 11:09 PM - 14 February, 2006
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): AVERATEC 3200 Series
Processor Type & Speed: Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP-M 2200+ 1500Mgz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 40G
Screen Size: 12.1'' XGA
How much you paid for laptop: $950 + tax
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Occasionally I get some drop outs. Still testing out why. I had my buffer set at 5..maybe that's why.
Other helpful comments: very light like 4-5lbs.


Update 2/14/2006:

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): AVERATEC 3200 Series
Processor Type & Speed: Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP-M 2200+ 1500MGhz
MB of RAM: 1GB DDR333
HD Space: 40G w/ several external drives
Screen Size: 12.1" XGA
How much you paid for laptop: $950 + tax
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: 1.5 Beta 2 no more dropouts. I use to get a lot of drop outs, but no more.
Other helpful comments: very light like 4-5lbs. Battery sucks, but I typically never have it unplugged since I use it for Serato only. It's a solid laptop, I've owned it since Serato came out and if you're interested, you can pick it up for $650 at geeks.com. Thank me later, because you will be more then happy with the stability.
kee 1:36 AM - 15 February, 2006
My laptop runs very slow when i run scratch live it has a celeron
processor can somebody give me so info?
badboy8787 7:17 PM - 15 February, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed:G4 1GHZ
MB of RAM:512
HD Space:60GB
Screen Size:15"
How much you paid for laptop: $950
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:Not Yet
Other helpful comments:Knock on wood
DJ C-Zer 12:55 AM - 16 February, 2006
Quote:
My laptop runs very slow when i run scratch live it has a celeron
processor can somebody give me so info?


I think you answered your own question. Keyword is "Celeron". If I'm not mistaken, Celerons are a poor excuse for a user to save a buck. I'd stick to your Pentiums or AMD Athlons. In the same note, Athlons carry such Ford Pinto brands. These are known as Durons. Just my two pesos, eh.
djransom 3:39 PM - 19 February, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Latitude C400
Processor Type & Speed:1GHz
MB of RAM:512
HD Space:20
Screen Size:12"
How much you paid for laptop:300
Performance (1-10, 10 high):8
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments:SSL is where it's at.
Revolutionary 4:42 PM - 19 February, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba (I think it's a Satellite)
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium M 1.73 Ghz
MB of RAM:512
HD Space: 56 GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: A lot more than you would pay in the US. Not very helpful, I guess.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: This computer rocks!
djjerm1 7:40 PM - 19 February, 2006
Name Of laptop : Dell Inspirion 6000
Processor : 2.0GHz Intel Pentium M
RAM :1GB
HD Space :60GB
Screen Size : 15.4"
How Much You Paid For Laptop : About $1,200
Performance (1-10,10=High) : I'd give it a 9. So far so good...and plus nothings perfect.
Any Problems/Issues: None
Other Helpful Comments: It is a very sleek looking Laptop. Great sound from the speakers. It also came with a DVD-R/RW burner. Plus it scored high in several Comp mags! LOL!
DJ Highrise 6:12 PM - 20 February, 2006
Laptop: G4 Powerbook
Processor: 800 mhz
Ram: 1 Ghz
HD Space: 40 Gb internal, 200 Gb External through Firewire
Screen Size: 15"
$$$$: Not much, friend gave me one off GP
Performance (1-10): 9.5 No problem. Have had 2 songs stop playing on two seperate occassions. Still tweaking SL.
Problems: For the age on my laptop and the specs, I have had no problems. I can rock an entire night off SL with no issues.
Other comments: I hate when you load a song the screen freezes for a second. That drives me crazy!!!! Other than that SL just raised my prices by 25%.
cumLOWde 8:06 AM - 21 February, 2006
Laptop: IBM Thinkpad X22
Processor: 640Mhz
Ram: 512
HD Space: 20 GB Internal, 300 GB external
Screen Size: 12"
$$$$: 300-500
Performance (1-10): 8, barely any problems, i'm just scared because the X22 is old.
Problems: minor. slow song loading time. program crashes after 3 hours.
Other comments: All I have to do is restart my comp midway through. Smaller price to pay than a $2000 laptop.
Dj Matt Money 9:02 PM - 23 February, 2006
Laptop: Sony Vaio PCG-GRZ610
Processor:Pentium 4, 2.4Ghz
Ram: 512
HD Space: 40gig Internal, 200gig Maxtor External
Screen Size: 15"
Price paid: $590, Used
Performance(1-10)9, Really no issues at all, just get a little worried when the screen freezes for a second or two when loading a song into one player while the other one is playing or once a song is playing, when I hit the cue button on my 5k to stutter the cue point, sometimes the screen freezes that way. But I don't loose sound at all.
Other Comments: Did all of the XP Tweeks that were mention in the Tips and Tricks section of this forum. Other than that, everything is great.
Kieron 5:59 PM - 27 February, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple G4 Powerbook 17"
Processor Type & Speed: Powerpc 1.67ghz
MB of RAM: 2GB!
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: 1500 UKP
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None - worked perfectly for long set, even with other applications running. No overheating issues either.
Other helpful comments: Bought an iskin for the keyboard for spill protection, looking at buying an ibreeze just in case...
Dose 1:33 AM - 28 February, 2006
Apple G4 Powerbook 12"
1.5 ghz
512MB ram
80 gig HD
paid a G for it (student + employee discount rocks!)
performance: 10
any problems? nope havent had any problems, used to run on a sony vaio which occasionally drop out. lovin the mac.
Steven Briggs 4:23 AM - 2 March, 2006
Apple G4 Powerbook 15"
1.5 ghz
1GB ram
80 gig HD
Paid: ~$2500 Brand New
performance: 10
any problems? Absolutely not! Runs perfectly.
Tsingtao 12:49 PM - 6 March, 2006
Laptop: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo
Processor: AMD Athlon64 3000+
Ram: 1024 MB
gfx: Radeon x200 128mb shared
HD Space: 100 GB Internal
Screen Size: 17"
Price paid: 999 €
Performance (1-10): 10
Problems: none
ReaLystik 1:05 AM - 9 March, 2006
Toshiba Satellite A75-S213
Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3.33GHz
512MB
100 GB Hard Drive
Screen Size:
How much you paid for laptop: 1,450.00
Performance: 10
A true work horse...It handles my enormous music collection and high quality graphic designs.
Dj K.Smith 8:21 PM - 12 March, 2006
Dell MPS X140
Pentium M Processor 1.73 GHz
512 MB
100GB Hard Drive
14.1 screen size
$1490
10/10

This laptop is totally dedicated to my music...
nik39 8:35 PM - 12 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 9300
Processor Type & Speed: 2.13GHz P-Mobile/Centrino CPU
MB of RAM: 1024MB
HD Space: 100GB 5400rpm internal
Screen Size: 17", 1920*1200 resolution
How much you paid for laptop: 2400$ new (mid 2005)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: screen resolution is nice, but the letters are too small sometimes. Display quality is only okay, still too dependent on the angle you look at the screen plus its pretty reflective. Fan volume is ok, you can hear it how it kicks in if the environemt is silent. No ACPI problems so far. Keyboard has one key which sometimes "clicks" a little and gets stuck sometimes. So from my previous posts in this thread this still applies: My personal experience -> avoid buying Dell if you rely on your laptop and cant risk any downtime. This is even backed up by a review of a big computer mag, they did a comparison which laptop manufactur has the fewest downtimes/problems etc. Dell got real bad ratings, but their service was top notch. IBM did get the bast ratings, which is in line with my experience, quality is really good and you can rely on the thinkpads.
Other helpful comments: Buffer size of 1 is no problem at all. Never had any crashes yet, no overheating etc. But still not the perfect laptop for live usage, its too big and too heavy. If I had to get a new one I would definitly go for a 15" or even smaller. The problem at the time when I ordered was that Dell didnt offer 15"'s with 100GB HDs, only the 17"s did have this (dunno why)
ILLZ 10:43 PM - 12 March, 2006
don't have serato just yet, and i didn't want to start a whole new thread about this, so i thought i could tie it into this one....


how about the new macbook pro's? anybody think it's overkill? i'm seriously contemplating picking one up....thoughts?
mexicannnnnn 11:05 PM - 12 March, 2006
Quote:
don't have serato just yet, and i didn't want to start a whole new thread about this, so i thought i could tie it into this one....


how about the new macbook pro's? anybody think it's overkill? i'm seriously contemplating picking one up....thoughts?


This isnt the place to talk about this, do a search on the forum there are plenty of people using the macbooks's.

Quote:
please please please stay ON TOPIC guys, I'll sticky this.
LUMINATI 3:55 AM - 15 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple G4 Powerbook 15" Titanium
Processor Type & Speed: 1 GHz PowerPC G4
MB of RAM: 1 GB SDRAM
HD Space:60 GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $3200
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Can't complain..."I luv hu"
Other helpful comments: If you keep updating the OS (Operating System) she will run like a tank
mister iLL 10:10 PM - 15 March, 2006
just got:

12" G4 iBook 1.33 ghz powerpc
512 mb ram
80 gb hd
$1099 if i remember correctly
performance = 10
no problems whatsoever (this is my 5th mac; never had any problems with any of them), although it definitely runs hotter than my other 12" g4 ibook, which has less ram and smaller hd.
other comments: PC's suck (and yes, i have owned some)
jpi 11:55 PM - 15 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Alienware Area-51m
Processor Type & Speed:Intel P4 @ 3.0 GHZ
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 40 GB internal
Screen Size: 17
How much you paid for laptop: 2800 CDN
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 12
Any problems or issues: occasionally overheats
Other helpful comments: Have fun, respect women.
Pellefant 1:01 PM - 21 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion dv1000
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Centrino 1,7GHz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 60GB
Screen Size: No idea...
How much you paid for laptop: It's kind of a lease
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Works really well with Serato 1.4.
Layer 8 6:01 PM - 21 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM Z60t
Processor Type & Speed: Intel 2 GHz
MB of RAM: 2 Gig
HD Space: 100 GB
Screen Size: 14" widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: about $2400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Works great

Also have:

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MAC PowerBook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1 Gig
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 14"
How much you paid for laptop: over $3k
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None at all
Other helpful comments: In my opinion, works much better with SSL
oxide 5:18 AM - 22 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Compaq Presario V2000
Processor Type & Speed:AMD Turion 64 1.8GHz
MB of RAM:512
HD Space:60
Screen Size:14"
How much you paid for laptop:$1151.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high):so far 10
Any problems or issues:none at all
Other helpful comments:i was a bit weary of the widescreen ati video card but it seems to be workign well now, i'm going to be adding Ableton and Acid soon so we'll see
a la gun 1:10 PM - 23 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):acer aspire 1350xc
Processor Type & Speed: amd athlon 2200xp 786mhz
MB of RAM: 702
HD Space: 20 gig
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop:£425 (3 years ago)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments: this is a dedicated ssl laptop (used to be FS) and everything thats not critical is disabled, i run a usb buffer size of zero and 20 screen refresh rates cause it gives me some cpu headroom. I cannot run any other apps along with ssl without dropouts but thn again you can record your sets direct into sslanyway so it dont matter. cpu useage generally 50% - 90% no dropouts and great performance
djtonypsalms 5:32 PM - 28 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook G4
Processor Type & Speed: G4, 1.33 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1G RAM
HD Space: 60G
Screen Size: 12 inch
How much you paid for laptop: $1200 USD
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Max out the RAM... eshop.macsales.com
djrocket 5:12 AM - 29 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 1150
Processor Type & Speed: Celeron 2.6
MB of RAM: 512 MG
HD Space: 30g
Screen Size: 14.1 TFT
How much you paid for laptop: Don't know it was a gift, but I think it was around $1000
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: no probs so far
Other helpful comments: want to max the ram
serial chiller 4:20 PM - 30 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio SZ1m
Processor Type & Speed: Centrino Duo T2300 (1.66GHz)
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 13.3" wxga
How much you paid for laptop: ~2100$
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: best screen ive ever seen on a laptop, but i def need more ram
DJ Mo Rada 5:24 PM - 31 March, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Lenovo Thinkpad Z60m
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 2ghz
MB of RAM: 1024MB
HD Space: 60G Hitachi Travelstar SATA 150 7200rpm
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: ~ $1380
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues : occasional audio popping, not bad
shmok1 11:02 AM - 1 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony VAIO FS 415M
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1,73 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1024MB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: ~1400 $
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues : none
djransom 11:26 PM - 2 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Acer AS3004LCi
Processor Type & Speed:AMD Sempron 1.8Ghz
MB of RAM:768
HD Space:40
Screen Size:15
How much you paid for laptop:$570 before $70 rebate
Performance (1-10, 10 high):8
Any problems or issues:None thus far
Other helpful comments:Always build overviews
DJRodrigoSM.br 2:07 AM - 3 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron B120
Processor Type & Speed: Celeron M 1.4
MB of RAM: 512 Mb
HD Space: 40 GB
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: around US$ 400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): general 10, Serato 9
Any problems or issues: None.
Other helpful comments: I'm using a different account for Serato, running almost nothing and using Serato as Shell. Far more stability this way, no doubt. Running buffer on minimum causes random dropouts, not too often (1 or 2 every hour or so). Fixed by turning it up to 2.
DJKaik's 8:05 AM - 3 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):HP DV1530
Processor Type & Speed:Pentium Centrino M 1.73GHz
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 14
How much you paid for laptop: $1000
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments:
stephan 8:58 PM - 3 April, 2006
comapaq presario
512KB
1.8GHz
screen size 12 inch
L2 Cache up to 1800MHZ system bus
Performance (1-10, 10): 10
Any Problems or issues: none
DJ Nevoc 8:20 PM - 9 April, 2006
HP Pavillion Sempro 1.8GHZ
RAM 512
Win XP home
60 GB HD

Only know issues I have is general scope drop outs and lag.

The Scope Dropouts have alot to due with processing ability, and since I record on the same laptop I use Serato you can see why this would occur.

Lag, had everything to do with refresh rate, and Tone arm weight, and balance x & Y

I still give my laptop a nice 9 out of 10, I have had it crash serato once the whole time I used it and it was because of a corrupt mp3. I deleted it and dont use it anymore.


DJ Nevoc
oxide 3:41 PM - 12 April, 2006
a little update.
this baby runs fine and serato is amazing, the first time i took it out i had to restart once cuz it wasn't plugged in but that was my fault
so much better than FS i tell ya, plus i have an external drive to it'll be endless fun

Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Compaq Presario V2000
Processor Type & Speed:AMD Turion 64 1.8GHz
MB of RAM:512
HD Space:60
Screen Size:14"
How much you paid for laptop:$1151.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high):so far 10
Any problems or issues:none at all
Other helpful comments:i was a bit weary of the widescreen ati video card but it seems to be workign well now, i'm going to be adding Ableton and Acid soon so we'll see
DJ A-NAK 4:18 PM - 12 April, 2006
what are your opinions on the ibook vs. the powerbook?? can upgrades make one better over the other or can upgrades help them become equal??
B-Fade 11:28 AM - 18 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Asus A3AC 5028
Processor Type & Speed: Centrino 1,7
MB of RAM:1024
HD Space:60
Screen Size:14
How much you paid for laptop:1000€
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9,5
Any problems or issues: only thing: sometimes takes long loading tracks
Other helpful comments: Upgrade from XP Home to professional=no more dropouts, flowing waves
DJ XTURNAL 11:34 AM - 18 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel core duo, 2.16 ghz
MB of RAM: 2 gigs
HD Space: 100 gigs
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $3800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Not one
Other helpful comments: Loads amazingly, plays amazingly, and is rediculously fast. CRAZY MACHINE!
Dj Matt Money 3:15 AM - 19 April, 2006
Well, I almost gave up on Serato, bought my final laptop to try, some say third time's the charm, Well they were right. Got rid of the Sony Vaio, was not comfortable at all with the screen glitches and freezes, after doing all the xp tweeks and adjustments. Finally got a Toshiba Satallite. Thing rocks. No issues at all, ran it for nearly 9 hours without a hint of problem.Specs follow's.
Toshiba Satallite
Pentium 4 2.8gig processor w/ Hyper Threading
512Ram w/ max Ram of 2gigs, which I plan to purchase soon
60gig Internal Hardrive
15" WideScreen
Bought it used, but in MINT CONDITION for $720.00
Performance (1 to 10, 10 is my rating)
Any Problems or issues: None
Other Helpful comments:When first booting up SSL, external hardrive where all of my music is, loads up in about 15seconds, this never happened w/ my previous 2 lappy's. Songs load incredibly fast, no screen freezing at all, doesn't matter what I'm doing, Toshiba just keeps on going.
BIGSTRESSRADIO 5:56 AM - 19 April, 2006
Toshiba Satelite 14" 1.8 Pentium M
1 Gig Ram
Windows XP Home
Performance 10..not a single problem since day 1
BIGSTRESSRADIO 5:57 AM - 19 April, 2006
Quote:
Toshiba Satelite 14" 1.8 Pentium M
1 Gig Ram
Windows XP Home
Performance 10..not a single problem since day 1

Price 999.99 after 400 instant rebate (Best Buy)
Tokaji 9:05 AM - 20 April, 2006
Name of Laptop(Brand & Model) : Apple Powerbook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1,67ghz
MB of RAM: 1.5GB
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 17"
OS running: MAC OS X 10.4.6 (Tiger)
How much you paid for Laptop: 2800,00€
Any problems or issues: Not at all (running without any problems since 1.5 years)
Other helpful comments: Really a very good and stable machine but for good performance add extra RAM to it.
djcrxxx 8:34 AM - 21 April, 2006
Name of Laptop(Brand & Model)compaq evo n610c
Processor Type & Speed2 P4 2 ghz
MB of RAM:256
HD Space:30GB
Any problems or issues:had laptop and ssl for four days now its insane no complaints laptop doin fine....will b adding more ram
Fanatic 8:45 PM - 22 April, 2006
IBM Thinkpad T41
Pentium M
1gb of Ram
markd619 6:28 AM - 23 April, 2006
Name of Laptop(Brand & Model) : Toshiba Portege m200 series w/
rotating LCD
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M w/nvidia graphics
MB of RAM: 512mb
HD Space: 40gb
Screen Size: 12.1"
How much you paid for Laptop: 1600.00
Any problems or issues: So far so good. Perfect with SSL!
Other helpful comments: Loads and plays great!
DJ CROSSFADE 12:32 AM - 24 April, 2006
i gess i dont have a laptop but i have a pc so he it is
i have a amd dual core amd fx 60 that was 2.6 ghz then i tweaked it to 3.8 ghz (not a miss type just overclocked the he#$ out of it )
with 2 gb of ram
3 hards 1 that goes 10,000 rpm and 150 gb's
the other 2 or 250 there all sata's
with a 1000 watt psu
emu 1212 m
i put in 1000 on cooling
and 2000 g's on every thing else 3,000 in all
worked my but for to make this pc i call it the music headz special
i have have run tested and i can run stanton final scratch live and rane scratch live download music play a game and still not slow down my pc :) got to love that the fall back is that my pc is 80 lbs lol
DJ CROSSFADE 7:35 AM - 24 April, 2006
Quote:
i gess i dont have a laptop but i have a pc so he it is
i have a amd dual core amd fx 60 that was 2.6 ghz then i tweaked it to 3.8 ghz (not a miss type just overclocked the he#$ out of it )
with 2 gb of ram
3 hards 1 that goes 10,000 rpm and 150 gb's
the other 2 or 250 there all sata's
with a 1000 watt psu
emu 1212 m
i put in 1000 on cooling
and 2000 g's on every thing else 3,000 in all
worked my but for to make this pc i call it the music headz special
i have have run tested and i can run stanton final scratch live and rane scratch live download music play a game and still not slow down my pc :) got to love that the fall back is that my pc is 80 lbs lol
o damm miss types lol i meen i worked my but off to make this pc
lol sry my bad on that one
Taylor Mayd 8:56 AM - 24 April, 2006
Quote:


Lag, had everything to do with refresh rate, and Tone arm weight, and balance x & Y


DJ Nevoc


Can anyone explain, is this even true? Tone arm weight? How does that affect the lag?
maydo 12:27 AM - 27 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Aspire 1315LC
Processor Type & Speed: AMD M-cpu 2500+
MB of RAM: 512 MB
HD Space: 60 gigs
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 1300€ (3years ago)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Not one
Other helpful comments: you can forgot battery life, but with power supply it runs perfect with SSL1530, running buffer size 0, without running any other applications cpu @ 40%
and antec cooler, perfect machine :-))
djkurious 3:07 AM - 27 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite
Processor Type & Speed:Pentium 4 3.2 Hyper-Threading
MB of RAM:512RAM
HD Space:60GB
Screen Size:15.0
How much you paid for laptop:1200
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10!
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments:
Zee4242 6:35 AM - 27 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): APPLE MacBook Pro 15"
Processor Type & Speed: 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 1.5GB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $3,200.00 approx
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10+
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments: Use SSL Beta 1.5 1530 Works like a charm
MikeyTen4 3:35 PM - 27 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio PCG-GRT916V
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4 2.80GHz Hyper Threading
MB of RAM: 1024MB (1gb)
HD Space: 60gb internal (also using 150gb external via USB 2.0)
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: £1500 aprox (2 years ago!)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): wait and see... just bought SSL!
Any problems or issues: In general, it can suffer the usual PC Gripes. I think the term is 'MS Windows'.
Other helpful comments: Having said the above, it does cope with a lot. I use a SHEDLOAD of installed programs on it, such as Photoshop & Imageready for graphics, iTunes for music playback, and production software such as Cubase SX 3, Ableton Live 5, Wavelab, and loads of plug ins. It can run plenty of things at once. How it performs with SSL remains to be seen (it arrives tomorrow) but I'm going to take some unused programs of it, and from the hardware standpoint I don't expect it to have any trouble at all :)
TheW 12:34 AM - 29 April, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Elitegroup Desknote ECS A980
Processor Type & Speed: P4 @ 2.66GHz
MB of RAM: 1GB (+ GeForce4Go with 32Mb)
HD Space: 80Gb (+ 300Gb external with the music)
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 470€ (ebay)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9,99
Any problems or issues: CPU up to 80%...
Other helpful comments: WinXP Pro with SP2 and all updates. Buffer size 0. Works fine :)
Dj NOS 6:22 PM - 3 May, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Hp Pavillion zv6000
Processor Type & Speed:AMD athalon 64 3200 @ 1ghz CPU clock
MB of RAM:512mb's
HD Space:100 gigs
Screen Size:HUGE! 18'
How much you paid for laptop: a grand
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:none as of yet
Other helpful comments:serato runs flawlessly
djransom 10:33 PM - 5 May, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Apple iBook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.3GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size:12"
How much you paid for laptop:$1000
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments: I'm done w/ Serato & Windows. Mac & Serato is the perfect combo for me.
Mr Nice 1:06 AM - 8 May, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Apple powerbook G4 12'
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5GHz
MB of RAM: 768MB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size:12"
How much you paid for laptop:£1100
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:a few issues with serato quitting, turned out to be corrupt files in itunes, sorted now!
Other helpful comments: if you go for a powerbook you get a mini jack audio input- usefull!,
I use pcs at work so am cross-platform literate but much prefer macs for serato and everything else cos they do what you ask without asking you stupid questions about 'wizards' and crap like that. Microsoft is the devil's sperm.
DJ C-Zer 11:06 PM - 8 May, 2006
Quote:
N
Other helpful comments: I'm done w/ Serato & Windows. Mac & Serato is the perfect combo for me.


Describe what issues you were having with Windows. I'd like to know why you left the Darkside.
DJ C-Zer 11:08 PM - 8 May, 2006
Quote:

Microsoft is the devil's sperm.


Interesting way of seeing things Mr. Nice. Have you tried Serato on PC yet or just hating?
djransom 12:30 AM - 9 May, 2006
Quote:
Quote:
N
Other helpful comments: I'm done w/ Serato & Windows. Mac & Serato is the perfect combo for me.


Describe what issues you were having with Windows. I'd like to know why you left the Darkside.


My USB cable crashed on me right b4 a gig last Wednesday nite. I went to Walgreens to grab a temporary cable and had to reinstall the drivers on each USB port as a result. Once I did that Serato would work for a hot second and then freeze up on me. I finally got it to work right for a few hours and then it froze and mind you that it had NEVER done this to me prior. It could've been my error or windows. I decided to give Apple a shot after reading great reviews about their laptops and how efficient they are w/ Serato. I'm not knocking Windows because my home PC is windows based, but I wasn't feelin it along w/ Serato. Different strokes for different folks.
d:cadent 12:52 PM - 12 May, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Toshiba Satellite 1110
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Celeron 1,8 GHZ
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 30GB
Screen Size:14"
How much you paid for laptop: 1000 € (in 2003)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):7
Any problems or issues: no probs!
Other helpful comments: it works great with external drives and my NB has a 1.1 USB!!!!!!!! serato rocks!!
Mr Nice 1:12 PM - 15 May, 2006
Quote:
Quote:

Microsoft is the devil's sperm.


Interesting way of seeing things Mr. Nice. Have you tried Serato on PC yet or just hating?


I've tried it and it was okay, but on a very slow old dell machine which suffered audio dropout, sure it works fine on spanking new pc laptop though...

I do use both but must admit I'm definately an apple guy. Even my mate that dj's in the club with me swapped to an ibook as his pc laptop was falling apart (physically and mentaly) after only a year....

Incidentally the pc I'm in front of right now (at work) has set a new record by freezing 5 times so far this morning. Our I.T. guy seems to think this is normal for a 2 year old pc??!?!?!

I'll shudup, don't want people thinking I'm some kind of 'mac evangelist'
JamesKing 11:06 PM - 15 May, 2006
PCs work well if you take the necessary precautions. Although this takes effort and is a bit of a burden for those not as tech savvy, it's worth it to me because I can utlize my laptop for other functions. I'm a college student, so this it's a great tool for me given the fact that even with college use I've reduced my use for a laptop dramatically.

My laptop's main application is Scratch Live.

I'm currently using an HP Pavillion ZV6000 and it's fast enough.

15.4" widescreen, USB2.0, AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512MB of RAM
DJ DCX 7:52 PM - 17 May, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.33 GHZ PowerPC
MB of RAM: 1024 mb
HD Space: 100 gb
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $950 *CompUSA Employee Discount!
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Never
Other helpful comments: Switching the HDD is super easy. Just keep track of the about 40 screws. I'll probably buy another one since they are now discontinued and will come down in price.
Maskrider 12:28 AM - 19 May, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):CompaQ Presario
Processor Type & Speed:Amd Turion 1.8
MB of RAM:1024 mb
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size:15.4
How much you paid for laptop:$900
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:I've been using it for 2 days No dropouts
Hope it will stay that way.....
Other helpful comments: I just bought it a couple of days ago....So I really don't know what to say, but I'l let you know if anything happens.....
g_son 6:26 AM - 19 May, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1705
Processor Type & Speed:1.6 Dual Core
MB of RAM: 1GHZ
HD Space: 60 GB + 80 GB externam HD
Screen Size: 17 Inch
How much you paid for laptop: 1150.00 thanks for the Dell Coupon
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8/10
Any problems or issues: I cant run Itune on my computer.....
Other helpful comments: I need help with removing Itune files from my computer....add and remove don't seem to work....every time i re-install and run Itune, error message comes out...its no biggie but i would rather organize the playlist through the Itune....please help~! Only way I know would be reformatthing my computer....=(
DJ C-Zer 10:45 PM - 19 May, 2006
Apple sells out to the PC world by going to the Intel chip. --- Enough said
djrocket 3:34 AM - 21 May, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Latitude
Processor Type & Speed: P4 2.4GHz
MB of RAM: 1GHz
HD Space: 40 GB + 80 GB externam HD
Screen Size: 15 Inch
How much you paid for laptop: 500.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: USB dropouts at first, but I had a USB PC card and no probs now
Other helpful comments: get hot so I got a cool pad, works great, now I use my Inspiron as backup.
J_Static 5:39 PM - 22 May, 2006
Laptop: Apple powerbook G4 12' W/ 400GB Seagate EX HD
Type & Speed: 1.5GHz
MB of RAM: Dont' know of the bat, but its at it's highest
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size:12"
How much you paid: $1700.00(After personal customization)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): A BIG 10

** C-ZER: APPLE MADE AN EXCELLENT BUSINESS MOVE BY GOING INTO THE INTEL CHIP WORLD...... "IF U CAN'T BEAT'EM(CPU CHIP WISE), JOIN THEM......THEN BEAT THEM!!!!"
djbayko 9:38 PM - 22 May, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1705
Processor Type & Speed: Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2600 (2.16GHz/667MHz FSB)
MB of RAM: 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
HD Space: 100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Screen Size: 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
How much you paid for laptop: employee discount, but still too much!
Performance (1-10, 10 high): TBD
Any problems or issues: TBD
Other helpful comments:
dj shadow from detroit 11:24 PM - 31 May, 2006
dell latitude c840
pentium 4
2.0 ghz
1 gig ram (max out)
15 inch screen
60 gig 5400 internal
performance (1-10 4) because 1.5 dropout's all the time
trying 1.6 beta and will get back with performance number's
all the xp tweak's
paid $650.00 from a friend (like brand new)
DJHarold 11:23 PM - 2 June, 2006
IBM Thinkpad 1.6mhz, 1GB RAM, 250GB internal hard drive (custom installed).
Gnosis 8:30 AM - 3 June, 2006
Just curious: what is a score of 10? Has anyone managed to configure a pc to completely eliminate drop-outs with a usb setting of 0? Does this machine exist?
Rebelguy 8:47 PM - 3 June, 2006
My machine is at the lowest usb setting and I haven't had any dropouts the whole time I have owned it.
Thundercat 8:56 PM - 3 June, 2006
Quote:
Has anyone managed to configure a pc to completely eliminate drop-outs with a usb setting of 0? Does this machine exist?


I run my PC with a zero buffer setting with no performance issues or drop-outs whatsoever. My laptop, however is a different matter.
Gnosis 2:51 AM - 4 June, 2006
Macbook Pro
2.0ghz Core duo
2 Gig Ram
100GB 5200 kbps hard drive
Performance OSX: 7.5 (Occasional minor drop outs on setting of 1, totally stable on second setting)
Performance XP Home (Boot Camp): (8.5 Minor Drop outs every track or so on setting of 0, totally stable on setting of 1).
thenewyorkgiant 4:16 AM - 5 June, 2006
Quote:
Macbook Pro
2.0ghz Core duo
2 Gig Ram
100GB 5200 kbps hard drive
Performance OSX: 7.5 (Occasional minor drop outs on setting of 1, totally stable on second setting)
Performance XP Home (Boot Camp): (8.5 Minor Drop outs every track or so on setting of 0, totally stable on setting of 1).


what's stopping a rating of 10?
dj shadow from detroit 5:01 AM - 5 June, 2006
drop out's and latency!!!
Gnosis 6:32 AM - 5 June, 2006
Quote:


what's stopping a rating of 10?


I'd agree with Rebelguy. I won't give a 10 because it could always be a bit better. If Rebelguy is running at lowest settings with no drop-outs whatsoever (n.b. windows can run SSL with a USB setting of 0) and giving his ASUS a 9, then a 7.5 for my macbook (with lowest setting of 1 in OSX) sounds like fair score.
rlaci 5:10 PM - 5 June, 2006
hp nx9105
sempron 2800+,512MB RAM, xp pro sp2

latency:2ms(2nd option from left(if all the way to left is 0 then 1ms))
screen update:60
audio cache:60sec
building overviews:on the fly
I;m using version 1.6

without xp tweaks

performance:9.5
dj KarrsiN 1:50 AM - 6 June, 2006
Sony Vaio VGN FE660G
Intel Duo Core @ 1.66
1 Gigabyte of ram (2x512)
100 gig (@5400rpm)
15.4 inch
Paid $1249.99 @ bestbuy (18 months no interest, woohoo!)
Performance : 10 with and without xp tweaks.
Any problems or issues: No problems at all so far, this pc is the shiznit for the price.
Other helpful comments: This laptop is dedicated to serato and music only so I reccomend using your laptop soley for music because other programs may cause problems.
DjBlaze 6:06 AM - 6 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):
MacBook 13inch Black
Processor Type & Speed:
2Ghz Intel Dual Core
MB of RAM:
2Gigs
HD Space:
80
Screen Size
13:
How much you paid for laptop:
2 Grand
Performance (1-10, 10 high):
10
Any problems or issues:1.5 crashed a few times already, hoping 1.6 is good to go. First usage was good, after I set up XP seperatly i had crashes at the club..... BE CAREFUL !!
Other helpful comments:
Gnosis 7:29 AM - 6 June, 2006
Perferct score of 10 - but BE CAREFUL!!???

Does this mean it runs SSL perfectly or that you just really like your new notebook? Come on guys. Lets come up with some consistency here.

Even better - we should have a test.

Perhaps we should come up with a selection of mp3s we could download so we are all testing different settings using the same files.

Any suggestions of getting some consistency of scores here would be great. Lets not just post how well Serato is working for us - we all use it differently.
dj KarrsiN 7:42 AM - 6 June, 2006
Quote:
Perferct score of 10 - but BE CAREFUL!!???

Does this mean it runs SSL perfectly or that you just really like your new notebook? Come on guys. Lets come up with some consistency here.

Even better - we should have a test.

Perhaps we should come up with a selection of mp3s we could download so we are all testing different settings using the same files.

Any suggestions of getting some consistency of scores here would be great. Lets not just post how well Serato is working for us - we all use it differently.


I'm being honest, i've yet to have a problem besides dirty needles.... laptop runs ssl great.
Jay K 9:57 PM - 6 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): powerbook g4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67GHZ Powerpc 64
MB of RAM: 1024
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 14
How much you paid for laptop: $1,800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none.
Other helpful comments: I dont work for apple or nothin, but these things are built to do it, plus theres nothin better then never havin to worry about a blue screen at 2am when you are in front of 1,000 people. trust me
Jay K 9:59 PM - 6 June, 2006
im def suprised as to how many people are runnin pcs, im not hating i just never expected so many.
dj KarrsiN 11:19 PM - 6 June, 2006
Quote:
I dont work for apple or nothin, but these things are built to do it, plus theres nothin better then never havin to worry about a blue screen at 2am when you are in front of 1,000 people. trust me


I haven't seen a blue screen since windows 98 :)
DJ Pasha "V" 11:55 AM - 7 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1,2Gz
MB of RAM: 1,25
HD Space: 80
Screen Size: 1024x768
How much you paid for laptop: 1100
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Best hardware
Alex_S 11:22 PM - 7 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Hewlett Packard NX7000
Processor Type & Speed: Centrino 1,6 GHz
MB of RAM: 1,5 GB
HD Space: 60
Screen Size: 1680x1050
How much you paid for laptop: 1500 (2 Years Ago)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 would be 8 nowerdays
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Serato runs quite good. Even when multitasking other applications...
Hoop 1:05 PM - 8 June, 2006
Am looking at a buying a macbook 2.0Ghz (not the pro - too expensive for me) 2Gig RAM and 100Mb Hard drive...

Serato runs perfectly on my PC Tower at home which i use to produce..but feel from the forum that macs are killin it...just which one!

thanks guys...
dj KarrsiN 10:34 PM - 8 June, 2006
Quote:
Am looking at a buying a macbook 2.0Ghz (not the pro - too expensive for me) 2Gig RAM and 100Mb Hard drive...

Serato runs perfectly on my PC Tower at home which i use to produce..but feel from the forum that macs are killin it...just which one!

thanks guys...


I think the ones with the intel duo core are the ones with the problems, but I heard that version 1.6.1 fixed that. It's what i heard, don't know how accurate that is.......
DJ LS One 9:35 PM - 10 June, 2006
I am using a MacBook Pro 2Gig Intel Core Duo Processor, 2Gig Ram & 100Meg Harddrive... Mac Os 10.4.6 Tiger... works like a charm... SL 1.5... I dont use any externals either have one had 1 crash in 5 months on any version 1.3 & up.... The crash was from the processor was doin too much the club i was n has wireless hub & i had 3 programs running aside from that,(i'm such a jackass)... But now it's no problem.... The MacBookPro is like the Sega Dreamcast, its learns the program & kinda fixes itself... MacBook PRO - HOORAA!!!
DJ Ern 11:09 PM - 10 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP/Compaq NX6110
Processor Type & Speed: Celeron 1.4Ghz
MB of RAM: 768MB
HD Space: 40Gig internal 80 gig external
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $1300 US
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Computer is Rock solid, it never crashed during a gig. I have the buffer in serato at its lowest and screen updates at 60fps
SqrachMasda 2:32 PM - 13 June, 2006
i'm not sure if this has been answered here already
but i need a laptop and i am looking into the dell e1505
the t2300 duo core thing seems to be more affordable but i get mixed answers if it is 2 times 1.66ghz or dived by 2
or if it is better or worse
i want to buy it mainly for using serato but i will likely do alot more with it
if i'm planning on it for serato would this be enough or would it be wiser to go with a processor that's not duo core in which case it seems to be less expensive
what does serato like better?
what's the minimum specs that run it smoothly?
what specs will run it nicely?
what specs will run it the best?

need to buy a laptop but too poor to make the decision myself
i am not gonna be able to buy anything crazy but i dont wanna waste my money on some outdated piece of sheeeit
thanks
dj KarrsiN 8:01 PM - 13 June, 2006
Quote:
i'm not sure if this has been answered here already
but i need a laptop and i am looking into the dell e1505
the t2300 duo core thing seems to be more affordable but i get mixed answers if it is 2 times 1.66ghz or dived by 2
or if it is better or worse
i want to buy it mainly for using serato but i will likely do alot more with it
if i'm planning on it for serato would this be enough or would it be wiser to go with a processor that's not duo core in which case it seems to be less expensive
what does serato like better?
what's the minimum specs that run it smoothly?
what specs will run it nicely?
what specs will run it the best?

need to buy a laptop but too poor to make the decision myself
i am not gonna be able to buy anything crazy but i dont wanna waste my money on some outdated piece of sheeeit
thanks


There are already many threads on this topic, please do a search on "need laptop" or "what laptop should I buy" and many threads should pop up..This thread is only for specs. Thanks and good luck.
DJ KEVLAR 9:36 PM - 13 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion dv5130
Processor Type & Speed: Turion M37
MB of RAM: 1G
HD Space: 120 internal for now
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $1200 Can
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: I have the buffer in serato at its lowest and screen updates at 60fps once I set the wireless to disable this thing rocks for SSL with it enabled I couldnt get the usb below 10.
DJ dougw 10:41 PM - 13 June, 2006
Name of Laptop - MacBook Pro Duo
Processor Type & Speed - Intel Core Duo - 2.16 Ghz
MB Of Ram: 2 gigs
HD Space - 100 Gig
Screen size: 15.4
How Much you paid for laptop: 2300 / 169.00 for extra gig
Performance: 10
Any problems or issues: I can't find any at this time. Using 1200's and Denon S5000s
soon-2-be-ex-FS2user 10:49 PM - 14 June, 2006
hi. can i use my desktop for the Rane Scratch program. thanks
djransom 11:12 PM - 14 June, 2006
Quote:
hi. can i use my desktop for the Rane Scratch program. thanks


Yeah, but wrong thread to ask this question in.
X-Scape 9:40 PM - 15 June, 2006
Quote:
Name of Laptop - MacBook Pro Duo
Processor Type & Speed - Intel Core Duo - 2.16 Ghz
MB Of Ram: 2 gigs
HD Space - 100 Gig
Screen size: 15.4
How Much you paid for laptop: 2300 / 169.00 for extra gig
Performance: 10
Any problems or issues: I can't find any at this time. Using 1200's and Denon S5000s


dj dougw..... would u reccomend the extra gig,,,, i have the same exact comp... but was wonderin should i get the extra gig...
kue 7:54 PM - 17 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook (black one)
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 80
Screen Size: 13inch widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: About 1600
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none as of yet
Other helpful comments: Wow! This laptop is the best purchase I've made in awhile. I'm running Serato with the lowest buffer available and get no usb drops. I'm in love with it! :]
sinjintek 12:33 AM - 21 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook
Processor Type & Speed: PPC G4 1.2GHz
MB of RAM: 1.25GB
HD Space: 60GB + 250GB external
Screen Size: 14"
How much you paid for laptop: $700 (Apple "friends and family" discount...plus they were blowing out because of the new stock)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: Does not have audio input, I currently use a Tascam US-428 in studio and a Griffin iMic for travel. The US-428 will no longer be necessary once my TTM 57SL arrives :)

I should add that I'm about to list my iBook on eBay because I'll be upgrading to a new Intel MacBook...
DJ Awyse 8:17 AM - 23 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Black
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 2024
HD Space: 80
Screen Size: 13inch widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: About 1800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: This thing is a beast, and goes with the color scheme of my 56 and Rane SSL
Dj-Pyro 5:35 AM - 24 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Ferrari 4005
Processor Type & Speed: Turion 64 ML-37
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $1500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: Sweet carbon fiber lid, comes with color matched bluetooth mouse, and a good video card for mobile gaming :)
thearkitechs 2:25 AM - 27 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Sony Vaio VGN-FS840/W
Processor Type & Speed:Intel Pentium M Processor 740
MB of RAM:Space:512 MB
HD Space : 100GB
Screen Size:15.4"
How much you paid for laptop:$1200
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10 for now
Any problems or issues: no issues yet while testing @ my studio,been hearing alot of negative things about the Sony Vaio so im not sure if i wanna stay with it or not.I mean its working great @ the moment but with all the neg things im hearing, i'd rather not take the chance and bring it out to a gig...if anyone know about this particular laptop or if you wanna hit me with some advise, i would greatly appreciate it.
Other helpful comments:nothing for now
fontane 10:58 PM - 27 June, 2006
inspiron6000
fontane 11:01 PM - 27 June, 2006
need up date to run laptop
dj KarrsiN 9:28 PM - 28 June, 2006
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Sony Vaio VGN-FS840/W
Processor Type & Speed:Intel Pentium M Processor 740
MB of RAM:Space:512 MB
HD Space : 100GB
Screen Size:15.4"
How much you paid for laptop:$1200
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10 for now
Any problems or issues: no issues yet while testing @ my studio,been hearing alot of negative things about the Sony Vaio so im not sure if i wanna stay with it or not.I mean its working great @ the moment but with all the neg things im hearing, i'd rather not take the chance and bring it out to a gig...if anyone know about this particular laptop or if you wanna hit me with some advise, i would greatly appreciate it.
Other helpful comments:nothing for now


I have the VGN FE-660G. I have used this laptop with serato at 6 parties so far and I haven't had any problems yet. Average use is about 6 hours a night. I use it quite a bit at home as well. No problems thus far. What negative things have you heard about the Sony Vaio?
DJ Jakub 10:07 PM - 28 June, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron B130
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.8G (400mhz bus)
MB of RAM: 1GB DDR2
HD Space: 100GB internal
Screen Size: 14" WXGA
How much you paid for laptop: $450 plus shipping (swapped out the original hd though came with 40gb)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7
Any problems or issues:

USB has to be set pretty high at like 10 or 15 considering the specs, my pervious computer was at 0 with a P-M 1.7. If it is at 5 there is one or two drop outs an hour. Taking out the battery seems to help a little bit with this. Although i'm not sure if it does actually turn of ACPI or not.

One of the biggest problem was intel speed step, it seems the processor was always on dynamic switching 600mhz -> 1.8 at load. This caused all kinds of problems, I was able to override with this util Notebook Hardware Control www.pbus-167.com , it works with all P-M processors on WinXP, it can also lower voltage as well for longer battery life..

Other helpful comments: It's a brick of a computer, I bought it to replace a small and light ASUS so i can have a dedicated SSL computer.
thearkitechs 11:16 PM - 28 June, 2006
Quote:
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Sony Vaio VGN-FS840/W
Processor Type & Speed:Intel Pentium M Processor 740
MB of RAM:Space:512 MB
HD Space : 100GB
Screen Size:15.4"
How much you paid for laptop:$1200
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10 for now
Any problems or issues: no issues yet while testing @ my studio,been hearing alot of negative things about the Sony Vaio so im not sure if i wanna stay with it or not.I mean its working great @ the moment but with all the neg things im hearing, i'd rather not take the chance and bring it out to a gig...if anyone know about this particular laptop or if you wanna hit me with some advise, i would greatly appreciate it.
Other helpful comments:nothing for now


I have the VGN FE-660G. I have used this laptop with serato at 6 parties so far and I haven't had any problems yet. Average use is about 6 hours a night. I use it quite a bit at home as well. No problems thus far. What negative things have you heard about the Sony Vaio?
a couple Dj's @ this Guitar Center i go to were telling me that the Sony Vaio's weren't something i should go with if im running SSL because for some reason they will crash on you...I mean im new to SSL and im trying to do as much research as possible so checkin this site for over a week now has helped me out alot. I work 3 nights a week a the clubs & b4 i start using SSL @ a gig everthing has to be right.I mean, so far i havent had any problems running it from my studio for a couple of hours & havent done anything special to my laptop yet but install SSL & some music....meanwhile i will stay checkin this site for tips and all that good stuff....

thnx
DJ Jakub 4:31 AM - 29 June, 2006
I finally got around to testing SSL with my ultra portable

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 300m
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.2G Ultra Low Voltage
MB of RAM: 1.25GB DDR
HD Space: 40GB internal
Screen Size: 12" XGA
How much you paid for laptop: $600(on ebay)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.5

Any problems or issues:
USB buffer set at 1, had some issue at 0 but the first little notch did the trick. Solid didn't see any problems at all other than that. I'm considering using this as my main SSL setup, as long as i can upgrade the HD.

Other helpful comments:

Super small laptop 2.5LBS, got a little hot when running SSL around 50 C. on the CPU, it's a ULV chip so doesn't have a big fan. I used notebook hardware control to set it to 1.2G always, disabling dynamic switching.

CPU pegs around 80% when running two tracks together, not sure if it can handle anything else like plugins whenever they become availible, but graphics look full speed, and everything is working great.
uNo 2:54 AM - 1 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer AS3004WLCi Processor Type & Speed: AMD Sempron 3100+ 1.8GHz
MB of RAM: 512megs
HD Space: 60gigs
Screen Size: 15inch widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: 499
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7
Any problems or issues: Sound has never dropped, but screen randomly freezes for 1-2 seconds. Has not crshed yet (at home or in 6 gigs). I am searching for the cause of the problem.
Other helpful comments: If I can find the problem for the screen freezes, I will raise the rating.
xxtee78xx 11:01 AM - 3 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony VAIO VGN-FE670G
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Centrino Core 1.66Ghz
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 100gb
Screen Size: 15.4inch widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $1,389
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 from my experience
Any problems or issues: Using 1.5. Has been running flawlessly with no tweaks done, or any background programs turned off. Not one crash or dropout. Buffer level set to 1 just to be safe. It feels as smooth as my buddies Macbook Pro.
xxtee78xx 11:03 AM - 3 July, 2006
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony VAIO VGN-FE670G
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Centrino Core 1.66Ghz
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 100gb
Screen Size: 15.4inch widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $1,389
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 from my experience
Any problems or issues: Using 1.5. Has been running flawlessly with no tweaks done, or any background programs turned off. Not one crash or dropout. Buffer level set to 1 just to be safe. It feels as smooth as my buddies Macbook Pro.

I forgot to put that it is a Core Duo.
dema 12:40 AM - 10 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple ibook G4
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.3GHz
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 100gb
Screen Size: 12inch
How much you paid for laptop: £909.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 from my experience
Any problems or issues: was having a few stuttering problems, but this was also the case when I was using my Compaq EVO N600c laptop, I set the offset on my vinyl to 1 minute in and it solved all problems, I wish I had figured this out before I bought new needles and carts. I prefer the way PC's work also something dumb about macs I cant quite place my finger on, its like they are designed for Dyslexic people.
sgvxcheese 2:47 AM - 13 July, 2006
Macbook Pro 15'
2.16 ghz
2 gig ram
100 gig hd
256 video ream

But hate it when the circle balloon pops up and serato freezes!
DjWoody 10:31 PM - 14 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: 2Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 2 GB
HD Space: 100 Gigs
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: $1200
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None!
Other helpful comments: This thing rocks! Since it's dual boot, I can run XP to prepare my music. Best decision I made in a long time.
thenewyorkgiant 11:35 PM - 14 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 2 GB
HD Space: 80 Gigs
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1799
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None!
Other helpful comments: Super Smooth. Really happy w/ my purchase.
D-Rex 7:06 PM - 15 July, 2006
Apple Macbook Pro
1.83 Ghz Intel Core Duo
1.5 GB
80 GB
15"
2000
No
very nice computer.
DJ Dynamight 1:47 PM - 17 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook Black
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 GHz Dual Core
MB of RAM: 512MB - hope to upgrade to 1GB at some point
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: $1299 after rebate & gift card
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9 so far. SSL runs GREAT at the lowest buffer setting and highest refresh rate.
Any problems or issues: Just make sure to connect SSL to the front most USB port, and there will be no dropouts caused by the trackpad/keyboard.
Other helpful comments: The bottom does get pretty hot! Haven't seen it cause any issues yet, though.
dj kiss 7:25 PM - 18 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron (XPS Remake) E1405
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Duo Core Processor
MB of RAM: 1 Gig
HD Space: 100 7200rpms
Screen Size: 14"
How much you paid for laptop: $900.00 Online Rebate - 22nd year Discount
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 No Audio Drop Outs, No screen Freezes not one problem with it.
Any problems or issues: Nuthing yet been running 5.0 for months have done 3 major concerts (2k people) rocking serato. No worries here.
Other helpful comments: Laptop gets a little warm not hot though thinkin bout getting a cooling pad just in case. Also building previews - a must!!
Dj Pudgey 7:56 PM - 18 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook (black one)
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 80
Screen Size: 13.4inch widescreen
How much you paid for laptop:$1499
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: had SSl crash on me once when mistaking grabed 4 tracks at once with the track pad.
Other helpful comments:
yellowg555 9:37 PM - 20 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $740
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: By far the best bang for your buck, the Inspiron E series is the best laptop in its price range. I don't like the excess heat from the hard drive, but I think that is prevalent on almost all laptops nowadays.
dj KarrsiN 2:12 AM - 21 July, 2006
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $740
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: By far the best bang for your buck, the Inspiron E series is the best laptop in its price range. I don't like the excess heat from the hard drive, but I think that is prevalent on almost all laptops nowadays.


Do you own SSL? I think the performance refers to how well SSL runs on one's pc. Just checking.....
irfaan 9:55 PM - 21 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Thinkpad T42
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium M - 1.70GHz
RAM: 1.00GB RAM
HD Space: 32GB internal HD + 300GB external
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: approx CAN$1500.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8

Any problems or issues: Was working with ssl, previewing tracks and filing them away in crates for a couple hours - I suppose the computer got tremendously hot and SSL froze up a couple times in the last half our before turning it off. Overall, it works beautifully - lowest buffer setting, best performance general settings, and all my regular backround programs still running (wifi, msn, firefox, antivirus). Very smooth - I guess I just need to pick up an icurve to elevate it for cooling.

Other helpful comments: n/a
Jest01 8:03 PM - 22 July, 2006
DJ NAME: JESTER

Machine Name: MacBook Pro 15"
CPU Speed: 2 GHZ (Intel Core Duo)
1 GB Upgrade
80 GB Internal
How much I paid for laptop: $2199 CAN (Not including Apple Care & 1 gig upgrade)

Love it!!! Very smooth. Had issues in the beginning but with the new 1.6 its been really good.
DJ RICKGEE 5:42 PM - 26 July, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0
MB of RAM: 1 Gig
HD Space: 80 Gig
Screen Size: 13.1"
How much you paid for laptop: $1300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments:
Oxid 6:42 PM - 30 July, 2006
Name and specs of Laptop:
(1) Compaq evo n610c 512ram 40gig 14inch
(2) iBook G4 1.2Ghz 768ram 40gig 12inch
(3) Sony vaio Fs115s 512 ram 80gig 15,4 inch
(4) Powerbook 1.67 15inch 512ram 80gig 15,2inch

Performance:
(1) Average, some little usb dropouts and distortion on USB soundcard Rating: 6
(2) Dissapointed, Got kernel panics, sucked and dissapointed Rating: 4
(3) Very nice, no problems at all rating: 9.5
(4) also very nice, no problems at all rating: 9.5

Prices:
(1) about 550 dollars
(2) about 900 dollars
(3) about 1000 dollars
(4) about 1150 dollars

They were all second hand
Comments:
These are all laptops chronologically that i have had. Now I own the last one the Powerbook.
I was sick of my compaq, wanted better and bought the iBook, but dissapointed than sold and bought a Vaio and I was very pleased but the battery lasted only 01:40 and then I found a great deal for the Powerbook, like new still under garantuee, not a scratch on it at 910 euros. I jusst wanted to go back to mac. Lost money, 100 euros from the iBook and 100 euros from the Vaio (from the price I bought them, I mean i have bought a vaio at 800 euros and sold it at 700 euros, so no much loss)
Serato ownz and Apple ownz.

Greetings
Jeremy Reyniers
Peecis 7:46 AM - 31 July, 2006
As I work as a mobile DJ mostly for schools, I have to have a bullet-proof system, as well as looooots of space, because I have to cover almolst all genres. So I decided NOT to use a laptop. Instead, I built a rackmount PC and I put it in my rack. 2U high and 17,7" deep. So here goes:

Name of PC (Brand & Model): Custom built (from seperate parts)
Processor Type & Speed: P4 2 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 2x 300 GB IDE HDD @ 7200RPM
Other Media: TEAC DVD writer
Screen Size: 15" LCD.
How much you paid for PC: 1000$ / about 600 sterling pounds
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8... Even 2 Ghz is not enough, even for music playback.
Any problems or issues: Heavy.... Therefore, not so protable :(
Other helpful comments: For school events, I usually have pre-made some 75min mixes, so I often put the keyboard in the rack (I have a 12U rack filled with PC, MP4, equalizer, mixer and DVD player and a racklight) and close/lock the lid. Then I can have a rest and a walk. Noone has access to volume, SSL and other controls. It's safe.
dj KarrsiN 11:21 AM - 31 July, 2006
Quote:
As I work as a mobile DJ mostly for schools, I have to have a bullet-proof system, as well as looooots of space, because I have to cover almolst all genres. So I decided NOT to use a laptop.


You know there are external hard drives with over 600gb of space. No need to lug around a bulky rack mounted pc. Just a friendly FYI :)
Peecis 1:25 PM - 31 July, 2006
Quote:

You know there are external hard drives with over 600gb of space. No need to lug around a bulky rack mounted pc. Just a friendly FYI :)


Sure I know about the external HDDs. Call me a wierdo, but I would still stick to internal IDE drives and a rock solid rackmount PC case. I've had 2 SATA drives and they both crashed. I had to pay good money to restore the files. So from that day I'd rather stick to something old, but well-known. Besides, you know how easily can an extrenal drive unplug. One clumsy move and that's it. These drives are also expensive. I still have one IDE port remaining. For future I plan to replace the two 300GB drives up to three 400GB. But right now, my library is just developing.
Audio Telex (VIC) 4:55 AM - 2 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): ASUS Z96J
Processor Type & Speed: 1.83Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 1.5 GB
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: $1950 AUD from p4laptop.com.au
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Great unit also has the ATI x1600 PCI express graphics card standard. Can most of the newest games
BIG C 1:58 PM - 2 August, 2006
Name of Laptop: MacBook Pro 15in.
Processor type & Speed: 1.83Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of Ram: 512MB
HD Space: 80 GB
How much you paid for laptop: $1299.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9 (when master tempo is available a 10+ easy)
Any problems or issues: None
thenewyorkgiant 12:45 AM - 3 August, 2006
Quote:
Name of Laptop: MacBook Pro 15in.
Processor type & Speed: 1.83Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of Ram: 512MB
HD Space: 80 GB
How much you paid for laptop: $1299.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9 (when master tempo is available a 10+ easy)
Any problems or issues: None


MBP for 13 hundo? Interesting....
andrew b 3:45 AM - 4 August, 2006
toshiba p25 17" notebook. yeah its big and bulky, but its solid.

1 gb ram
1.4 mhz p4

80 g hd
serato 1.4
paid 1699 2 yrs ago.
performance 10
any problems...not yet (knock on wood)
Reha 10:20 AM - 5 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM/LENOVO THINKPAD R50e
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Celeron M 360 / 1,40 GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 15" 1024x768 Pixel (XGA TFT)
How much you paid for laptop: 550€
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Only 2 USB ports and no Firewire
Other helpful comments: It's a dedicated notebook. Works fine with USB buffer at lowest (40-60% CPU usage). Great value for the money as it's build extremly solid. Also some nice features for a DJ such as keyboard light for dark venues, an extra solid display frame, hard drive protection and a water protected keyboard.
Trystan 1:16 AM - 6 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Compaq R4000 Windows XP
Processor Type & Speed: 64 Bit Athalon 3800+
MB of RAM: 1 Gig
HD Space: 100GB (But's It's Clean, I Use A 200 Gig External)
Screen Size: 1280x854 (15.4" Wide)
How much you paid for laptop: $1,500 (CDN)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 Flawless (Knock On Wood)
Any problems or issues: It's been a workhorse.
Other helpful comments: I use a fan but don't have to. Great all around PC. I also have Audition and a few other programs on it, Nothing that's not Dj related tho.
Worked well with FS2 and Serato.
perish 4:18 AM - 7 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4
MB of RAM: 2G
HD Space: 100G 7200 rpm
Screen Size: 17" 1680 x 1050
How much you paid for laptop: Au$4000
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9.5
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Sick! Converted to Apple and won't go back after 8 yrs w Win
DJ LAROSE 5:31 AM - 8 August, 2006
Name of Laptop(Brand & Model): Gateway MX6440
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Turion 64 1.8 GHz
MB of RAM: 1G
HD Space: 100 Hard Drive Space
Screen Size: 15.4", 6lbs, 1.4" thick.
How much you paid for laptop:$799.00 @ Bestbuy,$299.00 for 3 year accidental warrenty. $1190.00 even.(I got lucky)
Performance(1-10,10 high):10
Any problems Or issues: None At All
Other helpful comments: For the price & the specs of it, it was worth it. Never frooze, acted up, it just worked even with mutiple programs running @ the same time! Lightweight, widescreen, dvd/cd buner.(knock on wood) IT'S A BEAST!!!
Dj Shape 7:26 AM - 8 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): ibm thinkpad t30
Processor Type & Speed: pentium 4 1.60ghz
MB of RAM: 512 (added, originally 256)
HD Space: 20 Gig + 250 gig external
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: 300$
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 6.5
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Runs very well for the price
dj_KaSE 9:16 AM - 10 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite 5205-S703
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4-M, 2.0 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1 GB (upgraded from 512 MB)
HD Space: 100 GB @ 7200 RPM (upgraded from 60 GB @ 4200 RPM)
Screen Size: 1600 x 1200
How much you paid for laptop: roughly $2,200 in March 2003
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Initially experienced very bad USB dropouts. Dropouts were alleviated by putting buffer to 10 MS
Other helpful comments: Have so far figured out that the driver for the built-in WiFi card has something to do with it. Initially, switching off the card via the switch on the side of the laptop did nothing to alleviate the problem. Instead, I had to disable the WiFi card via Control Panel/Network Connections in order to get Serato to work without USB dropouts. Now I can have it work flawlessly even at the 0 MS setting and 30 frames-per-second. I can have it set to 60 frames per-second, but to be safe and give the processor some lee-way, I just keep it at 30.
Ab-Loon 11:24 PM - 14 August, 2006
Name of Laptop: Apple G4 14" screen
Processor Speed: 1.5G
MB of RAM: 768mb
HD Space: 80gigs
Price: Around $1,500
Performance: 9 out of 10
Any probs or issues: None Really...just gets too hot sometimes. Also...the waves of the track stutters ever soo slightly...and on my OS, it wont let me change tha refresh rate...is anyone havin a similar prob??? should i get more RAM....help me out!!!! Email: dj_ab_loon@tmail.com

Other Comments: My homies that i deejay with use macs and PCs.....they all have their strengths and weaknesses....but they all get tha job done
Prime-X 1:23 AM - 15 August, 2006
08/14/06

I just ordered the new HP Pavilion DV9000 it has the ff:

Genuine Windows XP Professional
- AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Mobile TL-60 (2.0GHz/512KB)
- 17.0" WSXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1680x1050)
- 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600
- 2GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1GB 667mhz)
- 320 GB 5400 RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (160 GB x 2 Special order)
- LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD+/-RW w/Double Layer
- 802.11a/b/g WLAN & Bluetooth
- 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
- HP Mobile Remote Control
- HP IMPRINT Finish + Microphone + Webcam (built-in)

I ordered 2gb of ram and the 320gb seperate because it is cheaper outside to get it. I got the memory for $186 (HP is $275) & 320gb HD i got if for $199/160gb at HP it is not available yet but for 240gb is it $300.

and right now I have the ff:

HP Pavilion dv4040us
Intel Centrino 2ghz (I think)
2gb Ram
100gb HD 5400rpm
128mb video card
etc..

I'm giving this to my girlfriend as soon as I receive my order baby which will be around Aug. 24th.

Yeah hah.... That's a monster baby hopefully this will be well enough for my serato and I hope that will be the end of all my crashes when I use my serato.
DJ Chubby 1:38 AM - 15 August, 2006
Name of Laptop: Dell Inspiron 6000 Notebook
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium M Processor 1.6GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB right now, waiting til 2GB arrives
HD Space: Previously used factory 40GB, upgraded to 100GB
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $1800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7 w/ 40GB HDD & 9 w/ 100GB
Any problems or issues: Before HDD upgrade, only 1 USB dropout, since upgrade, none.
Other helpful comments: Before deciding to buy upgrades, I was considering to sell it and purchase a MacBook, but since I've read the forums & tried SSL on it first, I changed my mind. Otherwise, never had a USB Dropout. Right now my HDD has 69.7GB left and still SSL runs great. I also use the internet on this system and have used SSL no less than 5hrs daily in a Radio station w/ again "No USB Dropouts"! USB buffer is set at 1 :)
DJ Chubby 1:40 AM - 15 August, 2006
I forgot, I'm using SSL 1.61
Dj Bizzie B 1:53 AM - 15 August, 2006
Apple G4 Powerbook
Screen Size: 12inch
Processor Speed: 1.5 Ghz
80 GB Hard Drive
512 MB RAM
Price:$1500
Performance:10
nerve 10:13 PM - 15 August, 2006
Dell E1505
Screen: 15inch
Processor: Dual Core 1.8Mhz
80 GB Hardrive
1GB of Ram
Price: $700
Performance: 10

I can't complain. Dell offers great deals on these laptops and they perform top notch when taken care of.
vladan 12:00 AM - 16 August, 2006
what is the minimum notebook configuration for Rane SSL
to work without dropouts (presume that I tweaked XP ass
it`s explained and recomended)...

What about Some P4 or AMD @ 1.7ghz or 2ghz with 512mb of ram?

Anything else important for Rane SSL or just memory and CPU ?


10X !!!
pron 3:49 PM - 18 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5 GHz Power PC G4
MB of RAM: 1,25 GB DDR SDRAM
HD Space: 60 GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: 900€
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: -
eric_cloutier 12:01 AM - 19 August, 2006
brand + model : ibm lenovo thinkpad z60m
processor : 2.16ghz pentium m
cache : 2mb l2
front-side bus : 533mhz
os : win xp pro
hard-drive : 100gb 7200rpm
ram : 1gb pc2-4200 ddr2
screen : 15.4" wxga maxbright lcd screen
graphics card : 128mb ati radeon mobility x600
[u]optical drive[u] : 8x dvd-r / cd-r ultrabay
other : integrated gigabit ethernet |integrated wifi + bluetooth


buying serato next week...will this be enough? sure hope so.
DJ A.O.K. 12:39 AM - 20 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):HP Livestrong
Processor Type & Speed:AMD Turon ML-34
MB of RAM:512MB
HD Space:80gig
Screen Size:15.5 widescreen
How much you paid for laptop:1000
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10 [i can play cs:s on it!]
Any problems or issues:dont run too many things at once
Other helpful comments:none
dJ MoNeY mic 2:49 PM - 22 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Compaq V5000
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Sempron 2.0ghz
MB of RAM:512mb
HD Space: 60gig but I use external 200gig
Screen Size: 15.5 wide screen
How much you paid for laptop: $500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8.75
Any problems or issues: Dont run too many programs at once. The screen shares memory so you might want to set the screen to use less memory!
Other helpful comments:
Dj Tony G 7:29 AM - 23 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba satellite M35x-S161
Processor Type & speed: Intel Celeron 1.6ghz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 60gig (internal), 120gig (external)
How much you paid for laptop: $900
Performance(1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: No, but I must upgrade the memory so I don't get caught w/my pants down.
Jim 7:43 PM - 23 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): APPLE MACBOOK PRO
Processor Type & speed: 2.16GHz INTEL CORE DUO
MB of RAM: 1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
HD Space: 100GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive(internal), 300gig (external)
How much you paid for laptop: 2500
Performance(1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues:JUST CORUPT MP3'S
DJ Knowledge2 10:48 PM - 23 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Gateway 7330GZ
Processor Type & Speed: P4, 3.06 GHZ
MB of RAM: 480 MB
HD Space: 70 Gig
Screen Size: 15.4 Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $749 (refurb from Tiger Direct)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Battery typically runs out pretty quick (2 hour battery life). What DJ just relies on battery power anyway?
Problems or Issues: none
FS2-4salePM @ soon-2-be-ex-FSuser 11:43 PM - 23 August, 2006
when is the 4 quadro processars ready can i use when SLL version 57. thanks in the helps
deepdjdanny 2:53 AM - 25 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook Core Duo 13inch Black
Processor Type & Speed: 2GHz(two of them)
MB of RAM:2GB
HD Space:55Gb usable (after OSX 10.4.7 & default apps. Advertised figure as 80GB. This becomes 74GB after fileheaders & formatting), Toshiba, 2.5inch internal Serial ATA, 1.5 Gigabit, unknown RPM.)
Screen Size:13inch diagonal.
How much you paid for laptop:$2899 (Australian Dollars)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):0 (because of the audio dropouts)
Any problems or issues: Heaps (4 warranty repairs in 6 weeks!)
Other helpful comments: No mp3s. Just wavefiles: USB Audio Buffer size = 15 and the thing still skips! OSX 10's Activity Monitor shows CPUs are fine & that the hard drive is probably not accessing quick enough so perhaps no amount of usb buffer size adjustment will help this. Am not happy!
Osiris 9:52 PM - 26 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):
--Acer Aspire 5100

Processor Type & Speed:
--Dual 1.6 GHz AMD Turion 64 TL-50

MB of RAM:
--1 GB

HD Space:
--120 GB Hitachi Travelstar

Screen Size:
15.4 inch widescreen

How much you paid for laptop:
--$750 (+taxes, so about $800 total)

Performance (1-10, 10 high):
--10 (so far)

Any problems or issues:
--None at all.

Other helpful comments:
--For the price, this laptop is hard to beat. Sweet dual processor AMDs, ATI Radeon card, nice size display, good amount of memory, nice size HD, built in webcam. It's fast and it recharges fast! Great machine!

Check the links below for details
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www.laptopical.com
www.mobilewhack.com
www.beststuff.com
deepdjdanny 10:48 AM - 28 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): chineseMacBook IntelCoreDuoBlack
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Duo Core, 2Ghz each core.
MB of RAM: 2Gb
HD Space: Only 55Gb after OSX 10.4.7 & default apps.(75Gb real size/80Gb proported.) Internal 2.5inch Serial-ATA 1.5Gbps.
Screen Size:13inch
How much you paid for laptop:$3500 Australian Dollars
Performance (1-10, 10 high):0
Any problems or issues: Trackpad (OSX 10.4.7) & SL 1.5 & 1.6.2 use most definitely cause audio dropouts that affect bpm of playing files. Didn't know if the new harddrive (5400 RPM) was causing the audio glitch/dropout problem or not until I checked the known issues section of this site. I can't use this system. 6 weeks old & original thermal sensors have already failed. This caused powering down of macbook causing original harddrive (5400RPM) to fail. Took the apple technicians a month to sort out the problem.
Other helpful comments: Would be a benefit to me if scratch live instantaneously indicated all computer problems (cpus taxing, heat problem, hd/sata read/write taxing, ram taxings, other devices that are about to & then have caused a droput, etc.) as per usb version 1 dropouts' red indicator light. Wait until there's something better than the current (only 2.16Ghz) macbookpros. Suggest external Serial ATA ports!! Needs cooling pad. Advise NO! to prolonged use as laptop, burns your legs. :(
dj_esentrik 2:48 PM - 28 August, 2006
I just ordered... getting it in a matter of days

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Core Duo Processor (2.16 GHZ)
MB of RAM: 1Gb
HD Space: 100 gb
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: $2700
Performance (1-10, 10 high): I'll u guys know...
Any problems or issues: I'll u guys know...
Other helpful comments: I'll u guys know...
snoozah 11:19 AM - 29 August, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Core Duo Processor (2.0 GHZ)
MB of RAM: 512 DDR2
HD Space: 80 gb
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: 2000 Euro
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9/10
Any problems or issues: Working perfectly,so fast os! only problem is sometimes jerky waveforms which i didn't use to have on my older notebook :/ hope this will all be away on a new update..
Other helpful comments: Macbook pro! you won't regret it.
blacknoizybox 9:52 PM - 4 September, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Asus A6VM
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1,7
MB of RAM: 1024 Mb
HD Space: 80 Gb
Screen Size: 15,4 XVGA
How much you paid for : 979 USD
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.9
Any problems or issues: Rare USB dropouts in internal mode (funny aint it?)
Other helpful comments: SSL is king!
djtekno 4:00 AM - 7 September, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Compaq Evo N800c
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz
MB of RAM: 1.0 GB
HD Space:60 GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $350
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Screen gets disorted, but not when running Serato. Only when I turn 3D programs.
Other helpful comments: If you're in need of a laptop just for starters, and don't want to go over that $500 range, check Ebay!
nefo 5:03 PM - 7 September, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Acer Travelmate C110 TCi Tablet PC
Processor Type & Speed: 900Mhz ULV Pentium M
MB of RAM: 768MB
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 10"
How much you paid for laptop: 800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7
Any problems or issues: When battery life hit the low point, it'll stutter for a few seconds then recover. Otherwise, SSL works great
groovex 3:43 PM - 10 September, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Dell INSPIRON 5150
Processor Type & Speed: 3.24 Ghz Pentium M
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 60GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 2100 euro
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: it works like a dream - but don't loose the gnd cable during performance
Fabrikator 9:08 PM - 11 September, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Dell XPS M170
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Ghz Pentium M
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 100GB 7200rpm + Vantec NEXTAR GX /w 320gb HD
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $4100 CDN.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: My Wallet is Empty.
billycuts 10:42 PM - 11 September, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $641
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: SSL runs great on this machine
L.Demo"Neo" 2:56 PM - 14 September, 2006
Name of Laptop(Brand & Model):Dell Inspiron 9400
Processor Type & Speed:1.66Ghz Intel Centrino Duo
MB of Ram:1 GB
HD Space:80 GB
Screen Size:17"
How Much you paid for laptop:$990-included travel case and Bluetooth technology.
Performance(1-10, 10 high):Damn,I really haven't put it to a real strong test yet.I'm kinda scared to over load it.I mean,in terms of using SSL.
Any problems or issues:Yes,one issue:I use my laptop for my home use also.Will that hinder performance when I use it for SSL.Ex:I have 2006 Encarta on the same laptop as SSL.You guys tell me.
Other helpful comments:Yes,One.Try to get one of those fans that are placed under the laptop to keep it cool and running at peak performance.
bumboclott 10:56 PM - 15 September, 2006
Anyone have experiences with a Toshiba P100?
bumboclott 10:57 PM - 15 September, 2006
*Edit* ^^^

Toshiba Satellite P100
juicy juice 4:36 AM - 16 September, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1705
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Centrino Duo Core 1.83Ghz
MB of RAM: 2 x 1Gb Corsair DDR2667
HD Space: 60Gb 5400rpm
Screen Size: 17" widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $440 (don't ask how, it's a secret)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): don't know yet
juicy juice 6:03 AM - 16 September, 2006
So just ran SSL for the first time and I love it. However even with all my muscle, I got a slight hiccup every few minutes. USB buffer set at 13, so I can go higher. Playing wavs also might be taxing. Deffo want to avoid anything like then when I play out with this the first time.
Richierollz 3:15 PM - 16 September, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell inspiron 8100 (2002)
Processor Type & Speed: P3 996 or 1.3??
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 30 internal
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: i cant even remember (1000 +)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: screen stickes every now and then, other than that no probs.
Other helpful comments: For a 4 year old p3 lappy with only 512 ram, it kicks ass. I had to wipe the HD totally and install fresh XP pro, and erase all other programs and tweak it, but end result is very pleasing, works great as dedicated SSL laptop
IK 7:06 AM - 22 September, 2006
Name of laptop: HP PAvillon DV1447
Processor: Pentium M 1.73
Ram. 512 MB
HDD: 80 GB
Screen : 14" Wide Bright view
Payed: arround 1000 Euro
Performance (1-10). I have it 3 months, so as far as i know at the moment 10

other comments: I would like if it was so light and thin as some other laptops, but it is not an issue..Really stabil with enough power for most mobile applications.
Ink-Eyez 1:18 PM - 23 September, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: PowerPC G4 7447A v1.5
MB of RAM: 1GB DDR2 PC24200
HD Space: 120 G
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $2,500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Works more than perfect.
Jaro 5:33 PM - 23 September, 2006
Name Of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavillion dv5000
Processor Type & Speed: Power T2300@ 1.66Hz Intel Centrino Duo
MB Of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 80G
Screen Size: 15'4
How Much I Paid For This laptop: $800.00 Us
Performance (1-10,10 Hightest) 9
Any Problems or Issues: None
Other Helpful Comments: Works Very Good just need To take Off All The Shit It Comes With. I used And External HD With It Too.
Saner 1:00 AM - 2 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Compaq Evo N610c
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2ghz
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 100gb
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: Free
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Never had an issue until I installed 1.6.2.
Other helpful comments: Very reliable laptop. Spun an 8 hour set with no problems
DJ Akeem 1:44 AM - 2 October, 2006
Does anyone know if i can use a Toshiba 15.4" Laptop w/ 1.73GHz Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor T2250, Mist Gray
Osiris 11:29 AM - 2 October, 2006
Quote:
Does anyone know if i can use a Toshiba 15.4" Laptop w/ 1.73GHz Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor T2250, Mist Gray


Yes.
djopie 2:12 AM - 3 October, 2006
I'm having a problem with my driver that is installed that connects the box to my computer. It is saying the Driver is installed but when I load the program to use it is saying interface disconnected. Help please.
DJ Pasha "V" 4:06 AM - 3 October, 2006
Upgrade! :)
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1,33Gz
MB of RAM: 768
HD Space: 60
Screen Size: 1024x768
How much you paid for laptop: 1300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Best hardware
dj shortbus 6:10 PM - 3 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 6000
Processor Type & Speed: Centrino Duo Core 1.6
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space:100gb
Screen Size:15"
How much you paid for laptop:$710 refurbished
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:none
Other helpful comments: i love this thing
AmphetaMarinE 6:44 AM - 7 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Asus W2Jc
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo T2600 2.16GHz
MB of RAM: 2GB DDR 667
HD Space: 120gb
Screen Size: 17" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop:$3875AUD
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: This thing is perfection in a carry bag...
DJ Irv 4:52 PM - 7 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model) MacBook BLACK
Processor Type & Speed: Centrino Duo 2Ghz
MB or RAM 512MB
HD Spacee 80Gb
Screen Size 13"
How much you paid for lapotp: 1000USD (new)
Performance 8
Any problems or issues: YES! the fucking thing stays on after shutdown sometimes
Wait for a second generation of the MacBook. This one has a few SERIOUS bugs. My dell 700m was much more reliable. oh and my dell 700m has a developer copy of Mac OS X 86.
TheMightyThor 12:50 AM - 8 October, 2006
i called dell and told them i need a really good laptop, the gave me an inspiron e1705 and it seems good to me, i dont know shit about computers tho, but its got 17" screen which is a bit too big, and a duo core processor and 2 internal hds. shits quick.
DJ ENDLESS 3:23 PM - 8 October, 2006
I am using an IBM T42 1.8gh Processor
Adding an extra 512MB to get me to 1G Memory
40G HD with stablizer software
Using a light weight 80g LACIE external USB powered Hardrive to hold my MP3.
Also there is program called Diskeeper that you should be using to optimize your system from running slow after 4-6 hours (spinning) of reading and swapping files.(On a Windows OS)

I am currently building a new IBM T60 duo core with 1.5Mb Ram
60G HD. I will check in again once I get that tested.
DjCoreyBon 6:40 PM - 9 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 70GB
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $690
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
OS: Windows XP Pro
Any problems or issues: None now :)! But, when I used to use Windows XP Media Edition I used to get the infamous blue screen of death "beginning physical dump of memory...etc." But once I upgraded to Windows XP Pro my machine became more stable. Make sure to add SP2 once you freshly install XP Pro to your PC.
Other helpful comments: SSL runs great on this machine
djnotorrious 1:04 AM - 11 October, 2006
I am using a apple ibookg4.512mb ram.40g hd. i give it a 10 works good with ssl.the only problem is ssl will quit if computer get hot. i have a cooling pad now and no problems since.i'm saving up for a bigger one (macbook pro 15 or 17)and besides ssl works better with apple computers because of i-tunes built in ssl.(less steps to take when ripping and loading mp3's)
SickSense 3:52 AM - 12 October, 2006
Just got a macKbook! :)
Osiris 9:12 AM - 12 October, 2006
Quote:
ssl works better with apple computers because of i-tunes built in ssl.(less steps to take when ripping and loading mp3's)


???
djransom 9:20 PM - 12 October, 2006
Quote:
I am using a apple ibookg4.512mb ram.40g hd. i give it a 10 works good with ssl.the only problem is ssl will quit if computer get hot. i have a cooling pad now and no problems since.i'm saving up for a bigger one (macbook pro 15 or 17)and besides ssl works better with apple computers because of i-tunes built in ssl.(less steps to take when ripping and loading mp3's)


I have the exact same laptop. Another solution, buy an iCurve. I've been using it since I got my iBook and it's incredible. Good luck.
dj KarrsiN 6:03 AM - 13 October, 2006
Quote:
Quote:
ssl works better with apple computers because of i-tunes built in ssl.(less steps to take when ripping and loading mp3's)


???


Hey guess what, iTunes works for pc's too!!!!!! WOW
djkurious 12:16 AM - 16 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Gateway Platinum Edition MP6954
Processor Type & Speed: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.6
MB of RAM: 2048 MB
HD Space: 120 GB
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: 999.99
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: none
fusic 9:09 AM - 16 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Lenova IBM Thinkpad R51e
Processor Type & Speed: Intel® Celeron M 1.5GHz
MB of RAM: 256 MB + 1GB upgrade
HD Space: 40 GB
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: £350 + £80 for RAM upgrade
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: No SSL problems but doesnt always recognise my external hard-drive first time - minor issue.
Other helpful comments: Runs SSL flawlessly with the smallest USB buffer size. Very solid laptop with useful keyboard light mounted at the top of the screen. A definite bargain.
Mo Delicious 2:16 PM - 16 October, 2006
Macbook 2Ghz 1Gb Ram 80Gb HDD
djSpinz 3:50 PM - 16 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple PowerBook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 / 1.33Gz / 12"
MB of RAM: 768
HD Space: 60
How much you paid for laptop: 1000 CDN used
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9

Any problems or issues: I keep an old version of software everytime i update. I've found that my screen is a bit jumpy with 1.6.2 so I've stuck with 1.6.1 until I can get a bit more ram

Other helpful comments: Bottom where the ram chip goes in gets hot but not enough to cause problems. have run it for hours with no crashes in computer or SSL. Best thing is that the 12" footprint fits almost anywhere, couldn't imagine playing with a larger computer as this set up seems perfect for playing out. Have used it at all my shows since i got it and I can't imagine going back to regular records or CDs
AmphetaMarinE 7:28 AM - 17 October, 2006
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Asus W2Jc
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo T2600 2.16GHz
MB of RAM: 2GB DDR 667
HD Space: 120gb
Screen Size: 17" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop:$3875AUD
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: This thing is perfection in a carry bag...


Now also a Macbook Pro 2GHz | 1GB RAM | 80GB HDD
:) The Asus will become my backup laptop :)
Osiris 11:07 AM - 17 October, 2006
Quote:
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Asus W2Jc
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo T2600 2.16GHz
MB of RAM: 2GB DDR 667
HD Space: 120gb
Screen Size: 17" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop:$3875AUD
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: This thing is perfection in a carry bag...


Now also a Macbook Pro 2GHz | 1GB RAM | 80GB HDD
:) The Asus will become my backup laptop :)


Why??? The Asus is a higher spec'd machine... The Asus taking up too much space?
AmphetaMarinE 4:44 PM - 17 October, 2006
yea exactly... its a 17"... too big :(
Osiris 6:33 PM - 17 October, 2006
Damn... Tis a sweet machine though... but I gotta agree with that. A 15.4" screen is as large as I would go. Those pockets must be hurtin. That's a lotta cash dropped on laptops. :)
John Nasty 11:11 PM - 22 October, 2006
HP NX7400
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 4 MB cache
4GB DDR II SDRAM - 667MHz
120 GB 7200 RPM ( SATA )
15.4 widescreen
1400 $ + 500 $ for extra 3GB memory
Performance 1-10 ( 12 + ) :)
problems or issues : i buyed serato one week ago, and i basicly learned how to use it and i tested it out this weekend. After 5 songs played , entire serato just crashed. I restarted it , and it worked perfectly rest of the night. I think it was a bad mp3 or old software (1.4).
I think that next step for rane or serato to make is a perfect bag for laptop and serato =)
AmphetaMarinE 7:43 AM - 23 October, 2006
Quote:
Damn... Tis a sweet machine though... but I gotta agree with that. A 15.4" screen is as large as I would go. Those pockets must be hurtin. That's a lotta cash dropped on laptops. :)


Your not kiddin...
My pockets are definately bruised n battered :(
Somatic 10:33 AM - 24 October, 2006
Acer Travelmate 4064
2ghz Intel Centrino
1gb Ram
128mb shared video memory
100gb HDD
15.4" Widescreen
XP Pro
Paid $1,800 AUD at the start of this year.
DJDDT1974 7:15 AM - 27 October, 2006
I'm jealous...
I have an HP ze2000
60Gb Drive (really it's like 55)
low RAM
slow as all hell... but it hasn't konk'd out on me after almost two years... I'm saving bottles & cans and I'm getting a Mac Book Pro. I'm keeping the hooptie, though!

DETROIT WHUT!
BriChi 6:10 PM - 27 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook pro Core 2 Duo
Processor Type & Speed: 2.16 intel core 2 duo
MB of RAM: 2gb
HD Space: 120 GB 5400rpm
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: 1999.99
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none so far. I'll report some if there are this weekend

Other helpful comments: get the ram yourself and install. Apple charges a lot for ram upgrades
Twelvizm 3:24 PM - 29 October, 2006
17 G4 Powerbook
120gig HD
1.6 ghtz CPU
1 gig Ram
128 mb vRam

$1,200

iTunes conflicts with SSL have been my biggest problem.
RayUTNorCal 7:30 AM - 30 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Compaq NX6310
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Celeron M 410(1.46GHz)
MB of RAM: Stock 256MB but I added 512MB
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: free :)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: I had problems adding the RAM but it wasnt that much of a deal.
Other helpful comments: nothing I can think of
j cue 9:24 AM - 30 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):lenovo s180
Processor Type & Speed: pentium centrino 1.5ghz
MB of RAM:512
HD Space: 80 gig
Screen Size:14 " i think
How much you paid for laptop:5000 rmb(thats china money)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: had dropout issues to begin with, sorted now
Other helpful comments: best with seperate hardware profile set up for serato with network card/device disabled from device manager,, turn off start up items in msconfig,, and your good to go!
ekwipt 4:07 PM - 30 October, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Asus Z96J
Processor Type & Speed: Core 2 Duo 2.0
MB of RAM:2 gig 667 Mhz
HD Space: 100 gig Sata 7200 rpm
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop:$2450 Aus
Performance (1-10, 10 high): edit for rating but i'd say a 9 so far
Any problems or issues: No audio dropouts but visual glitches at the first gig i did, not sure if it was needles jumping or buffer was to low (it was on the lowest)
J Felix 12:46 AM - 1 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac Book on 10.4.7
Processor Type & Speed: Intel duo 1.83ghz
MB of RAM: 1gig
HD Space: 60gig
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: 1,299
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: none...just the USB issue..where one USB has more bus power...the USB closest to the power supply is used for a Targus laptop stand with 2 fans....which is really great keeps the laptop running cool and smooth...and the second usb port is for Serato....I havent had any problems at all except using Serato with the Technic CD players....can't stand them...super buggy...could have been the ones I was using..but had constant drifting....
Other helpful comments:i keep the airport off and disable spotlight sometimes....keep the harddrive from scanning the drives during a party...works amazing.....Before I setup serato I reinstalled the OS with only the core programs....go rid of imovie, iword, idvd etc...they take up over 3gigs...thats a lot of music space wasted.....


for 1,299 and paying 530 for serato.....bad ass rig for under 2K.....smokes everyone elses machine....and looks great....the 13" screen for some reason has an amazingly larger display of the waveform in horizontal view then the Macbook 15" or 17".....I would recomend this setup
djransom 3:44 AM - 2 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Apple Macbook
Processor Type & Speed:2GHz Intel Core Duo Processor
MB of RAM:512
HD Space:80
Screen Size:13"
How much you paid for laptop:$1500
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:Use the 1st USB port and you're good to go.
Other helpful comments
My iBook will now be my backup
QECRUSH 6:37 AM - 3 November, 2006
I switched because small wasn't exactly my favorite and I wanted a bigger screen, so here is what I had then here is what I am switching over to use.

Dell 710m Inspiron
Intel Pentium M Mobile Chip
1.7ghz Processor, 1 Gig of Ram, 60 Gig Hard Drive
Screen size 12.1" Total weigh is 4.1 Lbs.
Works Perfect

Switch over to

Dell B130
Intel Pentium M Mobile Chip
1.7ghz Processor. 40 Gig Hard Drive
Screen Size 15.4", Weighs I'd say about 8lbs.
Currently has 512MB Ram, Shows 502MB, I ordered a 1gig stick for it for about $159 yesterday and so depending on what's inside I will soon have the 1 gig stick and 1 256MB stick -- if when they installed it they did two seperate 256 sticks, or I will have 1 gig stick and 1 512MB stick. Either or this laptop should be very comporable to what I am switching from.

Likewise it will solve the ACPI mystery. If it's ACPI and I need to run without the battery or if I just added a ton of RAM to it and it works like a champ. I will def subscribe to this dicussion and post a result as soon as I get it.

Regards,
Jason Canaan
QECRUSH
amitai 4:22 PM - 3 November, 2006
I'm purchasing serato next week... I plan to use this laptop:

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T43
Processor Type & Speed: pentium M 1.86 GHz
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 40 GB internal + 250 GB external
Screen Size: 14.1"
DJ BuddyLee Conspiracy 7:33 AM - 7 November, 2006
Just got my computer shipped the other day and this is what im getting

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspirion E1505
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0 Ghz
MB of RAM: 2 GB
HD Space: 120 GB HD
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: 1077.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): Will discuss later once I recieve laptop and serato
QECRUSH 8:41 AM - 7 November, 2006
I did forget to put these stats on there.

My Dell 710m was $1350-$1400 can't remember exactly and the Dell B130 was around $560 both with free shipping.
nathan? 4:03 PM - 7 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio SZ220
Processor Type & Speed: Core Duo 1.83 GHZ
MB of RAM: 1536MB
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 13.3"
How much you paid for laptop: $1,799
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Only 2 USB ports and 1 Firewire. And a dinky WWAN Attena, ugh.
Other helpful comments: 4.1 lbs" With Battery
MixMaster E 10:01 PM - 9 November, 2006
Name of Laptop: MacBook Pro
Processor: 1.4 Ghz PowerPc G4
Ram: 1.2GB
Cost: $1200, paid $600 used 7mths late 2004 model
Screen: 13.3"
Performance: 9, after complete updates- 10
Any Problems: faster than windows
Other Hints : depending on your usage of laptop, always upgrade to enough memory, and invest in an external hard drive- so your main hd runs pc or lap at maximum speed
Personal Commnt: I had a Toshiba windows based laptop and hd plenty of problems, since I switched to Mac it's like having Broadband or T3 connection than 56k. all appl. run short and long term like a rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BriChi 12:05 AM - 10 November, 2006
MixMaster, With those specs, It looks like you purchased a powerbook not a Macbook pro, The Macbook pro's use the intel chip and the Powerbook's use ppc
djbonsu 7:00 PM - 10 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook (black joint)
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space:80 GB
Screen Size:13"
How much you paid for laptop:$1699
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10 (so far)
Any problems or issues:None thus far....runs great!
Other helpful comments: i have an external 250GB HD...no other prgrams run when SSL is in use
MusicMeister 5:03 AM - 15 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion dv2125nr
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Turion 64x2 ML-50
MB of RAM: 1GB (1024MB)
HD Space: 120GB (5400rpm)
Screen Size: 14.1" widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $749
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Lots of bloatware out of the box. Otherwise it works wonderfully.
Other helpful comments: Remove all the bloatware and this thing screams.
MusicMeister 5:05 AM - 15 November, 2006
FYI - the HP Pavilion dv2125nr comes with Windows XP Media Center Edition and a nifty little remote so you can watch your movies while you're waiting for your gig to start.
JINX 3:14 AM - 17 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.13 Core Duo
MB of RAM: 1GB (1024MB)
HD Space: 120GB (5400rpm)
Screen Size: 15.1" widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $1,799
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: The program momentarally freezes when I map a song.
Other helpful comments: I am also using an IMAC intel 1.8 and that is slower but has no problems. I am having all sorts on the Duo..
Mr. Wright 9:41 PM - 19 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio S360
Processor Type & Speed: 1.7 Ghz Pentium M (Centrino)
MB of RAM: 512mb
HD Space: 80 gb
Screen Size: 13.3"
How much you paid for laptop: $100(Don't Ask)...retailed $1,999 last year.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: None so far, the wave forms are a little bit more laggy then on my desktop but not enough to effect performance since i hardly use them anyway. USB Buffer is set at 2.
Other helpful comments: I love this laptop. Its 4.1lbs 13" screen & has a dedicated ati radeon with 64mb of ram. Runs real smooth. I'll be bumping the RAM up to 1GB in a week. I'll let you know if that speeds things up anymore.
hustlas 1:21 AM - 20 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): 2.0GHz MacBook Black
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 13.3-inch
How much you paid for laptop: 1999
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Not yet i hope so.
Other helpful comments: Get a cooler for the macbook, gets pretty hot after a while.
DJ ROSSBERG 8:21 PM - 23 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200
MB of RAM: 2GB, DDR2, 533MHz
HD Space: 80GB 5400RPM SATA
Screen Size: 15.4 Inch TrueLife Wide-screenWXGA
How much you paid for laptop: $1,487.36
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None So far. I did my first gig with it, and no issues with the comp.
Other helpful comments: I had the laptop stripped down butt naked. I put some RAM in it and the second best processor chip in the world installed. This laptop is strictly for Serato. No other programs are installed, except essentials like BPM analyzer, Acid, Soundforge, and MP3 tag editors. I would of souped it up to 4 gigs of ram.. but i am a dj on a budget.
B-swizz 5:32 AM - 28 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Centrino Duo processor T7200
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 100GB 5400RPM SATA
Screen Size: 15.4 Inch
How much you paid for laptop: $1,000.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None At all runs flawlessly. I love it.
Other helpful comments: I wish i had a faster processor though. But its fine.
Dj onyx 6:05 AM - 28 November, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed: Intel core 2 duo processor T5500
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 120GB 5400 RPM SATA
Screen Size: 15.4 Inch
How Much You paid for laptop: $860.00
Performance (1-10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None works great all the time. I have installed the driver for the ssl on all of the usb port and I can use any of them without any issues. I have all of my crates on my 5400 rpm western digital external hard drive.
Other helpful comments: I have just gone thru a nine hour set last saturday flawlessly.
DJ_NatE 1:15 AM - 2 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP dv5130us
Processor Type & Speed: AMD ML-54 2.0GHZ w/ speedbooster
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 120GB 5400 RPM SATA
Screen Size: 15.4 Inch
How Much You paid for laptop: $900
Performance (1-10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Graphics at first messed up the entire Laptop but now its good.
Oxid 7:05 PM - 7 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz Apple
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 13,3inch
How much you paid for laptop: 1300 euro's
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: I have not tested it much with ssl, but did a quick massive test with it, by scratching, touching the trackpad and scolling at the same time and had no issue's with ssl, but I have the impression that the fan's are louder than on the Core Duo.
Comments: Before reporting problems => check your system's stability
DJ_CARY 9:06 PM - 7 December, 2006
Name: AVERATEC 2260EY1R
Processor: AMD TURION 64 2200
Ram: 1 GB
HD: 80 GB
Screen Size: 12"
Price: $598
Performance: 9
Any Problems or Issues: NONE!
HittinSkinzTa2 6:24 AM - 8 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: 2 Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 1 gig DDR2 SDRAM
HD Space: 120 gig
Screen Size: 13 "
How much you paid for laptop: 1500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): So far... 10
Any problems or issues: As of right now, none. but I'm sure eventally something will start.
Other helpful comments: Nope.
DJ Reaction 7:42 AM - 8 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 512GB
HD Space: 80GB 5400RPM
Screen Size: 15.4 Inch
How Much You paid for laptop: 1,700
Performance (1-10 high): 11
Any problems or issues: None

I used to have a TOSHIBA M45-S359, but that shit crashed on me weekely, so I stepped up and bought the real shit!
DjDre 10:32 AM - 8 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 9300
Processor Type & Speed: 1.73 ghz
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 100 mb
Screen Size: 17in
How much you paid for laptop: $1700
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues:no issues yet
Other helpful comments: should of goten the 15inch screen this shit is 2 big but works very well.
George Vibe 4:17 AM - 9 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Dual 2.16
MB of RAM: 2 Gigs of Ram
HD Space: 120 Gig hard drive
Screen Size: 13 Inch
How much you paid for laptop: just under $1,500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none what so ever.
Other helpful comments: For me, Macs are the best computers to use for audio or video period. Everyone that I know and work with that has Serato, or pro tools, or any kind of music program uses macs just for the reason that most of us who had PC's in the past, have had a lot of problems with them before of crashing or other kinds of problems. Ever since I made the switch to Apple computers, I have not had any problems running any kind of audio programs, specially Serato. When I spin at a show and do a 4 hour set, I have the confindence that my laptop will not give out on me. Apples are a little more expensive than your Dells or your Sony's but it sure as hell is worth the money
DJ Dave G 7:43 AM - 11 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 6000
Processor Type & Speed: Celeron 1.2GHZ
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 40gb
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: approx $800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8 (heat issue)
Any problems or issues: I've just started using my laptop with Serato. The only thing I noticed at my last gig was that the laptop seemed to be getting alittle warm.
Other helpful comments: Although Macs are my favorite, for the price, it's hard to look away from a PC. But if you get one, make sure it's got alittle juice. This is what I'm thinking is the cause of my heat issue. The processor may not be as powerful as I'd either like or need it to be.
George Vibe 10:12 PM - 12 December, 2006
As far as the laptops getting hot, pretty much all laptops get hot when used for quite some time. No matter if you have a MAC or PC. You have the processor constantly running when you are running Serato but it should be fine. One solution is that you can buy a cooling pad for your laptop. I believe they run for about $30.00 or so and it defenitely does help to keep your laptop cool.
DJ Dave G 12:13 AM - 13 December, 2006
Thanks alot Vibe. I appreciate the advice.
armon 5:47 AM - 14 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Gateway 4012GZ
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Celeron M 1.5Ghz
MB of RAM: 512MB DDR
HD Space: 80GB 7200rpm
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $600 (6 months Ago)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Never had any problems. The only concern I have is that the CPU usage goes around 60%-70% when using Serato.
Other helpful comments: Get more RAM
A J 2:32 PM - 14 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Gateway MX6437
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology ML-32
Operates at 1.8 GHz
MB of RAM: 1GB (PC2700)
HD Space: 80GB (4200 rpm)
Screen Size: 15.4-inch Widescreen Ultrabright WXGA TFT
How much you paid for laptop: $450
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Blue screend on me once when I got it. Turns out that it was from a bad factory install. Fresh install of XP and I have been good to go.
Other helpful comments: The nax supported RAM is 2GB. If you plan on using the internal HD to play your set from, upgrade your HD to 5400 rpm.
Floss B 3:07 AM - 16 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed:Intel Core 2 Duo processor 1.66GHz
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space:120gb
Screen Size:15.4
How much you paid for laptop: $1,100
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:Right deck stopped orking one time but other than that perfect.
Other helpful comments: Cooling pads help.
DJ Dave G 10:01 AM - 16 December, 2006
G-Vibe, I took your advise and bought a cooling pad...what a difference! The pad kept my laptop very cool.

Thanks Vibe.

DG
dj_score_LBG 1:21 PM - 16 December, 2006
can serato run well(intense scratching, clubing) whith this laptop
laptop Acer Aspire 5051AWXMi - Turion™ 64 MK-36 - 2.0GHz / TFT Wide 14,1" / 512MB / 80GB / Windows XP Home Edition / DVD rw???peace
Osiris 10:21 PM - 16 December, 2006
Quote:
can serato run well(intense scratching, clubing) whith this laptop
laptop Acer Aspire 5051AWXMi - Turion™ 64 MK-36 - 2.0GHz / TFT Wide 14,1" / 512MB / 80GB / Windows XP Home Edition / DVD rw???peace


Serato should run just fine.
BriChi 11:19 PM - 17 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 core 2 duo
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 13" wide
How much you paid for laptop: $1400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9

Only reason I rate it a 9 and not 10 is because of the know usb dropout issue on the 1 usb port. Once Apple fixes this, It's a 10
DJ`SUNNY 11:57 AM - 20 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.33 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2 gb
HD Space: 150GB
Screen Size: 17" wide
How much you paid for laptop: $3200
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9

if it had no usb drop out when touching the brightness keys then 10
dj disturbed 2:41 PM - 20 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple powerbook 15"
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67 ghz g4
MB of RAM: 1.5 gb
HD Space: 80GB internal 500+gig external (depending on witch and how many HD's i have hooked up)
Screen Size: 15" wide
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
CMega 4:12 AM - 25 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavillon DV9035nr
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo 1.66Ghz
MB of RAM: 2 GB
HD Space: 160 GB internal drives,, 2 80GB drives
Screen Size: 17 inch widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $1400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Runs Flawlessly
Other helpful comments: www.dslreports.com
DJ Michael Basic 3:25 PM - 25 December, 2006
I just got that same computer CMega, (waiting for it to arrive in the mail) but I also purchased a pair of 200gb drives for it. As soon as I get it, I'm swapping them in and loading all my music internal. I'm super excited.
CMega 2:27 AM - 29 December, 2006
Yeah, I haven't had 1 crash using ssl or without using ssl. Your going to be pumped. I'll make sure I remember you so we can discuss problems that pop up, if any do occur.
hamzter 12:24 PM - 29 December, 2006
I have SSL on a G4 Powerbook and it is ok, did notice that mp3s have somewhat of a glitch. I think it is because of the 1 ghz prcoc.

I am going to try and run it off of this Centrino Duo 2.16 ghz w/2gb of ram Dell D260 laptop... I think it will run much better than the Powerbook.
Dj Maxim S 10:48 PM - 29 December, 2006
dell inspiron 6000. ON WINDOWS XP SP 2, 2GB RAM AND 1.86 ghz processor .strong enough to handle ssl
soundsupremedj 12:47 AM - 30 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1705
Processor Type & Speed:Intel Core 2 Duo processor 1.66GHz
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space:120gb
Screen Size:17
How much you paid for laptop: $1,100
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:just got it and testing it out
Other helpful comments: not yet
djbrett 1:31 AM - 31 December, 2006
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Toshiba Satellite L35
Processor Type & Speed:1.85ghs
MB of RAM:came with 512mb just upgraded to a gig
HD Space:80G
Screen Size:15.4 widescreen
How much you paid for laptop:750 with all virus scan shit
Performance (1-10, 10 high):8-9
Any problems or issues:The battery only lasts like 1:30hours its only a 4 call battery other wise this comp is great i love it
Other helpful comments:upgrad to a gig of ram the comp runs a lot better...
Drift 6:09 PM - 1 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio PCG-GRZ515G
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium 4, 2.4GHz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 30GB
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: £600 (2nd hand)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: I've only had Serato for 4 days, but the only issue I've once had is the laptop slowing down to a crawl and then completly locking up (mouse and keyboard no longer worked) after having a short looped breakbeat on both decks (whether this is significant I have no idea, will need to test same again). I'm running the 1.6.3 software.
Other helpful comments: Nope, looks like an amazing product so far from what I've seen.
stockie 4:49 AM - 2 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba TE2000
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium 3, 1gig
MB of RAM: 225Meg (yeah i got ramm chip problems)
HD Space: 30GB (im using a 320gig external hard drive)
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: $300 (2nd hand, brought it about 3yrs ago)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 4
Any problems or issues: Because my laptop is on bare minimum specs for running serato, i have no other programs installed. i have disabled almost all my services (which i do not need ie: networking, tcpip, workstation, server, infrared, remote desktop etc...). i have only had serato for 2 days. its great. i did my first gig on it on NYE (gig went for 6hrs). It runs so smoothly and i have no errors or chuging (yes im even suprized). i am running my external hard drive through a USB 1 connection (also running my serato box through a USB 1 connection)), and the only down fall i can say about my setup is that it can take up to 40 seconds for a 5 minute song to load. Also sometimes my screen would freeze but the music would still be playing (happens sometimes when im doing doubles, and even when im loading new traks), then my screen would come back to life again and run as per normal. i am running software version 1.6.2 as i like to stay behind on the software releases. One thing i noticed is that my laptop kept rebooting itself every 2hrs (dont konw why. at first i thought i was the song i was playing that was corrupted, but then i would play the song again just after the reboot and it would be fine) **scratches head** oh well i guess i cant complain. its a dodgy laptop and im suprised that it can run serato as smoothly as it does.
Other helpful comments: if you have a low spec laptop like i have, it helps a great deal to disable useless services. they just take up CPU time and resources.
Rill 9:26 AM - 2 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook (black), MacBook1,1
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 512MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 14 inches
How much you paid for laptop: $1700 Canadian
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Never had a problem. 1st time using mac computers, and to tell you the truth, I can't go back to PC. And, with the serato program it is awesome especially with the two finger command to control your screen (do not have to drag the cursor to scroll up and down or left and right on your screen, you just have to put two fingers on the mouse key pad and the sensor will follow your finger's motion to scroll up and down or left and right).
This Laptop is very fast and does not freeze. Never had a problem while djin'.
Other helpful comments: Your best bet unless if you opt for a higher Mac model.

Hope it helps. Peace!
junior ice 1:19 AM - 3 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):MacBook 2,1 (White)
Processor Type & Speed:1.83 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM:512 mb 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
HD Space:60 gb
Screen Size:13 Inches
How much you paid for laptop:$1,191 usd
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:No problem when ever i used ssl
Other helpful comments: Uses an external HD with all of my files on it so i have me internal HD free running only ssl
J_Static 2:17 AM - 4 January, 2007
I'm with Junior...

Except I got that 15 inch titanium powerbook running serato with an ext HD(think its 400 or 800 gigs), just hella space for all my music.....

Paid about #1300 for the laptop, haven't enhanced it's memory or anything else.

Performance is a 10, even though I am still 50-50 with Serato and reg vinyl.

No issues or probs...
Dj Scuba Steve 12:32 AM - 10 January, 2007
Finally I can post in this thread since I just got my laptop.

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion dv6130us
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5200 (1.6ghz,2mb L2 cache, 533MHz FSB
MB of RAM: 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM (2 DIMM)
HD Space: 120 GB (5400 rpm) w/ recovery drive
Screen Size: 15.4 WXGA High def Brightview Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: Circuit City: $1,192.78 exact included w/ 2 yr warranty.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None so far, then again don't have SSL yet so we'll see
Other helpful comments: Remove all the crap it comes with on the pc & it runs smoothly. Going to have to get a internal drive put in cause I don't have enough room for all my mp3's & eliminates having to carry an ext all the time other than that I love the laptop.
Night Train 1:45 PM - 11 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T42
Processor Type & Speed: pentium M 1.7 GHz
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 80 GB internal
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop:$1,500
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9

Problems: None she runs flawless
DJ Jean Verano 5:19 PM - 11 January, 2007
Today I got officially pimped by Apple!!!

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook 13"
Processor Type & Speed: Intel 2 GHz
MB of RAM: 2 GB
HD Space: 80 GB internal
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: € 1.500
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10 (hope so ;Op)

Problems: None since taking out of the box 4h ago :O)

Switched from Apple G4 iBook (1GHz 512MB RAM) ...
R.$.P 1:30 AM - 13 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook (Black)
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 duo
MB of RAM: 2GB of Ram
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 12.3"
How much you paid for laptop: $1297
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None so far, had it for a month
Other helpful comments: Screen could be a little bigger but no problem at all, just learning how to use it all now.

I am also getting a DV6000 line laptop from HP, will let you know how that runs.
DJ Prinvale` 3:51 AM - 14 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Duo 1.8ghz per core
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 100gb internal, 250gb external
Screen Size: 15.1"
How much you paid for laptop: A lot
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8.5
Any problems or issues: just the normal little bugs that get fixed after every os x update
Other helpful comments: I <3 this damn thing
minc2_2000 5:30 AM - 14 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspron 1705
Processor Type & Speed: intel core 2 duo 1.83ghz
MB of RAM:1gb of ram
HD Space:120 gig sata
Screen Size:17
How much you paid for laptop: 1900
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9.6
Any problems or issues: have to turn wireless off using serato or elese i get dropouts like mad
DJ Aquapimp 6:04 AM - 15 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion dv6135nr
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 Ghz
MB of RAM: 2Gb
HD Space: 120 GB internal
Screen Size: 15.4 High Definition Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: 1,200
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.5
Any problems or issues: Got the Blue Screen once when building overviews
Other helpful comments: Great Laptop for the price! I luv it!
FATTY FAT FAT 6:23 PM - 16 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook
Processor Type & Speed: G4 1.5 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1.25 GB
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $2500 CAD w/ applecare
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.5
Any problems or issues: a couple hiccups
Other helpful comments: fanfriggintastic
djdrew 2:10 PM - 17 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac Book (black)
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0G intel
MB of RAM: 512MB of DDR266 SDRAM
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 13 inches
How much you paid for laptop: 899
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: As long as I am not doing anything silly like searching for porn, opening up other processor hungry applications while Djing I am all set. This baby works like a charm
djnemesis 10:42 PM - 17 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM T23
Processor Type & Speed: PIII-M 1.13GHz
MB of RAM: 768MB of PC133 SDRAM
HD Space: 120GB WD Scorpio 5400RPM
Screen Size: 14 inches
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues: no problem
PikWik 5:25 PM - 20 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 6000
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.6ghz
MB of RAM: 512 (will upgrade to 1 gig sometime)
HD Space: 60
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: 1k
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none, run it full blast v1.6.3 (buffer at lowest)
Other helpful comments: i thought my laptop would need some kind of upgrade. however, right out the box, serato ran perfect. no other usb devices are plugged in, just serato. msconfig-ed tweaked PC (nothing running except serato; i even close explorer!) no drift.
Zee4242 12:32 AM - 24 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Duo 1.8ghz per core
MB of RAM: 2gb
HD Space: 160gb internal, 300gb external
Screen Size: 15.1"
How much you paid for laptop: Nuff
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Not Yet
Other helpful comments: Buy A Mac....works amazing with Serato...no issues
DJ Diesel 9:17 AM - 31 January, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33ghz per core
MB of RAM: 3gb
HD Space: 120gb internal, 500gb external(800mbit Firewire)
Screen Size: 15.1"
How much you paid for laptop: $ 3200.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10+
Any problems or issues: No
and
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony VAIO 670
Processor Type & Speed: P-4 2.6GHz
MB of RAM: 2gb
HD Space: 100gb internal, 500gb external (400mBit Firewire)
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $ 2700.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Not Yet
Other helpful comments: Well tuned DEDICATED PC laptop works great, but Mac is the best for Serato. With Mac I was using Serato and Ripping CD with iTunes at the same time NO PROBLEM! PC did Serato part very well, but did not pass the ripping test.
If you can buy Mac - Do it!
ceedee 4:13 PM - 1 February, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2ghz per core
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 80gb internal, 250gb external(usb2)
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: £879
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: No
and
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Equium M50-164
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.73GHz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 60gb
Screen Size: 15" wide
How much you paid for laptop: £799
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Not Yet
Other helpful comments: Prefer using the mac with serato rather than the PC
DJ Hugh Tyson 12:46 AM - 2 February, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook g4 (the lowest-end Apple you can possibly buy)
Processor Type & Speed: No clue, the lowest end possible on an Apple I'm sure
MB of RAM: Low as hell
HD Space: 20gb internal, no external (budget as hell)
Screen Size: 14"
How much you paid for laptop: $400.00 U.S. on craigslist.com from a random dude
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None. Works like magic for the last 8 months, playing out at least 12 hours total a week. Never farted, crashed, slowed down, clipped audio, nada zip zero problems. I only keep about 2,000 songs on it though, only shit I'm currently playing and classics. Everything else I store on my desktop. Go Apple, this thing is smooth!
J_Static 11:08 PM - 2 February, 2007
Quote:
Go Apple!!!


I SECOND THAT STATEMENT.....Apple Computer's are the BOMB!
DJ Pyro 11:41 PM - 2 February, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.33Ghz
MB of RAM: 512MB PC 2700 DDR SDRAM
HD Space: 40GB but I use my 300 GB external
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $700 BRAND NEW/ $850 wit 4 yr warranty
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Processor needs to be a tad bit bigger, heats up pretty nice
Other helpful comments: Get a fan to sit under this lil fella. Get a larger HD if you want to keep all your music on the system or get an external with ONLY music files on it.
DJ IzzyRock 10:48 PM - 5 February, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2ghz per core
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 80gb internal and a 250gb external(firewire)
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: $1300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: No
DJmikeymike 3:28 AM - 7 February, 2007
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Thinkpad T43
Processor Type & Speed: 1.8 centrino
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 40gb internal and a 250gb 7200 external
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: $650.00 (ebay)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: No
DJmikeymike 3:29 AM - 7 February, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Thinkpad T43
Processor Type & Speed: 1.8 centrino
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 40gb internal and a 250gb 7200 external
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: $650.00 (ebay)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: No
Chulindo 12:38 AM - 9 February, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple & MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1440 x 900 pixels
2GB memory
120GB hard drive1
6x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics with 256MB SDRAM Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $2,499.99 (Apple Store 59 St 5 Ave)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: No
Other helpful comments:Im About To Get marry to this Laptop
My SSl Run So Good O My God "Hot 2 Hot" LOL
DJ d.range 1:56 AM - 10 February, 2007
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): hp pavillion dv6125 special edition
Processor Type & Speed: amd turion 64 x 2 tl 56
1gb ram 120gb hdd
lightscribe super-multi 8x dvd rw w/dbl layer support
nvidia geforce go 6150 Size: 15.4" wxga hi def
How much you paid for laptop: $949.00Performance (1-10, 10 high): unsure
Any problems or issues: No
Other helpful comments:not yet
djdale 2:46 PM - 10 February, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Gateway NX570X
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo T2050 (1.6GHZ)
MB of RAM: 1024MB
HD Space: 80GB-Internal with 500GB Western Digital External
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen Brightview
How much you paid for laptop: $922.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9-10 so far
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: I;m still ripping all my inventory. But I stopped for about a 1/2 hour to play around with it. Didn't have any problems. So far very, VERY happy with SSL!!!
Dr. PSYCHOSIS 9:54 PM - 12 February, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM Thinkpad T42/G4 Powerbook
Processor Type & Speed: 1.7GHz/1GHZ
MB of RAM:1GB
HD Space: 60
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: too much/much more
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7/9
Any problems or issues: windows
Other helpful comments: buy a mac
DJ-A 7:08 PM - 13 February, 2007
i'm going to buy serato... i'll be using a g4 ibook... anyone know the minimum ram i need? i think it has a stick of 512 and 256 currently running.
DJ-A 7:10 PM - 13 February, 2007
Also... does anyone run a desktop?
manaus99 1:18 AM - 14 February, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook "black" (Bought 2 weeks before Apple launched the new Core 2 Duo + 120 giga Hard disk. So angry about at the time)
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz
Hd Space 80 (no music on it only serato software ) external western digital WD Passport 120 giga USB powered (I never had a problem with USB dropouts even though I was scared to death after readin some people going mad with it) I've another five hard disk 2 laCie d2 extreme + 2 western digital My Book Premium + another one that i assembled using a western digital hard disk and a hamlet external case)
Screen Size: 13,3
How much I paid for the laptop: 1,550 Euro (that is 2.019,185 us Dollar over there with this money I would have bought a MacBookPro... APPLE WHY? STOP DISCRIMINATION WITH EUROPEAN CLIENT and particularly ITALIAN mac shop SO EXPENSIVE ....)
Performance: 10 never had a problem up to now even though I very often use it in clubs without any setting, I mean I often don't even go to the set up screen, plug and go absolute mode only
Other helpful comments: I agree with BY A MAC, but I strongly believe that if you are going to use only for serato it's too much. Any average pc with dual core CPU will do fine.8/900 us dollars machine and you are ready to fly:::::::::::::::)))))
as you can see from my profile I have an iMac 20 too but I used with serato only once because getting back to 13.3 screen is so frustrating after using a 20 inch one.....
Serato I love u.............. You made me practise at home again after 10 years ..... so much fun
BUY SERATO any machine will do......
Dj Wunder 2:52 AM - 16 February, 2007
Quote:
i'm going to buy serato... i'll be using a g4 ibook... anyone know the minimum ram i need? i think it has a stick of 512 and 256 currently running.


Hey I have the same setup with no real problems. Kinda hard to do intense stuff in relative mode though, (Backspinning and switch a cue point with keylock and my little iBook doesn't likey) Just small little freezes though, and the music plays on throughout, no USB dropouts or anything...yet.

Also: Is there a general consensus on which is better, the Powerbook with the G4 processor or the Macbook/Pro with the intel? Thinking of an upgrade..
DJ-A 4:56 AM - 16 February, 2007
Quote:
Quote:
i'm going to buy serato... i'll be using a g4 ibook... anyone know the minimum ram i need? i think it has a stick of 512 and 256 currently running.


Hey I have the same setup with no real problems. Kinda hard to do intense stuff in relative mode though, (Backspinning and switch a cue point with keylock and my little iBook doesn't likey) Just small little freezes though, and the music plays on throughout, no USB dropouts or anything...yet.



Also: Is there a general consensus on which is better, the Powerbook with the G4 processor or the Macbook/Pro with the intel? Thinking of an upgrade..



i've heard the macbook pro is awesome, but not worth the money if its just for Serato
manaus99 4:59 AM - 16 February, 2007
I think so, a basic white macbook running only SERATO ....THE BOMB::::::::::::::::!!!!!
manaus99 5:01 AM - 16 February, 2007
but I've tried it on much cheaper machine with last generation CPUs and no problems at all.....
Dj Wunder 10:52 AM - 16 February, 2007
cool, I definitely agree and am totally happy with my 933 Mhz iBook G4, but is there a laptop out there that runs Serato with NO (I mean ZERO, as in ZILCH) freezes or hiccups during intense mixing/scratching?
djsuccess 8:40 PM - 18 February, 2007
Quote: Get a Macbook Pro
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 2gb
HD Space: 100gb internal and a 500gb 7200 external
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $2,499
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Hell to the Na
m0nster 5:33 PM - 19 February, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):HP DV9205CA
Processor Type & Speed: AMD TURION TL-52 64bit X2 1.6Ghzx2
MB of RAM:1024DDR2 667Mhz
HD Space:250 Gigs internal
Screen Size:17inch widescreen (1440x900)
How much you paid for laptop: 999 cdn
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: It came with a HP dock. Using the dock, i find i suffer some usb lights coming on midly, never a dropout/issue that effected sound, but still, if i dont use the dock its' a non-issue.
Other helpful comments:Great laptop, but came with Vista preinstalled, you have to instal xp on your own, as well as get the HP dv9005ca xp drivers and use them on the dv9205ca machine.
hersh20 2:41 AM - 21 February, 2007
Dell Inspiron 600m
Proc: P4 - Centrino 1.7Ghz
1024 MB Ram
HD: 80 Gb
Screen: 14"
Paid: $1300 last winter
Performance: 8 of 10
no issues to date.
---Running Serato with the ttm57 for approx 3 months no issues at all.---
DJ Keebler 11:37 AM - 22 February, 2007
Dell inspiron 9400

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7400 (2.16GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)

MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

HARD DRIVE 200GB 4200rpm SATA Hard Drive

Has made my ssl expirence unreal this shit is the bomb for me....
DJ-A 2:58 PM - 22 February, 2007
Quote:
Dell inspiron 9400

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7400 (2.16GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)

MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

HARD DRIVE 200GB 4200rpm SATA Hard Drive

Has made my ssl expirence unreal this shit is the bomb for me....


did you have something before? if so what did this machine do to notice a difference?
djrhouse 10:21 PM - 22 February, 2007
Dell Inspiron 9300 17" True Life Screen
Intel Centrino 1.6GHZ
2 Gigs of RAM, 6 USB ports
256MB Video RAM NVIDIA GFORCE
Seagate 160 Gig Internal Hard drive, 5400 RPM
Price: $1600
Performance 9 (it would be a 10 of it were a XPS)
No problems whatsoever and now 20 months old. (Old by laptop standards). Vista is standing by when drivers are available :)
Nothing but SSL and 60 gigs of music so far and climbing....
Ghostcopy 4:03 AM - 23 February, 2007
MacBook White
Intel Core 2 duo 2GHz
2GHz Ram
80Gb HDD
13.3" Screen
$2000AUS
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:Just that bloody USB dropout issue
Other helpful comments:
mikep 5:30 AM - 23 February, 2007
HP dv8000z (MCE)17" widescreen
WAMD Turion 64 2.0GHz
1GB RAM
160GB (2x80GB)
DVDRW w/lightscribe
$1299.99 (March 2006)
Performance: 9 No real problems, it just has the momentary wave form freeze when loading a track that they all do. No dropouts. It is used exclusively for SSL.
Other helpful comments: I made sure to load the drivers on all 4 USB ports so it doesn't matter which one I connect to. (no good/bad USB issue like some of the Mac's)
DJ Michael Basic 9:59 PM - 23 February, 2007
Hey Mikep...on that dv8000 have you noticed that the keyboard drops letters sometimes when you're typing?

I have one of my karaoke setups on a dv8000 and I'm constantly finding letters missing. I'm a pretty good typist, and I don't usually miss letters without noticing it, but on this computer, I do a lot. I've read that other people have the same problem with the keyboard on those.
mikep 10:55 PM - 23 February, 2007
Quote:
Hey Mikep...on that dv8000 have you noticed that the keyboard drops letters sometimes when you're typing?


I haven't noticed it happening. I will watch for it and let you know if I do see it happening.
DJ Irv 3:45 AM - 24 February, 2007
Dell Inspiron XPS M1210
Core 2 Duo 1.83Mhz x2
1Gb of Ram
80Gb Hard Drive
12.1" W I D E S C R E E N
$999.00 wtih tax and shipping from the Dell outlet
Performance 8
Any problems or issues: Dell's Media software was buggy and would crash even when the machine was new so I deleted the invisible partition for it and the re installation partition. This gave me back 7Gb of otherwise wasted space.
Other helpful comments: When ever you buy a computer be sure to always get the Windows XP installer and redo the whole machine. There is nothing like a new install of XP to get things running right. I like this Dell much more than my Black Macbook.
Jay Ru 2:07 PM - 24 February, 2007
i have been using a sony vaio vgn-fs41se
1.70 intel celeron m processor
512 mb of ram
80 gig harddrive
15.4 inch widescreen monitor

but i ordered my mac yesterday and hope to have monday

MacBook 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo - White
13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
1280 x 800 resolution
512MB memory (2x256MB SODIMMs)
60GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Built-in iSight camera

all for the very cheap price of 900 euros
dj duce 9:26 PM - 26 February, 2007
Will I be able to record using Pro tools or logic while using Serato? example- record a live gig.
shiestO! 5:29 PM - 28 February, 2007
i run a desktop... its an e-machine pooper which i have overloaded hard. it works though. just sucks not to have the lappy for the cue points etc. i gotta hop to the right like a foot to access my keyboard. sucks huh? haha.
dj madi 8:36 PM - 28 February, 2007
man i cant wait to be like the rest of you and get a nice laptop.im running a dell b120.i had 30 gigs of music on it and when i ran serato i would get serious dropouts.it has 3 ginky usb ports.i cant put any weight on the computer or i get dropouts.so there fore i must type very gently and slowly.it has no firewall connection.but i wont complain because it was a gift.
DJ_KP 8:41 PM - 28 February, 2007
I just bought my Mac today should be here Friday.


2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
120GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
SuperDrive 6x (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
MacBook Pro 15-inch Widescreen Display
Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
Accessory Kit

My Question is Do I really need the 3GB of Ram an the Maxed out hard drive?

Or should I just Run the whole sereato system on an External hardrive?

DJ_KP (new serato purchaser)
m0nster 9:03 PM - 28 February, 2007
i dont think ANYONE needs 3 gigs of ram to have serato runs stable.

Installing it to a external hd won't help much either. You should just install serato to the internal laptop hard drive. A external drive is great for music, but do you really need more then say 80 gigs per gig? If not then i would store all my music on a external and swap in/around the music you know you will want to play/consider is a must have etc on the internal. SSL works great with externals thou, just make sure you don't get one like a 1 touch maxtor that goes to slee
DJ_KP 9:13 PM - 28 February, 2007
[Thanks Monster I will take your advice and get an External..... I just wanted to make sure I would not have to upgrade anything later on with the new mac. Good looking out]
i dont think ANYONE needs 3 gigs of ram to have serato runs stable.

Installing it to a external hd won't help much either. You should just install serato to the internal laptop hard drive. A external drive is great for music, but do you really need more then say 80 gigs per gig? If not then i would store all my music on a external and swap in/around the music you know you will want to play/consider is a must have etc on the internal. SSL works great with externals thou, just make sure you don't get one like a 1 touch maxtor that goes to slee
DJ_KP 9:13 PM - 28 February, 2007
[Thanks Monster I will take your advice and get an External..... I just wanted to make sure I would not have to upgrade anything later on with the new mac. Good looking out]
JWMedeiros 5:15 PM - 3 March, 2007
Dell E1505 The best So far. I love that I got it with a 200gb hard drive. Has the works
DJ Hondai 2:03 PM - 5 March, 2007
!Warning!

Had a Toshiba Satellite A100-411 for about two weeks and handed it back due to hardware issues concerning all toshiba A-series lappies with intel core duo and intel core 2 duo cpus.

Seems like they have a powerproblem on the mainboard, which produces dropouts in professional audio software with low latencies.

Always when the cpu-fan starts turn up, dropouts occur.

Turning off ACPI doesn't solve the problem, cause it is completely controlled by the bios. there is no option to change the behavior of the cpu-fan within the bios.

Making the complete Toshiba Satellite A-Series useless for SSL!
DJ Hondai 2:22 PM - 5 March, 2007
My new lappie runs perfect:
Asus F3JP-AS017M

Screen: 15,4" (16:10 Widescreen, 1280x800)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 (1,83 Ghz, 667 Mhz FSB, 2 MB Cache)
RAM: 1024 MB (DDR2, 667 Mhz)
GPU: ATI X1700 (256 VRAM)
HDD: Hitachi Travelstar (160 GB, S-ATA, 5400rpm)

I paid € 1179,- for this baby.
Performance 10
works flawless with all options pulled to max.

Additional Suggestions:

- For cooling I'm using the Coolermaster Notepal (Widescreen-Edition)

- work with a seperate xp installation on a seperate partition just dedicated to SSL, so you can still use your lappie for regular stuff.

- tune xp to the max

- prepare seperate hardware profiles for customizing with itunes and fir djing with SSL

- disable all unnecessary hardware in your djing profile like Wireless LAN, Modem ...

- take out the batterypack (not really necessary, but why bothering with the battery sucking power, and you have less weight in the back, so the lappy will not fall over)
DJ Dominus 4:09 AM - 6 March, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Toshiba Satellite A135-4407
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo T2250 @ 1.73ghz
MB of RAM:1gb
HD Space:100mb 5400rpm 1.5gb/s sata
Screen Size:15.4in
How much you paid for laptop:$650 USD
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10 for Serato use
Any problems or issues:Came with Vista. Had to reformat and reinstall WinXP Pro SP2. Toshiba does not supply XP drivers. It took awhile but I found all the XP drivers.
Other helpful comments: Note my model is supposed to have the Intel T2060 (1.6ghz) chip in it. I got lucky I guess. Free faster chip.
bubblersound 5:05 AM - 6 March, 2007
Name of Laptop: IBM Thinkpad R31
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium III 1133Mhz
MB of RAM: 248
HD Space: 28gb
Screen Size: 15"
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Other helpful comments: Works really well for an older laptop dedicated to SSL. I wish it had USB 2.0 and more USB ports.
team invasion 5:48 AM - 6 March, 2007
does anyone know when rane is going to release a vista compatible program. when i ordered my laptop dell was still offering xp and it was supposed to ship with xp in it but didnt now i am stuck with a laptop i cant use for the serato software
djkings_escobar 2:26 PM - 8 March, 2007
Name of Laptop: Mac Book Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.16ghz
MB of RAM: 1gig
HD Space: 120gb
Screen Size: 15"
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9 (wouldve been a 10 but because of the right side USB issue, it looses 1)

Other than that, Serato works real good.
DJ-Fred 1:01 AM - 11 March, 2007
I have the black macbook with a 2.0G core 2 duo, 1G ram, 120gb HD
Daim 9:02 PM - 11 March, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.33 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2 gb
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 15" wide
How much you paid for laptop: €2300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7,5

i'd maybe give 10 if i could use 2 usb ports
Jester- 3:29 PM - 13 March, 2007
Sony Vaio
512 DDR
60gb
15.4 ws
£500 gbp
8/10
Jester- 3:29 PM - 13 March, 2007
1.5ghz centrino oops forgot to add it !!
Clay Nice 6:10 PM - 15 March, 2007
Quote:
I have the black macbook with a 2.0G core 2 duo, 1G ram, 120gb HD


I also have the black macbook and have had no serato issues with it whatsoever. It works great. Before that, I had a dell 5160 that was cool for a couple of years before I started having major issues building overviews so I decided to switch to a mac. I read every post on this forum trying to see if SSL really needed the extra processing power of the MacbookPro vs. saving a few hundred dollars by getting a regular Macbook. My opinion is, unless you need the MacBookPro to do some crazy video editing or hardcore graphics, you'll be more than happy with the regular macbook's serato performance. Plus the macbook fits in every computer/record bag and is just as adequate for emailing/surfing/downloading muzak/watching dvds, etc.
Oxid 10:14 PM - 15 March, 2007
Besides:

MBP, gaming performance is not so great, I've bought a macbook 2.0GHz at 1240 euro's, I've put 800 euros in upgrading my computer and now I have a PC with dual core 4200+ and ati X1900XT 512MB which is WAY better than the MBP graphic performance. I spent 2040 in total.
why go for a mbp? its pretty, keyboard rocks and its better on GFX side. But I don't need that, altough the keyboard is so pretty, anyway, too costy
Panic City 4:09 AM - 16 March, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple powerbook g4 12''
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5 ghz but i run on lowest speed
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: i dont use an external so 39 gigs left
Screen Size: 12'' (the size of my...)
How much you paid for laptop: $1500 (too damn much)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Gets too hot if using highest performace setting (shut off on me twice), it would be nice to have a huge screen
Other helpful comments: Super portable, super super super reliable, very fast, no problems running SSL,
DJ SticKeM 5:12 PM - 16 March, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Power BOOK G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67
MB of RAM: 1 GIG
HD Space: 120 GIGZ
Screen Size: 15 Inch
How much you paid for laptop: $1,000
Performance (1-10, 10 high): N/A
Any problems or issues: N/A
Other helpful comments

I just Bought it. I havnt used it with Serato yet.
djkeron 7:16 PM - 20 March, 2007
Name of Laptop Sony Vaio VGN-110g
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67
MB of RAM: 1.5 GIG
HD Space: 80 GIGZ
Screen Size: 15 Inch
How much you paid for laptop: $1,000
Performance 5
Any problems or issues: there is a delay latency issues SOMEONE HELP
dj AssAssIn 12:00 AM - 22 March, 2007
Name of laptop IBM Thinkpad T41
Intel Pentium M
PROCESSOR 1600MHZ
1.59 GHZ,768 MB OF RAM

PROBLEMS- Dont know if its fast enough lol!
Hilton Soiree 1:54 AM - 25 March, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1405
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo 2 @ 2.0 ghz
MB of RAM: 2048
HD Space: 149 gb
Screen Size: 14.1
How much you paid for laptop: 1500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10, made for vista, but runs xp
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments:
DjUplift 5:11 PM - 26 March, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Compaq Presario V6000
Processor Type & Speed: Core 2 Duo 1.66 Ghz
MB of RAM:1024
HD Space:80 GB
Screen Size:15 inch
How much you paid for laptop: $1100.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments: Serato worked like a charm straight out the box.
DJ G2BAD 8:54 PM - 1 April, 2007
I have toshiba loptop A135-s4427 with Vista on it seems like thisis onw of the biggest mistake I made when I bought it Vista bmakes me hate it so bad just because I dont wotk with the software, can anyone help to fix this
DJ G2BAD 8:56 PM - 1 April, 2007
Quote:
I have toshiba loptop A135-s4427 with Vista on it seems like this is one of the biggest mistake I made when I bought it Vista makes me hate it so bad just because I dont wor k with the software, can anyone help to fix this
Diñolito 6:44 PM - 2 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite A60-122
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium 4 Mobile 3,06 GHz
MB of RAM: 1118
HD Space: 40 GB int + 120 GB ext (LaCie 2.5")
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: 1000 (2004)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 6
Any problems or issues: sometimes, the screen has minor problems keeping up with the record reading. Heat is an issue as well.
Other helpful comments:
Some tweaks, seperate power management profile, truning off wireless adapter, firewall, virus scanner,... is absolutely necessary. Cooling pad is definitely needed when playing out.
F The 1 Man Disco 7:10 PM - 2 April, 2007
Does anybody know when the ssl is coming out with the music video capability plug-in?
Dj KaGeN 8:08 PM - 2 April, 2007
NO!!
Daim 8:12 PM - 2 April, 2007
Quote:
Does anybody know when the ssl is coming out with the music video capability plug-in?


sure but i won't tell u haha
DJ d.range 12:51 AM - 3 April, 2007
Quote:
Does anybody know when the ssl is coming out with the music video capability plug-in?


how does this question end up here??
DjDan877 2:51 AM - 4 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed:2.33ghz Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM:3gig DDR2
HD Space:200gig Sata HD
Screen Size:17 (Not Glossy)
How much you paid for laptop:3500
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None, Apple is just simple the best thing for SSL and almost any other program. It hasnt failed and I dont belive it ever will. EVER!
Other helpful comments:Its custom configured and I suggest that everyone gets one.
OakLawnDJ 4:28 AM - 4 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Compaq Presario V6000
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Celeron M, 1.73GHz
MB of RAM: 512 (upgrading soon to 1GB)
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 15.4" (if I recall correctly)
How much you paid for laptop: $625 (Tiger Direct)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none whatsoever
Other helpful comments: Even at only 512MB of RAM, this machine works beautifully with Serato. I'll be going to 1GB soon, just as a preventative measure, but I'm really impressed with the laptop so far (100GB hard drive, 512MB RAM, DVD-RW, 1.73GHz, and wireless internet for $600 was too great to pass up).
dj syko 3:58 AM - 6 April, 2007
dell latitude d620
intel core2 duo
t7200 @ 2.00ghz
2.00 ghz
2.00ghz ram
4.0 cache
256 nvidea card
2 x50 gig hd
xp pro
500 gig hybrid eternal harddrive
Eloy Garcia 6:45 AM - 6 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67 G4
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 1440x960
How much you paid for laptop: $2,000 - 1year and 4 months
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: no problems
Other helpful comments: Can we get a PPC version of SSL 1.8 Video!!!! Please!
ral 6:43 PM - 6 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):sony vaio vgn-c290
Processor Type & Speed: intel core duo 2 2 ghz
MB of RAM: 1 gb
HD Space: 100 gb
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: $1600
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: nope, just reformatting and dual partitioning vista/xp pro hazzle
Other helpful comments: gotta get 1gb ram more for vista, for ssl, no probs! and yes, i want to know if the ssl video can work on this lappy!!!!
Dj Maxim S 3:51 AM - 7 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 6000
Processor Type & Speed: 1.83ghz intel centrino
MB of RAM: 2gb ddr2 @ 533 mhz
HD Space: 80gb
Screen Size: 15.4" wide screen 1280 x 800 & 1024 x 768 on HD tv
How much you paid for laptop: 870 pounds
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: touch wood nothing as of yet
Other helpful comments: need 2 get 2gb ddr2 @ 677mhz Ram...system will become flawless
dj krikkett 7:30 PM - 8 April, 2007
i use a dell c610 p3 60b hd it works fine i too cheap to buy a faster
djshong 3:20 AM - 9 April, 2007
GATEWAY MT3705 (W/ VISTA-XP DUAL BOOT)
Processor
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Mobile Processor T2060
(1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 1MB L2 cache)
Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium¹
Display
14.1" Widescreen Ultrabright™ XGA TFT (1280x800)
Chipset
ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M
Memory
1024MB DDR2 at 533MHz (2 x 512MB)
Expandable to 2GB
2 DDR2 slots, 0 DDR2 slots available
Video
ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M Integrated Graphics
Up to 256MB of HyperMemory™
Audio
High-definition 2-channel audio
Built-in speakers
Hard Drive
100GB PATA hard drive (4200 RPM)8
Optical Drives
8x multiformat dual-layer DVD±RW drive

Write max: 8x DVD +/-R, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW,
2x DVD+R DL, 2.4x DVD+R DL, 24x CD-R, 16x CD-RW
Read max: 8x DVD-R/RW/ROM, 4x DVD+/-R DL, RAM, 24x CD-R/RW/ROM

Digital Media Manager™
4-in-1 Digital Media Manager™ (Memory Stick®,
Memory Stick Pro®, MultiMediaCard™, Secure Digital™)
Modem
56K ITU V.92 ready fax/modem (RJ-11 port)
Network
10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)
Integrated 802.11g Wireless LAN
Interfaces
3 USB 2.0 ports
VGA connector
RJ-45 Ethernet port
RJ-11 modem port
Headphone/audio out
Microphone
Kensington lock slot
AC adapter connector
Pointing Device
Synaptics Touchpad with Vertical Scroll
Expansion Slot
Expresscard™ Type 54
Battery
6-cell lithium-ion
Dimensions
1.41"H x 13"W x 9.45"D9
Weight
5.23 lbs.9
DJ d.range 12:53 AM - 11 April, 2007
Quote:
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): hp pavillion dv6125 special edition
Processor Type & Speed: amd turion 64 x 2 tl 56
1gb ram 120gb hdd
lightscribe super-multi 8x dvd rw w/dbl layer support
nvidia geforce go 6150 Size: 15.4" wxga hi def
How much you paid for laptop: $949.00Performance (1-10, 10 high): unsure
Any problems or issues: No
Other helpful comments:not yet


i'm sending it back to hp--i lost all sound in my speakers and they told me the hissingsound in the background might be related
unother 2:32 AM - 11 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 120GB SATA
Screen Size: 15" (1440*900)
How much you paid for laptop: $2250 (incl. Tax and extra 1GB of RAM)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: 1) When you detach the iTunes library, Serato still searches for it on the next startup. 2) The auto-BPM/auto-level features work atrociously--although Serato is hardly the first to have this issue.
Other helpful comments: I would love for the software to offer full audio-recording for the live set; admittedly not likely because of the setup and easily worked around. Maybe a Serato 2 with better USB support could handle this? Again, not vital but definitely would be efficient.
Serato is a dream in most all other regards, intuitive as hell and easy to work with!
DJ Lagos 7:11 PM - 13 April, 2007
I have not purchased scratch live yet. i ordered my labtop first. once it comes in, i will go and cop scratch live.

Dell Inspirion 1405
Core 2 Duo 2GHz
2GB Ram
14.5 screen
80 GB internal HD, but i also coped an external 320 GB HD
11234.00 - company discount
N-Cision 6:13 AM - 19 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satelitte 2410
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium 4 Mobile 1.70ghz
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 30GB + 320GB Western Digital External
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1600AUD few years back
Performance (1-10, 10 high):8
Any problems or issues: screen tends to freeze a little when loading a new track whilst another is playing on other deck and deck diagrams lag a little but sound is always unaffected. did a few of the XP tweaks so hope that will help.
Other helpful comments:
N-Cision 12:15 PM - 19 April, 2007
Quote:

Any problems or issues: screen tends to freeze a little when loading a new track whilst another is playing on other deck and deck diagrams lag a little but sound is always unaffected. did a few of the XP tweaks so hope that will help.
Other helpful comments:


its all good now homies, last nite when i tried it with the 1gb of ram when i just installed it didnt work that well because i didnt have the AC power in and used it portable so screen wa laggy. pluged in AC 2day and did the tweaks and now its rockin real dope.
cheers for help with the tweaks
n.C
b.o.w.d. 5:51 PM - 22 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Mac Book (black)
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0G intel
MB of RAM: 512MB of DDR266 SDRAM
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 13 inches
How much you paid for laptop: 1999
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: I got a kernal panic the second time I used Serato on the comp, but haven't had any problems since. Wonderful purchase!!
Dj.uno 5:35 AM - 23 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell inspiron 600M
Processor Type & Speed:Centrino 1.7ghz
MB of RAM:1.5ghz
HD Space:160 gb
Screen Size:14.1"
How much you paid for laptop:uhh like $145 Bought it off my cousin because it didnt Charge Bought a new motherbaord off ebay works like a charm
Performance (1-10, 10 high):8
Any problems or issues: Cant run buffer under 4 if i do I get Crazy Dropouts
Other helpful comments:
casious 11:58 PM - 23 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 1505
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (2GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667FSB)
MB of RAM: 2G (DDR2, 533MHz)
HD Space: 100G (7200rpm SATA)
Screen Size: 15.4 (1680x1050)
How much you paid for laptop:$1100
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: None so far.
Other helpful comments: Was running a Dell Inspiron 8200 w/ Pentium 4, 1.7GHz), 512G RAM, 40GB hard drive, and it worked pretty well, occassionally had screen freezes, it wouldn't affect soundplay but couldn't do anything til it unfroze and just pray the song doesn't end or prepare by loading a regular cd on the other deck. It also did this freezing when loading a cd in the drive and especially when trying to transfer tracks from the cd to the computer. Other than that, I felt comfortable playing out with it. But this one here, oh man, much better experience. I do everything with no worry of freezing up or any other problems. The one time visuals slowed a bit was after 6 straight hours of hard dj-ing. So minimum specs definitely work and will get you by, but for the best experience and to feel no worries, i suggest upgrading a bit.
DJ TLS 4:05 AM - 25 April, 2007
Acer Travelmate Tablet C314
P4 Mobile 2 GHz
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM
100GB HDD (Music on a 70GB partition)
14" Screen 1024 x 768
2200$ (discontinued now)
performance: 10 (i am using a dedicated Win xp boot with everything disabled)Buffer at 0 and screen at 60
I made the extra partition from the get go and i have had NO problems with serato yet *knock on wood* IF you know how to do this, it is definately the way to go to make sure you have a solid stable system. I also bought the TTM 57SL :)
DJ Big Sha 7:14 AM - 26 April, 2007
Apple Mac Book (White)
1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM
60GB Serial ATA Drive @5400rpm (Music on a External 500GB HDD @7200rpm with a Firewire connection to the Mac)
13in
$1,000
10
USB Drop Out 2nd port (Next to the Firewire port)
From the great tips of this forum I use the first USB port and no drop out!
djjstyles 6:33 AM - 27 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion dv6000
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-50 1.6GHz
(2 X 256KB L2 Cache)
MB of RAM: 1 gb
HD Space: 100gb
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: 690$
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.99
Any problems or issues: no problems as of now.
Other helpful comments: i suggest you disable all under system programs gets your laptop running fast and only focusing on serato
DJAlto 1:12 AM - 28 April, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1705 & Dell Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed: 1705
MB of RAM: 1705: 2gb 1505: 1gb
HD Space: 1705: 100GB 1505: 80gb
Screen Size:1705: 17" 1505: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1100 for 1705 and 700 for 1505
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 for 1705 just got the 1505
Any problems or issues: nope
Other helpful comments: make sure to shut off the wifi. helps out serato alot
ronibiggs 9:24 PM - 1 May, 2007
I'm thinking of purchasing an ibm x31 ultrportable,
1gb Ram
pentium 4 centrino 1.6ghz
40gb hard drive

---- How do you think this will fair? I scratch alot so need a low latency. ---------- ?
jwhispers CQE 8:01 PM - 4 May, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): white macbook
Processor Type & Speed: 1.83 ghz intel core 2 duo
MB of RAM: 2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM
HD Space: 160 gigs
Screen Size: 13 inch
How much you paid for laptop: $1650 (US)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 so far
Any problems or issues: nothing
Other helpful comments: use this beast exclusively for ssl and itunes..no problems at all to date.!!
DJ Bob 1:07 AM - 5 May, 2007
I use a HP dv 9000 with the new ssl beta
2Gb RAM / 240 GB HD DUO Core
Screen size is 17.5
Paid 1499. Found it fully loaded at Costco.
only issue was the upgrade but the beta thread worked after I got some help from the beta forum
dedicated lap top / SSL / Itunes
performance 10+
If you're going to buy a new PC this one is sic.
Carbon the Element 6:57 PM - 6 May, 2007
Great.. I can post here finally as well...

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2Gb Ram
HD Space: 80Gb (Having a budget sucks!!!)
Screen Size: 13.3"
How much you paid for laptop: $1474
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 (Its fricking ridiculous! I'm connected to the net via a USB EV-Do Modem, downloading some torrents with Azureus, recording my mix in Quicktime and I had 1 drop out when I brought up my 12 widgets to make notes in my sticky pad! Go figure!!!)
Any problems or issues: Right side stopped loading once and I was forced to quit Serato and re-open it.

Yup!
Other helpful comments:
Rungsta 12:27 PM - 10 May, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM Thinkpad T41
Processor Type & Speed: Centrino M 1,6 GHz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 40 GB + 320 GB external Maxtor USB-HD
Screen Size: 14,1"
How much you paid for laptop: 450 € (used)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: no
Other helpful comments: extremely stable with SSL-dedicated Partition, USB-Buffer 0, played 8-hour-sets in clubs without problems or dropouts.
Dangermouse 6:03 PM - 10 May, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2Gb Ram
HD Space: 80Gb
Screen Size: 13.3"
How much you paid for laptop: $1700CAD
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: USB port next to firewire drops audio when screen "sleeps". Ohh and last night (@ home thankfully) the screen got choppy and froze for like 5 secs, but realtime audio continued like a charm. Hopefully this was a one time issue.
Other helpful comments: I use the mac for serato scratch only. Airport and bluetooth off. all audio is on an external WD (2.5")HD and all downloading/tagginf/bBPM etc is done on my desktop PC and then transferred to WD HD.
Dangermouse 6:05 PM - 10 May, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2Gb Ram
HD Space: 80Gb
Screen Size: 13.3"
How much you paid for laptop: $1700CAD
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: USB port next to firewire drops audio when screen "sleeps". Ohh and last night (@ home thankfully) the screen got choppy and froze for like 5 secs, but realtime audio continued like a charm. Hopefully this was a one time issue.
Other helpful comments: I use the mac for serato scratch only. Airport and bluetooth off. all audio is on an external WD (2.5")HD and all downloading/tagging/BPM etc is done on my desktop PC and then transferred to WD HD.
djjamesslaven 6:13 PM - 10 May, 2007
IQon intel t1300 @1.66ghz
1014mb ddr ramn
op system vista . (with 1.72 beta)
screen 15"
80 gig hard drive
WD 320gig external hard drive

its running a treat no problems at all :)
djrichie 11:45 PM - 11 May, 2007
djrichie from Cabo San Lucas México

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Black
Processor Type & Speed: 2Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 80Gb
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: 1600 usd (i think)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: At the begining using SSL some crackling and poping noises during DJing, but suddenly dessapear.
Other helpful comments: I Have Never UPDATE ANYTHING from the software, I connected to internet once and ask me for some software updates available... I NEVER DO IT.

Bluetooth and Airport always TURN OFF!

I use it ONLY for SSL for my DJ Performance, I have a desktop PC to get music, to desing some art covers, to make some remixes, to do anything else and then I´ll transfer to my Mac on RW Cd´s os Flash Drives.
sonicj 4:38 AM - 13 May, 2007
main
2.16ghz macbook pro c2d
2gb crucial ddr2 667
160gb internal

backup
1ghz 12" ibook g4
768mb ddr
djrhouse 9:41 PM - 14 May, 2007
-Dell Inspiron E1505
-2.0 GHZ Core 2 Duo @ 667 MHZ
-256MB NVIDA Video Card
-2GB 667MHZ RAM
-Wireless-N Internal Card
-Bluetooth
-160GB Hard drive (internal)
-8X Dual layer DVD+/-R (internal)
-Windows Vista Premium
-15.4" Widescreen True Life UXGA screen
-Performance = 10
-Price $1000 NEW (can't touch this)!
-Western Digital External, 1 TB hard drive (will never fill that up with music :))
-Reformatted hard drive with only the operating system, antivirus and Serato.
-No issues to report!
La Linea 10:21 PM - 17 May, 2007
- Hp Pavilion dv6282ea
- 1.83Ghz Core 2 Duo @ 667Mhz
- 1GB 667Mhz RAM
- Navida Gforce 7400 256Mb
- 120 GB HD
- 15.4 Widescreen Glare
- Price: around 1500$, i just took it for a test so i still
didnt got that.

- Preformance = 10, This baby is a Mosnter, i run ableton live
and serato together with a loaded project and it ran sm00th.

* i had a problem to find the XP drivers so it'll recognize the
serato USB device, couse this computer come with vista (euuu).
* above the F-keys thers multimedia center keys with an
annoying noise and CD drive feel lame

**now im w8ing to test DELL XPS M1210 which i prefer couse its smaller.
dj doug E doug 10:18 PM - 18 May, 2007
anyone out there who knows why one of my turntables pitch is faster than the other, when spinning two serato records, one sound wierd like its kinda fast than the other, this is really irritating. Is the problem my turntable or serato??
DJUltimate 3:14 AM - 19 May, 2007
Just upgraded from an iBook G4 to a black MacBook. Lovin it!!
rollanotherone 11:01 PM - 28 May, 2007
Quote:
anyone out there who knows why one of my turntables pitch is faster than the other, when spinning two serato records, one sound wierd like its kinda fast than the other, this is really irritating. Is the problem my turntable or serato??


Did you check the pitch setting on the Serato interface itself?
Rob DJTops 12:42 AM - 31 May, 2007
Dell Inspiron 6400
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6Ghz
2GB RAM:
120GB HD Space - 5400RPM
15.4 Wide Screen
975$
WarpNote 4:43 AM - 31 May, 2007
Name of Laptop:
Dell Precision M90 Workstation Laptop

Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2,0 GHz

MB of RAM:
2 GB, 667 MHz, DDR2 SDRAM

HD Space:
Internal 100 GB (7 200 rpm)
+ 2x external WD Passport's 160 GB ea

Screen Size:
17" (1920 x 1200)

How much you paid for laptop:
NDA agreement with sales at Dell...

Performance
10

Any problems or issues:
None so far (5 months)...

Other helpful comments:
This is Dell's most powerful line of laptops, and weighs in at over 4 kilos. Obviously overkill for SSL. (I bought it primarily for Design & 3d Graphics work, before I even got the SSL)

Still, when buying a workstation you get a clean XP install and not that much else. This means you will have a very stable machine. Also it comes with 6 usb's and 1 firewire port for all your external connections. It has enough juice to run both iTunes and Serato simultaneously, giving me freedom to browse & pre-listen albums in iTunes from the computers headset port, while the SSL is playing. One nice thing about this is that I can drag a track im listening to in iTunes directly into a SSL crate, ready to go. I normally spin with a fellow dj, and this gives me freedom to pick more tracks while he's occupying the mixer/main HD, playing...

That beeing said, Im considering a smaller lappy (14"/15") for DJ'ing. Preferably one with cd loading directly into a slot (similar to the mac way of loading cd's..)

Pros:
Powerful, large storage, large screen space, great connectivity, stable. Will probably work well with the video option.

Cons:
Heavy/Huge, expensive, "overkill" for SSL, CD Tray could be more sturdy.
DJ G.MAC! 4:56 PM - 6 June, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook (White)
Processor Type & Speed:Intel Core 2 Duo with 2.16GHz Speed.
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 13.3"
How much you paid for laptop: $1,389.93
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None whatsoever!!! (Knock on Wood!)
Other helpful comments: IF possible, spring for the max. 200GB Hard Drive, better to have it than to need it. (like me)
tehBEN 7:51 PM - 6 June, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Alienware Sentia
Processor Type & Speed:Intel Centrino 1.6 ghz.
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 12.2"
How much you paid for laptop: $1,200 (back in 2004)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Optical drive has been screwy
Other helpful comments: a bit old but it gets the job done. Invest in a cooling plate. The bottom of the laptop gets hot enough to burn skin.
electrohaze 3:34 AM - 7 June, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Pansonic Touchbook CF-29
Processor Type & Speed:Intel Pentium M 1.33ghz
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 60GB
Screen Size: 13.3"
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: no. i only use this laptop for serato.
Other helpful comments: This laptop makes me look like a bad ass! It's touch screen makes Scratch live a joy to use.
DJDASH 2:57 PM - 11 June, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.16 Intel core duo 2
MB of RAM: 3 gigs
HD Space: 120
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1700 and change
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: go mac all the way
DJDFECT 8:45 PM - 11 June, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: 2.00 Intel core duo 2
MB of RAM: 2 gigs
HD Space: 80
Screen Size: 1.3"
How much you paid for laptop: $1150 with my student discuont
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: plugged my SSL box and external hard drive in at the same time. 10 seconds later I had serato running. My first mac, and the USB support is infinitely better.
djpuma_gemini 6:49 AM - 20 June, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.33 Intel core duo 2
MB of RAM: 2 gigs
HD Space: 160 (not used for songs)
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $2250 (compusa closeout) Og 2799
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: Lacie external is the shit. Need more music and crates
MarBinski 3:58 PM - 21 June, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell E1505
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo 2.0 Ghz
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 15.4 WSXGA
How much you paid for laptop: $1300 (March 2006)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments:
Dj Blaze 2:38 AM - 24 June, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion dv9500t
Processor Type & Speed:Intel Core Duo T7500(2.2GHz/4MB L2Cache)

MB of RAM: 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
HD Space: 400GB 4200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (200GB x 2)
Screen Size:17.0" WXGA Ultra BrightView Widescreen (1440x900)
How much you paid for laptop: $1900 (May 2007)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments:
Kool DJ Sheak One 7:00 PM - 25 June, 2007
Old Shit:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Hp Pavilion zt1000
Processor Type & Speed:Celeron
MB of RAM: 756
HD Space:80g
Screen Size:15
How much you paid for laptop:frizee
Performance (1-10, 10 high):3
Any problems or issues:shit was too slow! Choppy screen (could'nt even look at it) and latency set all the way to the right! I djed for about two years with this bucket. Now I am flossin to the 3rd degree!
Other helpful comments:


New Shit!

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Hp 6305 runnin Wista Basic
Processor Type & Speed:Amd turion 64X2
MB of RAM:1.45
HD Space:80g
Screen Size:15.4
How much you paid for laptop:$499
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10 (so far)
Any problems or issues:haven't used it yet
Other helpful comments:Tweaked a little from what was similar to Windows on Vista

Is there an official Vista Tweak section? Hmmmmmmmmm...
DJ GREG NYCE 4:36 AM - 4 July, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): APPLE MAC BOOK PRO
Processor Type & Speed: 2.16 GHZ INTEL CORE 2 DUO
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 160GB
Screen Size:15 INCH
How much you paid for laptop: 2100
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: NOPE WORKS GREAT!! LOVE IT...
Balloon 5:49 PM - 9 July, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): TM - 243XC
Processor Type & Speed: 2.5GHz
MB of RAM: 256MB
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: £300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: I have given it 9 out of 10 because it's battery life is not great. I always use the power lead when doing sets. Otherwise it would be 10/10. It has never crashed! Oh... this might be useful to know. I stripped down the software on the laptop as I only really use it DJing. The only other programs on it are Windows XP (with all it's standards features and applications inc. media player), Nero and Cool Edit Pro 2. I do not use it for the internet.
The Little Trooper 6:04 AM - 10 July, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 15.4" 1440x900
How much you paid for laptop: $1499
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
wex 6:22 PM - 10 July, 2007
Gig Laptop:

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1405
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0GHz Core Duo
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 14" 1440x900
How much you paid for laptop: $900
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None

Backup/Occasional Laptop:

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple iBook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.2ghz Power PC
MB of RAM: 1.25GB
HD Space: 30GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $500 (used)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
djdragon 9:18 PM - 11 July, 2007
DELL Lattitude C600 P3 700 MHz
256 MB RAM
20 GB HD
14.1" TFT Screen
Windows XP
Serato 1.7.2
$0.00 CDN (used) I love freebies!
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7
Any problems or issues: None

The only program other than Windows XP on this unit is Firefox
I have it leaned out as much as possible and this POS laptop has never failed me. I use it live 4 times a week at club gigs of 450+ people.
SpeshulED619 2:19 AM - 12 July, 2007
Compaq Presario R3000 (was a surprise gift 6 years ago)
2 GIG RAM
60 GB HD and a filled 250 BG Lacie (searching for 500GB external)
15" TFT Screen
Windows XP
Price: Not sure. Was a gift 6 black fridays ago.
Performance: 8
Any Problems or issues? Non till this day. Has been through a lot and is running clean and strong.

My laptop has held up through a lot with no issues at all. I use this thing at club events 4 times a week with the occasional weekend day gigs.

M
AlexMiami 7:40 PM - 16 July, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM ThinkPad T40
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium M Processor 1.5Ghz
MB of RAM: 768 Mb
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 14.1
How much you paid for laptop: Company with two HDs, Work and DJ
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None as long as XP is installed clean
Other helpful comments: Install XP clean, with only the necessary drivers and updates. Do not install an Antivirus or activate any indexing. Only Serato and Mixed In Key installed
DJRossi 2:48 AM - 18 July, 2007
Laptop Used- Apple Macbook Pro 17 inch
Processor- 2.16 Intel duo core
MB of Ram- 1 gig
HD space- 120gig internal/ WD 320gig external/ WD 120gig pocket drive/ Apple iPod 60 gig
Screen Size- 17 inch
How Much Paid- $2600 on Apple Store (refurb)
Performance- 10+
Any Problems- Not A 1
Other Comments- Knock on wood, never had to reboot, have used Serato with multiple applications opened at same time including Audacity, iTunes, Safari, Protools, and iChat. NEVER froze, crashed, etc. Once you go Mac, you NEVER go back
Advocate 2:01 PM - 18 July, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba P200 RT-108
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium Dual Core T2080
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 120GB - 500GB External
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: 799.00CAN (on sale @ Futureshop)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): It's too early to say, but I'm going to say 9
Any problems or issues: Nothing against the hardware, just the difficulty with getting XP on that machine... it took forever to the drivers
Other helpful comments: Don't let Futureshop sales rep con you into paying extra to get a recovery disk!!! When you bring the machine home there's an icon that will create the disk for you. This could probably apply to other major laptop makers.
Advocate 3:11 PM - 18 July, 2007
Oh ya...

I have my laptop configured to dual boot Vista or XP... I use the XP for SSL... and Vista... well... umm... I don't really use Vista for anything right now.
Advocate 3:26 PM - 18 July, 2007
Oh ya...

I have my laptop configured to dual boot Vista or XP... I use the XP for SSL... and Vista... well... umm... I don't really use Vista for anything right now, other than getting myself frustrated with unnecessary confirmations for simple requests.
DjxManolo 2:46 PM - 19 July, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Latitude D520
Processor Type & Speed: DUAL CORE 1.8 GHZ
MB of RAM: 2 GB
HD Space: 120 GB + 250 GB WESTERN DIGITAL EXTERNAL DRIVE
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: National DELL Account $1,200
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Gets pretty damn hot after a while def need coolants. Screen froze twice but the sound kept going maybe becasue The wifi was not turned off Im not sure.
Other helpful comments: Not yet
dj dundee 5:30 PM - 19 July, 2007
Apple MacBook 2gb I paid $1100 works like a charm Windows will never see me again I can tell you that.
DJ MAGNETiK 1:31 PM - 20 July, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Power Book
Processor Type & Speed: 1.25 Ghz PPC
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 80GB/120GB
Screen Size: 15.1"
How much you paid for laptop: $950.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None whatsoever!!! (Knock on Wood!)
Other helpful comments: Stay away from windows, it's not worth it. Macs get very hot, you might wanna invest and a cooling pod for it to sit on.
Thebasementwonder 8:03 PM - 23 July, 2007
Acer 5570 Intel Core Duo T2060 1.6GHz
512MB DDR2 SDRAM (upgrading to 1GB)
HARD DISK DRIVE: 80GB (5400RPM)(Upgrading to 120g)
OPTICAL DRIVE: DVD Super Multi double layer burner
CARD READER: 5-in-1 card reader
CONNECTIVITY: 802.11b/g WLAN 10/100
SCREEN SIZE: 14.1" CrystalBrite TFT LCD WXGA (1280 x 800)

Price 594CDN

Performance 9/10

Cons: frontside bus 533mhz and no 64bit support in the T2000 intel chips but overall a steal in price and reliability
alexexpress 12:38 AM - 24 July, 2007
Apple Powerbook, v. 5.8, 1,67 ghz, 1,5 gb ram, 80 gb hd, 15,4".
Price: Euro 1.100,00, used.
Performance 10/10
Oxid 3:31 PM - 25 July, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.2 GHz Intel (Santa Rosa)
MB of RAM: 2 GB
HD Space: 120 GB
Screen Size: 15.1"
How much you paid for laptop: € 1899
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None, Macs rules!
Other helpful comments: I use a Antec Notebook Cooler (with the little tops i got with SSL to keep my laptop a bit higher). And it does it job very well, also its useful if you don't want your laptop sitting on a dirty table when on a gig. Get a cooling pad, they ROCK!
Andy S 9:08 PM - 31 July, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell vostro 1000
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Athlon 64 x 2
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 120 GB
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: £339
Performance (1-10, 10 high): as a everyday pc-8 as a serato pc-1
Any problems or issues: yes loads not compatible with serato
Other helpful comments:
Andy S 11:39 PM - 1 August, 2007
also dont you think people should stop posting

macbook on here we know they work

i feel this is better suited to pc laptop as the difference in hardware mean poeple need to know issue with that laptop

peace
LosMintos 1:07 PM - 2 August, 2007
(I guess here comes a new laptop, which is not mentioned in this thread before.)

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Compaq nc2400 RH959
Processor Type & Speed: Intel U2500 1.2 GHz
MB of RAM: 1 GB (with shared memory for graphics)
HD Space: 80 GB internal drive but music on external 160 GB drive with USB
Screen Size: 12 inch WXGA 1280 px x 800 px

How much you paid for laptop: 1750 Euro, appr. 1300 USD
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8 (fast CPU, slow Harddrive)

Any problems or issues: In the beginning trouble with HP's security software, but since I droped it, everything is fine (and faster)

Other helpful comments:
Very nice item! Compared to IBM Thinkpad X 60 or Dell Latitude the HP is economically priced. The handling is nice and the keyboard great. A DVD-Rom drive is included!

Only two USB ports. One firewire port. A PCMCIA-Card slot ist there. Good non-reflective display. Trackpoint instead of touch panel.

The weight is just 1.3 kg and dimensions are (282 x 213 x 25) mm. Perfect for mobile use!
dj shadow from detroit 2:30 PM - 3 August, 2007
andy wait until serato is more compatible with vista.
or honestly install windows xp ( for serato )
djtoast 6:52 AM - 5 August, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 1300
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium somethingorother 1.7GHz
MB of RAM: 2Gb (bought with 512Mb)
HD Space: 120Gb (Bought with 80Gb)
Screen Size: 15" , 1200x800
How much you paid for laptop: £400 in Dec 2006 (roughly $800)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): For SSL, can't really fault it* so 9/10
Any problems or issues: Some USB dropout before I upgraded the RAM although actually I think it was more disabling wifi that fixed that. Since upgrading RAM, I can even surf the net on the club's wireless with no probs (well just until the club gets busy, obviously!) while SSL runs - plus I usually have iTunes open too - and no hint of trouble.
Other helpful comments: One word of warning: the power supply in many Dell laptops is apparently really shoddy and can cause a very, very bad earth hum through audio cables. Doesn't affect Serato at all for me but when using PCDJ and Virtual DJ, both the headphone socket and my iMic USB audio out thing would cause this awful noise. A pair of these:

www.radioshack.com

solved the problem, but not on the FIRST night, obviously. Rage. But for SSL, I'm very impressed with Dell's cheapest little laptop.

* I said 9/10 not 10/10 cause it takes a several seconds to refresh the screen when you go from one genre back to "ALL" in browse mode, but I supidly carry 20,000 tracks so dunno if it's fair to complain.
Andy S 10:24 AM - 6 August, 2007
Hey Im back !! lol

sent the dell vostro back.had tried xp with it and it made no difference (thanks for help though dj shadow)

so after many headaches i decided to put a extra hundered quid on my credit card and went with the Acer below.



Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer 5633
Processor Type & Speed: Intel core 2 duo 1.7 ghz
MB of RAM: 2 GB
HD Space: 120 GB
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: £479
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10/10
Any problems or issues: no runs like a dream
Other helpful comments: This runs SSL out of the box w/vista no tweaks.I can run other programs at the same time ie ableton/soundforge etc not one dropout or weird sound
I cant reccomend Acer laptops enough.Amazing value for money and a really good build quality.

Im really loving scratch live again !!!!
DJCheLu 7:30 PM - 6 August, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Dell Inspiron 6400 with Windows XP Home
Processor Type & Speed:Intel Core DUO T2350 (1.86GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
MB of RAM:2GB Dual CH DDR2 533MHz
HD Space:160GB SATA HD
Screen Size:15.4"
How much you paid for laptop:600 Brand New :)
Video Card:256MB GeForce Go 7300
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:Runs Serato Perfectly on Audio Buffer 5 and threshold around -55 or so.
Other helpful comments:I run a seperate profile with almost all windows audio tweaks.
DJ Rugged One 4:51 AM - 7 August, 2007
Name Of Laptop: Apple Powerbook G4 15' w/Mac OS X Version 10.4.10
Processor Type: 1 GHz L2 Cache 167MHz
MB of RAM: 512 MB DDR SDRAM
HD Space: 60GB upgraded to 80GB(WDC WD 800VE-22KWTO)
Screen Size: 15"
How much did you paid for laptop: $650 Used
Any problems or issues: Hard Drive was close of dying on me so I replace it just in time.
Performance: 9
Any problems or issues: No Problems at all !!!! Like Macs but don't like Windows aka PC for that matter. Bottom of the laptop gets hot so I have to get a cooling fan but other then that besides Serato froze on me several times. It's been good !!! :)
DJ LADY TRIBE 6:07 AM - 8 August, 2007
i use a macbookpro now and im selling my powerbook g4 120gb 1gb ram including my libraries ..$2000.00
anoy 8:41 AM - 8 August, 2007
Name Of Laptop: Sony Vaio SZ
Processor Type: 2Ghz Dual Core
MB of RAM: 2Gb
HD Space: 120Gb
Screen Size: 13"
Cideo Card: Nvidia 128Mb
How much did you pay for the laptop: None of your business.
Performance: 9
Operating System: Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn 7.0.4 with Wine 0.9.4.2 for running Windows programmes.
Any problems: Trying to get Serato running on it.
Dj Koppa Top 12:14 AM - 9 August, 2007
Quote:
Name Of Laptop: Sony Vaio SZ
Processor Type: 2Ghz Dual Core
MB of RAM: 2Gb
HD Space: 120Gb
Screen Size: 13"
Cideo Card: Nvidia 128Mb
How much did you pay for the laptop: None of your business.
Performance: 9
Operating System: Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn 7.0.4 with Wine 0.9.4.2 for running Windows programmes.
Any problems: Trying to get Serato running on it.


No success there use VMware instead.....wine aint the thing tried it already with ubuntu 7.0.4.
bartaug 5:38 PM - 9 August, 2007
DjShOrTy64 6:08 AM - 11 August, 2007
Name Of Laptop: Toshiba Satellite
Processor Type: 2Ghz Dual Core
MB of RAM: 2Gb
HD Space: 120Gb
Screen Size: 15"
Cideo Card: Dont's have a clue!
How much did you pay for the laptop: 975
Performance: 10
Operating System: Windows Vista 34 Bit
Any problems: Nope. Works fine tried alot of laptops dell, sony, etc. I really prefer this one.
Dj Entreat 9:16 PM - 11 August, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Pro 15"
Processor Type & Speed: 2.33 Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2gig
HD Space: 120 HD
Screen Size: 15"
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 256Meg
How much you paid for laptop: 1800.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Operating System: OS 10.4.10 and Windows Vista
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Still testing, just got Serato however dont seem to have any major issues.
dj luis 10:02 PM - 11 August, 2007


you gotta love theyr ads
fro_ 11:43 AM - 12 August, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Samsung Q35 red
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz
MB of RAM: 1280
HD Space: 100Gb
Screen Size: 12.1"
Video Card: on board Intel
How much you paid for laptop: $1800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Operating System: Windows XP 32bit
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: USB buffer size = 2, no problems. Screen is a little on the small side for prolonged serato use
DJ Sniffles 3:12 AM - 15 August, 2007
Name of Laptop: HP Pavilion DV9210US
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Turion64X2
MB of RAM:2GB
HD Space:140GB
Screen Size:17"
How much you paid for laptop:$900-ish
Performance (1-10, 10 high):8
Any problems or issues:The only issue I had is the USB is WEAK!!! Drop outs if I use with other USB like my external HD
Other helpful comments: If anyone has USB problems at ALL I would really recommend buying the newest Belkin Powered 4 port USB Hub. I used a Bus Card, a powered Bus Card. This thing beats both and worked GREAT SINCE. I can even run the Pro Tools MBox and Serato at the same time on the same computer and have absolutely no problems at all.
Rob123 5:34 PM - 19 August, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell 1501
Processor Type & Speed: AMD turion 64x2 mobile TL-50 1.6ghz
MB of RAM: 896mb
HD Space: 120gb
Screen Size: 15.1" (i think)
Video Card: 128mb
How much you paid for laptop: £400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7
Operating System: windows XP
Any problems or issues: DOES NOT WORK WITH SERATO
Other helpful comments: dont buy this to use with serato as you get major channel 2 threshold problems (40%-80% variation)
The Axledental DJ 12:10 AM - 20 August, 2007
Macbook Pro (Santa Rosa/2nd Gen)Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4Ghz, 800 Mhz FSB, 2GB SDRAM DDR2 667Mhz, 17inch HD display, 160GB HDD, superdrive, Mac OS X 10.4.10.
DJ Jinnai 6:09 AM - 23 August, 2007
Toshiba Satellite A215-S4747
AMD Turion 64 x2 1.8 ghz
894MB RAM
HD 200GB
Screen 15.4
Video Ati Radeon
$699
Performance 1-10: 9
OS: Vista Premium
Problems: A little tricky updating from 1.6.3 to 1.7.2, but after I figured out the issue, Serato runs FLAWLESS on this laptop!!

Comments: Delete the trial stuff when you buy a new computer. Make sure not hogging apps are on while serato is on. A laptop with a graphics card that's better than an intel 950 video card is best for obtaining 60 frames a second when displaying the wave lengths.
DJ Jinnai 6:10 AM - 23 August, 2007
pardon, i cant type lol.
Dj Card-1 3:53 AM - 28 August, 2007
base model compaq persario
upgraded ram to 1.5 gigs
1.8 ghz amd processor
250 gig external hard drive
windows xp
aleksey 12:49 PM - 30 August, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Samsung X10 (XTC 1300 II)
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1.3Ghz
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 60GB internal
Screen Size: 14"
Video Card: 64MB
How much you paid for laptop: 1600€ a few years ago
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2

Any problems or issues:
Currently running v.1.7.2. Works with USB buffer@2 (no hearable dropouts, haven't checked log yet). Buffer@1 gives dropouts. Display update is a little slow; process running near 99%. Dedicated SSL machine, nearly all services deactivated. Thinking about RAM upgrade.
aleksey 7:27 PM - 30 August, 2007
Correction: Found out that laptop was running at 600Mhz instead of 1.3Ghz. Now with full speed v.1.7.2 runs@minimum!! buffer without any dropouts. Smooooth ;-)
budara 1:04 AM - 3 September, 2007
HP Nx7300 (ru465e)
core 2 dou 2.0 Ghz (T7200)
MB of RAM: 2048 ddr2 667
HD Space: 120 GB 5400
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: 6400 NIS (around 1500$)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): so far 10 (but i have it only 6 months)
Any problems or issues: not enough USB ports (3),dosn't have s-video out...the case is not as strong as i saw in other laptop like ibm for example
Other helpful comments:
njkev7 3:37 PM - 13 September, 2007
Just picked this up.

Gateway MT6840
Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2450
2GB MB of RAM
HD Space: 160 GB 5400
Screen Size: 15.4

Cleaning it out and putting XP sp2.
skampy 3:49 PM - 17 September, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Si1520
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core2Duo T5500 (1,66 GHz)
MB of RAM: 1 gig (will soon upgrade to 2)
HD Space: 120 GB
Screen Size: 12" !!
How much you paid for laptop: € 890
Performance (1-10, 10 high): so far...10
Any problems or issues: nope, not even with Vista
Other helpful comments: Lightweight baby!!
RANDYG 1:28 PM - 19 September, 2007
Apple Macbook
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0
2 Gigs of Ram
80 GB of HD space
13" Screen 1280x800 resolution
$1549 with apple care and tax
Performance is a 10 especially compared to my last computer
No problems whatsoever! Lightweight and fast as hell!
DJJorel 7:50 PM - 21 September, 2007
Apple MacBook White
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16
2GB of RAM
250GB WD Scorpio 5400rpm
13.3 inch screen
How much I paid: FREE!!!(it was a gift)

Performance: 9...Just a little bit from being perfect....
Boba Tha Hut 10:00 AM - 23 September, 2007
Dell Lattitude D610
Windows XP sp2
Intel Pentium M 1.6 Ghz (single core)
1.25 GB of RAM
80 GB 5400 RPM
14.1" inche screen
It's my work laptop.
Performance: 8 I don't really have any other computer to base the performance off of. Runs fine with out any issues, but I have to disable the wireless card otherwise I'll get dropouts. Otherwise solid machine with my tweaks (turn wireless off, close all applications and windows.) I set the USB close to the lowest latency , but not the quite the lowest.
venkman 11:58 AM - 24 September, 2007
13" Black MacBook

* 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* 160GB hard drive1
* Double-layer SuperDrive

brand new! not tested performance
djbriguy 12:34 PM - 24 September, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):
Processor Type & Speed:
MB of RAM:
HD Space:
Screen Size:
How much you paid for laptop:
Performance (1-10, 10 high):
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments:

Dell Vostro 1000
AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 (1.7GHz/512KB)
1GB, DDR2, 533MHZ 2 Dimm
Integrated ATI Radeon X1150 Graphics
80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Seagate Free Agent 250 GB EXT Hard Drive
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD
Genuine Windows XP SP2
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card

How much you paid for laptop: $555.44 (after tax & shipping)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): Have NOT tested yet. On its way.
Any problems or issues: n/a
Other helpful comments: n/a

Will repost soon with test results.
DJ Grandpa 4:10 PM - 25 September, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer tavelmate 6292
Processor Type & Speed: 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 160GB
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: $1600 (in Sweden and the dolar is low over here)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Not yeat :-)
Other helpful comments: Running Vista, Serato 1.7.4 RC3

I have 1.7.4 RC3 on another Acer (1.6GHz duo) with XP, and I experience that Vista on my new laptop have the same performance as on XP, can't feel any difference.
DjLogan 8:10 PM - 26 September, 2007
My Specs
Toshiba M40 YP3
Centrino 1.86 Ghz
2GB DDR
15.4" Display
128MB Dedicated Nvidia Go 6600
120GB HDD
500GB External Comstar Platinum
Win XP Home SP2
Paid $700 for this Laptop and it has been a workhorse ever since.
I havn't run into any problems.
I would rate this latop as 11
djbriguy 3:24 PM - 1 October, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):
Dell Vostro 1000

Processor Type & Speed:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 (1.7GHz/512KB)

MB of RAM:
1GB, DDR2, 533MHZ 2 Dimm

HD Space:
80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive (also using 250 GB Seagate FreeAgent External)

Screen Size:
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Anti Glare (1280 x 800 Max Resolution)

How much you paid for laptop:
$555.54 (including tax/free shipping)

Performance (1-10, 10 high):
10 - No problems using it for normal web browsing and other normal functions as well as SSL. Running SSL at maximum screen updates and a buffer setting of 1.

Any problems or issues:
Turn off wireless internet and automatic updates. Check the Windows XP tweaks on the SSL forum.

Other helpful comments:
I wrote a review on it here.
www.scratchlive.net
TONZ 1:38 AM - 5 October, 2007
15.4 " 2.4Ghz macbook pro
4gig mem.
160 g HD.@7200 rpm

$2,900 free shipping.

performance is a 10
no problems or issues what so ever. (hopefully it stays that way)

once you go mac, you'll never go back.
EWF 4:07 PM - 23 October, 2007
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 1300
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium somethingorother 1.7GHz
MB of RAM: 2Gb (bought with 512Mb)
HD Space: 120Gb (Bought with 80Gb)
Screen Size: 15" , 1200x800
How much you paid for laptop: £400 in Dec 2006 (roughly $800)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): For SSL, can't really fault it* so 9/10
Any problems or issues: Some USB dropout before I upgraded the RAM although actually I think it was more disabling wifi that fixed that. Since upgrading RAM, I can even surf the net on the club's wireless with no probs (well just until the club gets busy, obviously!) while SSL runs - plus I usually have iTunes open too - and no hint of trouble.
Other helpful comments: One word of warning: the power supply in many Dell laptops is apparently really shoddy and can cause a very, very bad earth hum through audio cables. Doesn't affect Serato at all for me but when using PCDJ and Virtual DJ, both the headphone socket and my iMic USB audio out thing would cause this awful noise. A pair of these:

www.radioshack.com

solved the problem, but not on the FIRST night, obviously. Rage. But for SSL, I'm very impressed with Dell's cheapest little laptop.

* I said 9/10 not 10/10 cause it takes a several seconds to refresh the screen when you go from one genre back to "ALL" in browse mode, but I supidly carry 20,000 tracks so dunno if it's fair to complain.


Thanks so much for the info. I have the same computer, and have experienced that usb dropout. I think RAM may be the answer for me as well.
By the way, to stay on topic, my laptop works fine as well. I paid $600 for it! Got it thru a discount at my old job!
djX-daVet 7:07 PM - 23 October, 2007
djBriguy my compliments to you! Great info on the Dell Vostro 1000. That is some real good info you put together with a link to the product you received - very thorough. I am now looking for a laptop - your info has helped alot. I also want to get a 1-terabyte external so I have to spend wisely with only $1200 in my coufers. I am glad all you dj's (djRHouse)have put this together to help us all. I am looking to get the best for my buck so Dell might be my choice. Thanks!
Dizrupt 3:51 PM - 24 October, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Compaq Presario 2000
Processor Type & Speed:AMD turon 2GHz
MB of RAM:512MB
HD Space:80GB
Screen Size:14in.
How much you paid for laptop:$800
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10!!!
Any problems or issues:NOPE, works perfect, doesnt lag,no problems what so ever.
Other helpful comments: right now my computer hasnt had any upgrades but i soon plan to upgrade the harddrve, and maybe put in faster processor, you can save alot of money by buyin a decent laptop and upgrading it yourself. its not too hard to do. but thats just my advice no one has to follow it.
Dj Avgoustinos 10:45 PM - 24 October, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Gericom 5 in 1
Processor Type & Speed:Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz
MB of RAM:512
HD Space:60
Screen Size:16 inches
How much you paid for laptop:3100 euros in August 2003!
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:runs perfect
Other helpful comments.I have this not very well known brand since 2003..I bought it in Greece and it was the best in the market and most expensive at that time.There is only one problem and I need your help..it weights 5 kilos!!I play music every Friday and Saturday and is such a big problem for me to carry it..My back still hurts..but I dont even know how it looks when you get usb drop outs..They only problem that I had was once when somebody turned off my external 500 gb western digital hard disk and the music stoped and serato crashed..thank god I had my cds with me..I am thinking of a basic version of a MacBook..does it worth it to risk it as i never get any problems from my old laptop!Is it going to be reliable?I never had experience with macs in the past please help me..thank you!!
mrak 4:33 AM - 29 October, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavillion dv2000
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Turion 64x2 1.6 Ghz Windows Vista
MB of RAM: 1 gig
HD Space: 120
Screen Size: 15 inch
How much you paid for laptop: $800
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: The mouse button feels kinda cheap. Also I had a defective USB Serato Cable that kept shutting down my laptop and the other laptops, macs included (technically that isnt a problem of the laptop). Other than that no problems at all.
Other helpful comments: I run "speedfan" during sets so i can keep an eye on my processor temperature. I have the best buy performance plan and people keep telling me to "break" my laptop and trade it in for a mac but I decided not to because, other than the wire incident, there have been no problems at all with me, windows, or my hp laptop. I guess all i have to say to those pro-mac people/anti-windows people is its all about how you take care of your equipment and what you use it for.
dj Jon J 4:20 PM - 30 October, 2007
Quote:
I haven't seen this thread yet so I guess I'll start it. It would definitely help me because I'm thinking about upgrading my laptop and I'd like to see what other people are using and if they're having any kind of problems with their laptop. Would everybody be kind enough to copy and paste this info, fill it in and post? Thanks.

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM:4 gigs
HD Space:160(7200 rpms)
Screen Size:17
How much you paid for laptop:3749
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments:
djfossey 8:04 AM - 2 November, 2007
is anyone having trouble with serato on the new mac operating system OS X Leopard????
DJDaveOtt 6:39 AM - 19 November, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):compaq presario 5000 series
Processor Type & Speed:amd sempron 1.8
MB of RAM:1 gig
HD Space:60 gig / 250 gig external
Screen Size:good question
How much you paid for laptop:$400
Performance (1-10, 10 high):8
Any problems or issues:none
Other helpful comments: upgraded to xp pro

purchased on sale from walmart last year... but watch yourself with walmart...they force the computer manufacturers to bulid them cheaper so the can offer lower prices... if you dont believe me, go to a computer store and ask. many times computers bought at walmart cannot be upgraded. for example, my model number ends in the letters WM. that means it was made for walmart ONLY. the same computer cannot be purchased from anywhere else. just fyi.
2FAST4U 6:00 AM - 20 November, 2007
Im using 2 dell C840 one backup
P4 2.2ghz
1 MB ram

works ok, but when processing large external HDs sometimes the video chokes. I have a seperate USB 2.0 adapter PC card.

I have been wanting to upgrade to Mac for some time for recording reasons but am holding off fot the Video in 1.8 to see requirements
craigg 2:52 AM - 23 November, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook black
Processor Type & Speed: 2.16 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2 gigs
HD Space: 160 gig
Screen Size: 13.3"
How much you paid for laptop: $1800.00 approx.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.4
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Bought because of last 2 Macs

I also am part owner (long story) of an Apple iBook G4 1.33 Ghz lappy and I loved it. Got my own and thought about buying a used iBook until I saw my friend DJ Milhouse Brown's and fell in love with his MacBook. The rest is history!!! ;)
AlphaTrion 10:58 PM - 25 November, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook
Processor Type & Speed: 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 185.99
Screen Size: 13.3"
How much you paid for laptop: around $1700
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.5
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments:
Tasin 6:10 PM - 28 November, 2007
Lifebook P7120 its really small but it works good
Tasin 6:13 PM - 28 November, 2007
Lifebook P7120(the small one)
1,20 intel Mobile
1gb Ram
80GB memory
it works really good but it is small
DJ Sourato 12:25 PM - 29 November, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Gateway MT6457(Vista)
Processor Type & Speed:AMD Turion64 1.60x2
MB of RAM:2 GB(upgraded)
HD Space:160GB
Screen Size:17"
How much you paid for laptop:$800cdn
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
External Hard drive: LaCie 1000GB
Current software: Scratch live 1.7.4

Straight out the box I had dropouts like crazy up until I teaked the crap out of
it. It now looks like a Commodore but hey I very rarely get dropouts now and I am actually surprised at how stable it is on Vista. Been using it for several weeks now and going strong. Usb setting at 2 and screen updates at 60.
adb3 10:13 PM - 4 December, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM ThinkPad R40
Processor Type & Speed: Intel 1.3Ghz Pentium M
MB of RAM: 256MB (I know i should really upgrade)
HD Space: ~15GB (partition)
Screen Size: 14" XGA (w/ hole in center and bottom 20px missing, don't even notice when DJing)
How much you paid for laptop:$0 (friend gave it to me :)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 3
External Hard drive: WD 250Gb USB bus powered
Current software: Scratch live 1.8.0 RC1

Well I personally love the ThinkPads, they are well built machines a little heavy , and they have that little lamp at the top of the screen. When I first installed SSL I didn't expect it to run with only 1.3ghz, but it's flawless if the processor is running at full speed (speedstep... all the way down to 75Mhz). I partitioned the HD and installed Windows Freestyle, which is a hacked up version of server 2003 that includes most of the stuff Microsoft forgets to include (winRAR, VLC player +codecs, antivirus, system tools...) Next time I reformat I will probably build a slimmed down version of XP or more likely Server 2003, with drivers and some useful apps included. The screen has seen some abuse before i got the laptop; there is a half inch circle of dead pixels in the center of the screen but its just below the virtual deck, there are also some pixels dead at the bottom of the screen (gotta guess where the new crate button is). Next computer will be a PowerBook G4.
klizax 8:33 PM - 6 December, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook OS X 10.4.11
Processor Type & Speed: 2 GB Intel duo core 557 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
MB of RAM: 2 GIG
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop:$1000 + $150 for 2 Gigs for RAM on Ebay
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Never crashes on me in a gig. Only crashes during beta tests with known GUI issues which normally become fixed by final.
Other helpful comments: Best move ever. Made the change from Vista PC to Mac and the performance is hands down the smoothest. I run processes to the max i.e. lowest USB, Highest screen refresh, hi-fi, midi controls. 1.8 Release Candidate 1 and ttm 57 firmware v.3.03. I recommend even the most inexpensive Macbook intel duo core hands down for Scratch live to everyone.
DJPRECISE-NYC 2:54 AM - 12 December, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Toshiba Satellite A75-S213
Processor Type & Speed: Mobile Intel Pentium 4 ; 3.33GHz
MB of RAM: 1024GB
HD Space: 100GB (5400RPM)
Screen Size: 15.4" TruBrite
How much you paid for laptop: $1,200 (Fall 2005)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments:
Hawk 3:10 PM - 12 December, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1 GHZ Power PC
MB of RAM: 1gb
HD Space: 64 gb
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $3,200
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None.
Other helpful comments: For four year old computer, this Powerbook is really suprisingly great with ScratchLive. I think the L3 cache and the maxed out ram really helps. It's certainly faster since I maxed out the ram.
JohnXVI 12:56 PM - 18 December, 2007
Anyone using the G4 867MHz with the current version?

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Gateway MT6821
Processor Type & Speed: 1.6 GHZ Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 160GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Random mishaps.
Other helpful comments: I have this laptop running XP but Gateway only developed drivers for Vista. I have found drivers that work but I'm sure because those drivers aren't specifically for the laptop, things like freezing for no reason happen.
Soulved 10:20 AM - 19 December, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Macbook
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM:3 gigs
HD Space:160(7200 rpms)
Screen Size:13"
How much you paid for laptop:1300
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments:
DJ M5 7:10 AM - 23 December, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed: 2.00 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2.00 GB
HD Space: 120 GB (5400 rpm)
Screen Size: 15.4" TrueLife Widescreen WXGA
How much you paid for laptop: $1,050.00
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None what so ever
Other helpful comments: If you do get a Dell laptop, stick to XP. My father has Vista and it sucks. Glad I didn't make that mistake.
DJ Richard 7:27 AM - 23 December, 2007
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.33 Ghz Intel Core 3 Duo
MB of RAM:2.00
HD Space:148 Gig
Screen Size:17'
How much you paid for laptop: 2000
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:none
Other helpful comments:I HEART RANE SERATO...VERY VERY VERY SEXY!!!! I ON LEOPARD NO PROB !!!!
DJMiTch 10:43 PM - 25 December, 2007
Question!!!
I Just got serato... very excited about it...

And want to get a New Computer..
What aro you recomend ..pc or mac..

if its mac.. what exactly should i get?
can you please help?
DJBigT 1:24 AM - 28 December, 2007
Quote:
Anyone using the G4 867MHz with the current version?




Buying my copy to run on my 867 G4 12" tonight :))) i`ll let you know!
dj korrek 6:00 PM - 3 January, 2008
does anyone use serato with a mac powerbook? i'm thinkin about gettin a serato and im curious the big difference between macbook and powerbook. im lookin to buy either or this weekend. also im goin to use the laptop for serato only, no other programs will be on the laptop
FunkyRob 6:39 PM - 3 January, 2008
Quote:
does anyone use serato with a mac powerbook? i'm thinkin about gettin a serato and im curious the big difference between macbook and powerbook. im lookin to buy either or this weekend. also im goin to use the laptop for serato only, no other programs will be on the laptop


I've got a powerbook G4 1.67Mhz with 2 GB of ram added.

Runs SSL great, 1.8 is a little slower on startup and exiting, but that's pretty much it. All my song are on an external HD that I connect to the Firewire.

This same setup ran Traktor Scratch really bad. With the gig money I make this year, I may be able to buy a more current apple notebook.
DJ Delaine 10:38 PM - 3 January, 2008
I didn't want to make a big investment initially, so I purchased a entry level gateway MX3121 ($399 at Best Buy in 09/2006) It has a 1.5Ghz Celeron Processor, 512mb Ram. It came with a 60GB hard drive and I just recently upgraded it to 160GB. I've been using it for a year now and have had no issues. I just downloaded Scratchlive 1.8 and haven't tested it yet (specs require 1GB ram). Not sure how it will run. Testing it today. I'm keeping Scratchlive 1.74 as back up just in case.
DJBigT 11:22 PM - 3 January, 2008
Finally got everything for my set up.


Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 867Mhz
MB of RAM:640
HD Space:40GB i guess
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: you wouldn`t belive me if i told you but i got Comp and Serato complete for <$500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): so far 8 a few hang ups but never as bad as my PC
Any problems or issues: none, getting use to the small screen
Other helpful comments: only have about 20GB worth of stuff right now so i`m building up my mp3 collection and will soon be using an External HD. so right now its a fully functional daily use computer and Bedroom Serato use and i`ve not had a problem yet. about 5 hours total use in about 2 days. smooth as buttah will update with any info/probs
dj shadow from detroit 5:32 PM - 4 January, 2008
dj delaine - i would not suggest 1.8 with 512 ram.until you purchase more ram i would continue with 1.74.

there alot of people who cant run 1.8 all night with 1 gig yet.
i like gateway you should be ok with 1 gig with 1.8 but i would not even waste my time with 512 ram right now.
DJBigT 9:56 PM - 4 January, 2008
ive ben runing 1.8 fine and i have less than a gig
DJ Grandpa 2:13 PM - 5 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.4GHz Duo
MB of RAM: 4GB
HD Space: 160GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: to much...
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Not at all, runnimg 1.8 + Videoplugin
Other helpful comments: Leopard OS
hamzter 12:21 AM - 6 January, 2008
So I have since upgraded:

15" 2.33GHZ Core 2 Duo
4GBs RAM
100GB HD

Very pleased with it to date.
Damac 5:37 AM - 8 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Gateway MT6821
Processor Type & Speed: Inter Centrino Duo 2x 1.6ghz
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 160GB
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: 900
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: I tweaked it for use with cubase and i haven't got any problems.
Other helpful comments: windows vista home premium...
Chopper Dave 2:19 PM - 8 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 9400
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 T7200 @ 2GHZ
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: £1100
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9 (not yet optimised)
Any problems or issues: Build quality not really up to much, already had to have the keyboard and a conflicting WiFi card replaced but all was done eventually (Dell support had issues finding my house...).
Other helpful comments: 17" matt screen is really good and the laptop is ultra fast what with the 2 cores and such, could still use optimising tho. Dell laptops (like most others im sure) come with a load of crap preinstalled so I have reinstalled XP without all the partitions and media assistant rubbish - easily done and makes a great difference.
tommy tea 1:17 AM - 11 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: £300 (and legit!)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Despite it being 2nd hand, it still run's serato, photoshop, final cut without a problem.
Other helpful comments: OS X
Instigator 5:18 PM - 14 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Apple MacBook G5
Processor Type & Speed:2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM:2GB
HD Space:200GB (20GB left)
Screen Size:17"
How much you paid for laptop:£1050
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:Macs don't show thumbs of video clips
Other helpful comments:OSX Tiger
DJ_Gio 1:07 PM - 17 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): TOshiba A215-S5818
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 160GB
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $599 (Bestbuy Special)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): ?
Any problems or issues: Can't rate the performance until I use it for my first gig and see how it works out for me alongside Serato
Other helpful comments:
Teej 4:02 PM - 17 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell XPS M1730 *ON ORDER*
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core2 Extreme X7900 (2.8GHz)
MB of RAM: 4GB Shared Dual Channel
HD Space: 400GB (2x 200GB 7200RPM - RAID 0)
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $3,000 (dell employee discounted)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): Anticipating 10+
Any problems or issues: Hopefully none...
Other helpful comments: This system is going to replace my desktop and laptop, so that I can use it during the day for my software engineering work and at night for dj'n.
dj_elite 7:03 PM - 18 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Black MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz
MB of RAM: 1GB (soon to be 2gb)
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 13.3"
How much you paid for laptop: $1,430 with AppleCare (student discount)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): Can't complain... no lag or dropouts at all so... 10
Any problems or issues:
Other: OSX Leopard. Did the USB dropouts a little when I first hooked up Serato on wednesday, upgraded to Leopard yesterday before my first gig with Serato and no issues at all after a 5 hour job.
DJ BaGo 7:08 PM - 18 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM T-40
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5-GHz Pentium M processor
MB of RAM: 1.25G RAM
HD Space: 40GB
Screen Size: 14.1-inch
How much you paid for laptop: 350$ :)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7
Any problems or issues: Can't push it above 5 on latency or else theres dropouts...
Other helpful comments: The plastic shell feels very solid, its build like a Tank!
DJ STC 5:29 AM - 22 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Apple MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed:2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
MB of RAM: 2G
HD Space: 160GB
Screen Size:15.4
How much you paid for laptop: $2200 college discount
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: this computer can be used for everthing
rborist 11:17 PM - 22 January, 2008
Quote:
HD Space: 400GB (2x 200GB 7200RPM - RAID 0)
This system is going to replace my desktop and laptop, so that I can use it during the day for my software engineering work and at night for dj'n.


go for a dual boot :p
dtism 6:15 PM - 23 January, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite Pro A-100 (PSAACE)
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 - 1.66GHz
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 80GB Serial ATA 5400rpm
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: £700 approx
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7
Any problems or issues: Generally ok, but I have had usb dropout problems from time to time.
Other helpful comments:
djbiglex 6:59 AM - 24 January, 2008
Name of laptop/Dell Inspiron B130
Processor type & speed/celeron m-1.5ghz
MB of Ram/512
HD/40gb
Screen/15
Price/375 U.S.
Any Problem/Runs great at buffer set to 3 make sure its the only app running.the more ram the better,will upgrade for test.
DJPremium 1:38 PM - 24 January, 2008
As of last weekend:
a MACBOOK PRO 2.4 GHz C2D
2 GB RAM
160 GB HD
256 MB grafics card.

Before that an
ASUS 2.66 P4
512 MB RAM
40 GB HD
Screen hinges broke, cheap ass plastc..
Tiaunn 12:24 AM - 27 January, 2008
Name of Laptop: Gatway
Processor Type & Speed:1.6 GHz C2D
MB of RAM:2GB RAM
HD Space:160 GB HD
Screen Size:15
How much you paid for laptop:$700
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: No issues
Other helpful comments:
adb3 6:26 PM - 30 January, 2008
So who is gonna get the MacBook Air?
qroniq 9:55 PM - 30 January, 2008
Hey all,

I saw DJBigT's posts regarding his new laptop (G4 12" 867). He says above that he's using SSL 1.8 with no issues. Have PM'd him to ask about his set up, but no reply so thought I'd throw it open to the forum..

My laptop is a similar spec (with a little more RAM) and I would like to try to use it for Scratch Live.

My system specs are:

Name of Laptop: G4 Powerbook 12"
Processor Type & Speed: G4 867 MHz
MB of RAM: 1.1 GB
HD Space: 120 GB (5400 RPM)
Screen Size: 12"
How much you paid for laptop: ???

Also has a brand new battery, airport, etc.

Just wondering if peeps could give me any tips on how I can best set this up?

I've got Leopard on this machine at the moment, but think I need to go back to Tiger to regain some OS "snappyness". Some questions I have:

- Is there a particular point version of OS X 10.4 that gives best stability/performance for SSL?

- Which version of SSL would be a good trade-off between new features and CPU usage for this lower spec'd machine? Or should I be able to run 1.8 like DJBigT has mentioned above?

- Are there any tweaks to the system that could improve SSL performance?


Thanks in advance for your help!

Cheers,

Andy.
perry07 11:34 PM - 30 January, 2008
fujitsu siemens windows vista home basice service pack 1
RAM: 1.00gb
HARDDRVE: 80GB
PROCESSOR: genuine intel(R) CPU T2080 @ 1.73ghz 1.73ghz
SCREEN: 15inch
PAID FOR LAPTOP: £330
PERFORMANCE 1-10: solid 9
PROBLEMS: 1 a while back, but it was done by me not by any laptop faults, the hardrive became corrupted
HELPFUL COMMENTS: i took this to a engernier and he said it was a good laptop for the money i paid, really helpful and fast
UPGRADES: thinking of putting another 1gb ram in, and 120gb hard drive, jus so serato dosent av the slightest problem while running coz you cant take chances while ur djing in front of an audience!
pranav 6:27 AM - 1 February, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):acer 5570z
Processor Type & Speed:1.73 ghz core duo processor
MB of RAM:2 gb upgraded from 1gb
HD Space:160gb
Screen Size:14.1
How much you paid for laptop:i paid 3700 dhs(550 pounds or 900 dollars)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9.3
Any problems or issues:none yet ,sometimes when i do a lotta stuf on the laptop like using internet , or something which uses a lot of ram it tends to lagg ,but the audio continues(only happened 1)
Other helpful comments:really goo laptop i use it buffer speed 2 ,acer is good value for money folks,,,,and i use it with vista home premium no issues at all
nliz24 11:00 PM - 3 February, 2008
Two laptops to list
#1.

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): - Dell XPS M140
Processor Type & Speed: 1.83ghz
MB of RAM: 1.5gb
HD Space: 80gb
Screen Size: 14.?
How much you paid for laptop: 600 plus 40 for 1gb ram
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: dell battery life sucks, needs plug - can't find second ram dimm
Other helpful comments: Keep it off the net, works much better

#2

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple macbook pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.2gh dual core
MB of RAM: 4gb
HD Space: 120gb
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: 2200
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 2
Any problems or issues: Dropouts, BAD - only gave it a 2 on performace because it looks good
Other helpful comments: Does anyone else see something wrong with this?
m0nster 11:05 PM - 3 February, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell XPS M1530
Processor Type & Speed:2.2Ghz core2duo
MB of RAM:3 GIG @ DDR2
HD Space:250(sata 7200)
Screen Size:15.4
How much you paid for laptop:1600
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None. Using wireless-N card to load/play music thru mapped network drive even. Bluetooth/wifi/etc on(by mistake when intial testing) Laptop is a monster with a 8600 GT in it.
Other helpful comments: Get it!
skinnyguy 7:02 AM - 4 February, 2008
i think we have to start listing video cards too now...
jayDC 6:29 AM - 10 February, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Everex StepNote SA2053T www.everex.com
Processor Type & Speed:1.7Ghz core2duo
MB of RAM:2 GIG @ DDR2
HD Space:100(sata 5400)
Screen Size:12.1
How much you paid for laptop:$599 + $23 for 2gb upgrade
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None. Comes with vista, although I installed xp.
Other helpful comments: Comes with 1gb of ram, DL DVDR, and 2 batteries. I upgraded the chip to 2gb for about $23. Weights less the 4lbs with the small battery, a little over with the larger one. Serato runs very well. www.tigerdirect.com
D-Phase 6:54 PM - 19 February, 2008
Hi

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): ASUS PRO50 F5VL
Processor Type & Speed: Duo T2330 ( 1.6 Ghz )
MB of RAM: 2 Go DDR2
HD Space: SATA 160 Go @ 5400 rpm
Video Card: ATI Radeon X2300
Screen Size: 15.4"
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
How much you paid for laptop: 699 €
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None till now
Other helpful comments: I plan to upgrade it with a SATA 200 Go hdd @ 7200 rpm and + 2 Go DDr2 and maybe external hdd ...

-dp-
BIG C 7:32 PM - 21 February, 2008
Name of laptop: Sony Vaio
Processor type & speed: Intel Pentium Duo-Core T2330 (1.6ghz)
MB Of ram: 1gb
Hd space: 160gb (5400rpm)
Screen Size:15.4"
OS: Widows Vista Home Premium
How much you paid: $549.00
Comments: I purchased this laptop for my second TTM57-SL setup to use with Pioneer CDJ's. I'll let you know in a few days how it performs.
Ped-R 6:29 AM - 26 February, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 6000
Processor Type & Speed: 1.83 GHz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space:60 GB 4200 RPM
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop:$500(AUS)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments: Was a little worried at some of the other posts above
But this machine works like a dream, I would also as one of the posts above suggest get rid of most of the Dell driver's and addons they do seem to slow it down (just get the bare basic drivers from Dell online)
Lil-G 3:32 AM - 5 March, 2008
Big C lmk how that sony vaio works out, I was looking at running the same one
BIG C 1:40 PM - 6 March, 2008
It's running great. I'm using it with some pioneer cdj's and it runs just as good as my macbook pro. I've did 3 gigs using it and it hasn't missed a beat. I got the buffer set at around 4 and the performance is good. You can't go wrong using this machine with Serato fa sho, so go for it.
Performance: I give it a 9, I don't know what all the fuss about Vista with serato is, but maybe it's just this particular laptop. It runs real smooth.
DJ Fook Mi 9:40 PM - 6 March, 2008
DJFoOkMi here...

just purchased
Apple® - MacBook® with 13.3" Display - White

Model: MB062LL/B SKU: 8622555

Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor 2.2GHz;
DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 120GB hard drive;
1GB DDR2 SDRAM; built-in AirPort Extreme (802.11n);
built-in Web cam; Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard"

Should I even go up to 2gb or will it run smooth with 1gb ram?
DJ-A 3:32 PM - 7 March, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.4 GHz
MB of RAM: 2 gig
HD Space:200 GB 5400 RPM
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop:$1799 (us)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9
Any problems or issues:None
Other helpful comments: few hick-ups, but i'm hoping they'll get worked out in 1.8.1
Lil-G 6:22 PM - 7 March, 2008
Quote:
It's running great. I'm using it with some pioneer cdj's and it runs just as good as my macbook pro. I've did 3 gigs using it and it hasn't missed a beat. I got the buffer set at around 4 and the performance is good. You can't go wrong using this machine with Serato fa sho, so go for it.
Performance: I give it a 9, I don't know what all the fuss about Vista with serato is, but maybe it's just this particular laptop. It runs real smooth.

sounds good to me...ive been looking and seraching around alot and seeing that alot of people are use the same sony viao....
dj buterd hams 10:44 PM - 12 March, 2008
sony vaio . 100 gig hard drive 1 gig or ram .
wildchild6907 3:00 AM - 14 March, 2008
I'm using a averatec 2200 series laptop with 80gb hard drive and 1gb of ram it runs pretty good with the program by itself, but im thinking about upgrading to a mac.
hitokiri 5:46 AM - 14 March, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac Book Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2 GB
HD Space: 120GB
Screen Size: 15.4
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None
djgee 12:18 PM - 14 March, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.2Ghz
MB of RAM: 4 GB
HD Space: 120GB, 5400rpm
Screen Size: 13.3
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None, so far.

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell m1330
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo, 1.67Ghz
MB of RAM: 3 GB
HD Space: 200GB, 7200rpm
Screen Size: 13.3
Performance (1-10, 10 high): n/a
Any problems or issues: Not tested yet.

In addition, I'm running my library from 2 external hard drives. One is a HP 160GB and the other is the WD Passport 250GB BEV.
DJ am1 3:30 PM - 14 March, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Dell XPS M1730
Processor Type & Speed:Intel core 2 duo 2.8ghz
MB of RAM:4gb
HD Space:400gb
Screen Size:17"
How much you paid for laptop:$2400 (Aus)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):9.5
Any problems or issues:none at the moment
dj buterd hams 9:10 PM - 14 March, 2008
i dont understand while people rock with external . i have one but to store music and might bring it if its a party with diverse crowd. why do you guys rock externals when you dj ?
DJ-A 9:26 PM - 14 March, 2008
my internal doesnt hole 700 gigs, and i dont want to go through and pick out stuff to add to my laptop
dj buterd hams 3:08 AM - 15 March, 2008
well yeah that makes sence. but say if you had at least 100 gigs. and if you dj pretty music the same crowd. like you dont need 250 gigs of music if your djaying a hiphop club .. maybe its circumstancial(might be spelled wrong hahaha)
DJ-A 3:40 AM - 15 March, 2008
i rarely go into something knowing exactly what i will play. i like having a huge vault so i can pull out anything and keep an awe factor
DJ-A 3:41 AM - 15 March, 2008
besides, like i mentioned, 700 is a lot to go through to even pull out 60-100
DJRAB 4:14 PM - 16 March, 2008
i wanted to know sony vio a good laptop to get and windows xp or vista or should i just get a mac
DJ dVO 6:59 PM - 17 March, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): APPLE MACBOOK AIR
Processor Type & Speed: Dual Core / 1.6GHz
MB of RAM: 2 GB
HD Space: 60 GB
Screen Size: 13.3"
Operating System: OS 10.5.2
How much you paid for laptop: $2200 CDN
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Crash upon loading new track to playing track.
Other helpful comments: Keyboard layout for Macbook works with Macbook Air as well. I would not recommend to use iSkin SSL keyboard cover with MBA.
dj buterd hams 2:36 AM - 18 March, 2008
i have a sony vaio and its dope . no problems ever . and i have windows xp and works great too . i heared serato is fine with vista as long as you had 2 gigs of ram. but dont quote me on that . my sony vaio is dope . i mean if i had a choice either sony or mac i would roll with mac. but your good either way . my homeboys got macs and there dope .
dj buterd hams 2:39 AM - 18 March, 2008
hey dj dvo . hows that mac air holding up i been hearing stuff saying" mac air to thin for its own good" does it crash a lot . give me some more insight .
DJ dVO 3:27 AM - 18 March, 2008
Been running SSL for the last two months and nada crasha other what mentioned above. Without running SSL, this is a magnificent piece of technology and art combined. Love it and have no issue, no complaints whatsoever about its operating system. Quicker startup than my iMac G5. Those who complain about no optical drives, frankly, you don't need it. I could use more hard disk space but this way I am disciplined not to store craps. For its thinness, this is the most sturdy, strong laptop I ever heard!
WarpNote 4:28 PM - 18 March, 2008
Name of Laptop: Apple MacBook Pro 15"

Processor Type & Speed: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

MB of RAM: 2GB

HD Space: 200GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm internal (and a external 320GB LaCie Rugged Drive @ 5400 RPM - FireWire 800/FireWire 400/Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface)

Screen Size: 15'4 widescreen LED - 1440 x 900 pixels

How much you paid for laptop: standard apple store pricing, ie about 2200 USD (not including the LaCie external disk)

Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10

Any problems or issues: None, so far...(Only had it for 5 days, and done two gigs with it)
I will repost if issues arises

Other helpful comments:
My first mac in 10 years, this one replaces a Dell prescision M90 (a quite heavy piece) for my DJ'ing needs. The mac will also be used for graphics, animation & video production, or else I would have gotten the black MacBook.

All current MacBooks I've tried out, have less USB power than my Dell. I've experienced frequent mishaps with some USB drives, (WD Passports 160GB/250GB) as they will dismount every now and then, for no apparent reason (FAT32 format). On a sidenote, the mac will not charge a Blackberry from the USB power.

However, it DOES power the SSL box and my Akai MPD24 with no problems.

I run the usb-buffer at 5 for now, and have not experienced dropouts. Did two six-hour sets at a ski resort outdoors, mountainside this weekend. -10˚ Celsius, heavy snow and wind conditions and it still performed rock solid. Also running my music from the 5400 LaCie Drive (Mac OS Extended format) through FireWire 800 seems to put less strain on the system, and provide performance to SSL. (compared to USB drives..)
dj buterd hams 11:27 PM - 19 March, 2008
dj dvo do you know if there is word that the mac air will go any higher in gigs then 80 . cuz i might cop one but would like 160gigs or somthing ?
BIG C 3:50 AM - 22 March, 2008
the sony vaio is a good laptop for running serato. i have both a vaio and a macbook pro and it is no difference at all trust me, besides i run it with my the usb buffer set at 1 on the mac and 5 on the sony but what's really the difference in that. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!
dj buterd hams 9:25 PM - 24 March, 2008
word up big c. you i went to guitar center and they said tru serato djays only use macs. i was like blllaaahhh. ok. cuz they vaio i got works dope . no problems at all
DJ SKYWALKER 10:45 PM - 26 March, 2008
Name of Laptop: Apple MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Ghz Intel Core Duo Processor
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space:80GB
Screen Size: 13 inch (1280 x 800 pixels)
How much you paid for laptop: $1100
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:no
Other helpful comments: Buy a Mac!

I had an HP an it didnt even compare!!
DJ SKYWALKER 10:47 PM - 26 March, 2008
Name of Laptop: Apple MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space:80GB
Screen Size: 13 inch (1280 x 800 pixels)
How much you paid for laptop: $1100
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:no
Other helpful comments: Buy a Mac!

I had an HP an it didnt even compare!!
DJ Nelson 2:14 PM - 27 March, 2008
Sony Vaio,CDJ1000mk1,DJM600 and HDJ1000 Headphones :-)
carter 8:34 PM - 28 March, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Sony Vaio CR220E
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz
MB of RAM: 2G
HD Space: Came with 4200 rpm 200 gig...replaced with 7200 rpm 200 gig
Screen Size: 14.1
How much you paid for laptop: $749 plus tax
Performance (1-10, 10 high): So far it's a 10.
Any problems or issues: None...Installed XP Pro on to the replacement HD, use a 320 external for music via FW 400
Other helpful comments: XP Pro runs much faster than Vista Home Premium. Everything has been stable and I didn't have any problems finding drivers for XP. Except for the camera, which I don't care about anyway. Also running Ableton Live 7 and Reason 4 on this PC with no issues and Serato with a buffer of 2. 1 was fine, but I wanted that little extra.
djknite 2:39 PM - 30 March, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Toshiba Satellite A100-709
Processor Type & Speed:type : Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology featuring Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2500,

MB of RAM:512
HD Space:80Gb
Screen Size:15.4 "

Any problems or issues:Not Working Well With Serato Can't Cue the track
Other helpful comments:
MF_iROCk 3:58 AM - 1 April, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MACBOOK (white)
Processor Type & Speed: 2.16ghz CORE 2 DUO
MB of RAM: 2gb
HD Space: 120gb
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: 1000 (educational discount!)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10!
Any problems or issues: i heard a lot about the usb drop outs but just buy the plug for the ssl box and you should be good. other than that is fine..
Other helpful comments: serato is made for mac! HA!
djtoast 11:39 AM - 1 April, 2008
Just got a new one:

Dell Inspiron 1721
2.0 GHz dual-core AMD
2 Gb RAM
250 Gb hard drive
17" screen
Vista
£530

performance - 9

Had some dropouts at first with wireless enabled but not connected to the club's network. BUT once I connected to the network I didn't get a single dropout even while using downloading things from iTunes and using Firefox.
DJ Xalent 5:25 PM - 2 April, 2008
I'm looking at buying another laptop, (used) and would really appreciate your advice. I have found this Lenovo Thinkpad which is a good deal, in great shape, here are the specs:

* Processor - Intel Pentium M 760 2.0GHz (2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
* Screen - 14.1" WXGA screen (1280 x 768), 200 nit
* Memory - 512 MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM
* Hard Drive - 60GB 5400RPM
* Ports - Infrared, 3 USB 2.0, S-video out, LAN port, IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
* Hard Drive Active Protection System

I use Audacity to record while mixing with Serato so the function of these two programs together is essential. Any feedback or suggestions are appreciated!
DJ Xalent 5:25 PM - 2 April, 2008
You can also email me @ djxalent@gmail.com
djtoast 1:06 PM - 3 April, 2008
I'd definitely suggest whacking some more RAM in, that's the thing that really helped my previous machine, when I went from 1Gb to 2Gb.
djserts 3:56 AM - 6 April, 2008
whats going on guys.. im new to the forum. but not new to serato!

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): sony vaio pcg- v505bx
Processor Type & Speed: intel pentium 4-m and 2ghz
MB of RAM: 512mb
HD Space: 120gb
Screen Size:12.1 inch
How much you paid for laptop: present from my pops
Performance (1-10, 10 high):7
Any problems or issues: needs new battery, and have a grip of spyware
Other helpful comments: download adware! LOL...
djrhouse 7:16 PM - 6 April, 2008
Manufacturer: Apple
Model: Macbook Pro
Processor: 2.5GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo 6MB Cache
RAM: 4GB RAM @ 667MHZ
Screen Size: 17" High Resolution Antiglare Screen
Hard Drive Size: 250GB HD
Video Card: 512 NVIDA Video Card (internal)
Price: $3000
Performance 1-10: =10
Any Problems: No problems at all, highly recommended if you can afford it!
dj snugs 11:54 PM - 7 April, 2008
manufacturer:Asus
mode:m51
processor:Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHZ
ram:4GB DDR2 @ 667MHZ
screen size:15.4 wide XGA 1280 x 800
hard drive 250GB @ 5400RPM
video card:NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS 512MB
price:$1310.00(with Taxes)
performance 1-10:=10
any problems:no problems, highly recommend it over any apple.
u-sho 9:17 PM - 9 April, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Vostro 1400
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 2.1 GHz
MB of RAM: 4 GB DDR2 @ 667 Mhz
HD Space: 120 GB 5400RPM
Screen Size: 14" WXGA+ 1440 x 900
Video Card: 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce 8400M
How much you paid for laptop: $830 (Taxes, shipping, and insurance included)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: After loading XP, none.
Other helpful comments:
Price included 2 year onsite warranty AND accident coverage. (Recommended with any mobile device) Price does not include the $50 I paid to replace the RAM from 1GB to 4 GB.
djdunk 11:18 PM - 10 April, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook (White)
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo (2,0GHz)
MB of RAM: 1GB
HD Space: 80GB
Screen Size: 13,1"
How much you paid for laptop: 1049€
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: No Problems


greetings
Thomas
DJ CDOT 4:57 PM - 11 April, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook 13"
Processor Type & Speed: 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 120 GB internal
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: £600 (with student discount)
Performance: 8

Problems: Had USB dropouts, then updated iTunes & Garageband.
djchris721 7:48 PM - 14 April, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook 13"
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 60GB
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: $1099
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: HD was too small, so I upgraded to 250GB, and will upgrade to 2GB of RAM
djsrockit 5:59 AM - 15 April, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook pro 15"
Processor Type & Speed: 2.4 GHz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 4 GB
HD Space: 200GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1699
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None at all!
wildchild6907 9:45 PM - 23 April, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & model): Toshiba Satellite A205
Processor Type & Speed: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2330 @ 1.60GHz 1.60GHz
MB of RAM 2.38 GB of RAM
HD Space: 110 GB
How much you paid for laptop: $500!
Performance: (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: I have windows vista and it makes the program not respond if you do not use it for 10 min. I did by the way upgraded but did not get a mac :(
Dj Grimey 3:01 AM - 24 April, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):HP Compaq tc4200 (Tablet)
Processor Type & Speed: X86-based PC, x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8 GenuineIntel ~1729 Mhz

MB of RAM:2,560.00 MB
HD Space: 111gigs
Screen Size:not sure im guessing 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $300, but cost $1,800 my friend hooked it up.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: never upgraded to 2 and a half gigs of ram runs better then a mac anyday.
Other helpful comments: best computer i can say all the djs in my area with sertato seen mines and want to get there own tablet. Trust me it's worth it. Look it up.
Dj Cliffstar 12:14 AM - 15 May, 2008
Name of laptop(Brand &Model) Black MacBook
MB of Ram:2 gigs of Ram
HD Space:250 GB
How much you paid for the laptop? $1881 with three year insurance
Performance:10 for now
Any problems;None as of yet
1B 8:12 AM - 22 May, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Aspire 5684WLMi
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 - 1.83GHz (x2), 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
MB of RAM: 2048MB DDR2-667MHz
HD Space: 160GB Serial ATA
Screen Size: 15.4" Widescreen TFT (1280x800 - 16:10)
How much you paid for laptop: £540
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Real Time clock doesn't keep time, going for repair.
Other helpful comments: Quick laptop, no crash issues. Shipped with Vista, downgraded to XP, just for ensured reliability.
delgrand 6:50 AM - 26 May, 2008
Name of laptop(Brand &Model) macbook white 2.4 ghz
MB of Ram:2 gigs of Ram
HD Space:160GB
apple care 3 years.
How much you paid for the laptop? enough...
Performance: 10/10
Any problems;nope
Elronz 4:16 AM - 27 May, 2008
Name of laptop Dell Vostro
Processor and type dule core 1.9Ghz
MB of Ram 2gig
15.4"
$471 and change
Win XP came installed
deejayluke 9:05 AM - 30 May, 2008
Name: Black MacBook
Processor: 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 2 gig
HD: 250 gig
Screen: 13.3"
3 years apple care
How much: reduced from ~£1200 to ~£700 thanks to a student discount AND it was VAT free.

Problems? No. It's the mac daddy. Although sorting out my mp3s is going to take friggin ages!
Razor 3:15 PM - 30 May, 2008
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
HD space: 200gb 7200rpm/250gb smartdisc fw external
Price $3,000
kragshot 4:13 AM - 3 June, 2008
Make: Gateway MX3414 (EMachines Refurbished model)
Processor: AMD Turion 64^X2
Speed: 1.60GHz
Ram: 960mb
HD Space: 100GB
Ext. Drive (music storage): 1TB
Cost: $599.00
Problems: Naaah. SL seems to love it and the external hard drive makes things a lot easier. Now, if I can figure out how to do a special boot configuration for SL, things will run even better (it's running okay now, but I just want to tweak it to get a bit more out of it).
Marty Mcfly 7:06 AM - 3 June, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Compaq 2510p
Processor Type & Speed: Intel C2D 1.2GHZ U7600
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 1.8-in PATA 100GB 4200RPM (+320GB Western Digital Passport)
Screen Size: 12.1"
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 7
Any problems or issues: only has 2 USB ports, which is taken up by Ext HDD and SL box. No room for MPD or other Midi Controllers.
Other helpful comments: Really compact, lightweight and uses U7600 chipset which does not project much heat at all. Yet to experience any dropouts.
Amek 11:44 PM - 5 June, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
MB of RAM: 2
HD Space: 160GB
Screen Size: 15
How much you paid for laptop: $1500US used
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: no. not at all. Best computerI have owned!
Other helpful comments:
djvoltron 1:43 PM - 6 June, 2008
Name of Laptop Gateway MT3421
Processor Type & Speed: Turion64 2.2 GHz
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 120 GB
Screen Size: 14.1 Ultrabright
How much you paid for laptop: $450
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: Laptop comes with Vista. Downgraded to XP, finding the drivers for the motherboard was difficult.
Other helpful comments: Just upgraded to 2GB, however the lappy ran fine with 1GB. No issues so far with performance. Love the small screen, fits in my backpack nicely.
mixxture 2:33 PM - 11 June, 2008
Name of Laptop Dell inspiron 5160
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium4 2.8Ghz HT
MB of RAM: 256 mb
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: Free
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: None so far, running serato buffer @ 5, screen rate @ 60, just wished HD could be bigger
Other helpful comments: i also have a MBP just tried running serato on this lappy to see if it would work, well i guess ill use this for back up :D
djmatt07 10:07 PM - 14 June, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion DV2736US
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-64 2.20GHz
MB of RAM: 3.00GB
HD Space: 250GB @ 5400RPM
Screen Size: 14.1
How much you paid for laptop: $900
Performance (1-10, 10 high): After Vista's SP1 Update..I would rate peformance a 10
Any problems or issues: The sleep issue with windows vista but its fixed now=) Just turn sleep when plugged in to NEVER.
Other helpful comments: HAVE FUN AND SPIN WHAT YOU LOVE!!
DJ_Red_808 9:41 AM - 16 June, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E-1505
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium4 2.8Ghz HT
MB of RAM: 2.00GB
HD Space: 60 GB @ 10,000RPM
Screen Size: 14.1
How much you paid for laptop: 1,200.00 (Customized on Site)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: no. not at all. have had NO problems since i got it.
djgmb 1:01 PM - 18 June, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed:2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2 GBs upgrading to 4 though
HD Space: 200 GBs
Screen Size: 15 in
How much you paid for laptop:2550
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 +
Any problems or issues: no issues with serato or with the video plug-in
works like a champ
Mage2k 3:01 AM - 22 June, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 4G
HD Space: 186GB
Screen Size: 15 in
How much you paid for laptop: 3K
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10+
Any problems or issues: None
Djayshazam 11:37 PM - 26 June, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):HP pavillion 9208 dv
Processor Type & Speed: Intel core
MB of RAM:512 gig ram
Screen Size: 17'
How much you paid for laptop: $799 (on sale @ best buy)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments: My only problem when I got it (Apr'07 It came with vista, BUT SL was not equipped to run vista yet...had to wait 4 months LOL)
aLiEn 1:18 AM - 8 July, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): ASUS G1Sn-B1 Notebook

Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo Processors T9300 (2.50GHz)
MB of RAM: 4GB DDR2 667 (2GB x 2)
HD Space: 320GB SATA
Screen Size: 15.4”
How much you paid for laptop: $1759
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues:
Plays all my MMO’s and runs Serato like a champ! Sickest laptop I’ve owned so far. I run it on a buffer of 1 (just to be safe) with very minor tweaking. I ran it on a 0 buffer the first night and had a couple dropout lights, but no audio loss etc. It comes with Vista 64bit. I downgraded to Vista 32bit just so I can run Serato. . I highly recommend to anyone looking for a lappy that is efficient, reliable and can make toast! =P
Dj Grizzle 3:29 AM - 9 July, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Powerbook G4(Alu)
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67 MHz PowerPC G4
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 1280x854 (15.4" Wide)
How much you paid for laptop: about 1800 with student discount
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: never had a problem. gets a little hot.
Other helpful comments: i share this betwenn djing AND graphic design.
beench 11:41 AM - 16 July, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell XPS M1530
Processor Type & Speed: 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7250
MB of RAM: 2G
HD Space: 250GB
Screen Size: 15,4'
How much you paid for laptop: 900€ (1350$)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): n/a
Perfect !
Aden 6:25 PM - 17 July, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 1520,
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo T8300(2.4GHz, 800Mhz, 3M L2 Cache)
MB of RAM: 3gb Ram
HD Space: 320G 5400RPM SAMSUNG Hard Drive
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $1470
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 so far. It's perfect with latency at 0. No skips even when I'm using the internet too.
Any problems or issues: Not yet *keeps fingers crossed*
Other helpful comments: Try to use wav files instead of MP3s. They sound a hundered times better but they take up more space. About double the space as a 320kps MP3.
Zag 5:19 PM - 22 July, 2008
I just bought a new laptop and installed 1.8.1, when I start up the computer it is not finding the drivers, I even re installed 1.8.1 while it was plugged in and still it can not find the drivers, i never had this problem with the first computer which i've had for three years (same brand of computer) this is Vista not XP, please help
Zag 5:21 PM - 22 July, 2008
I have never had a problem, with my Sony Viao
ver5e 1:55 AM - 26 July, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 4GB
HD Space: 200 GB
Screen Size: 15 in
How much you paid for laptop: 2,000
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: I've been using 1.81 and have been playing it safe with the USB buffer when I perform. But when I do bring it down to 0 or 1, I occasionally would get a dropout. Not often but just on occasion, and when the internal player freezes when you close the laptop and comeback to it to play songs. Only way out is closing the program and opening it back up. Other than that it works like a dream, can't give it a 10 just yet.
mikenyce 1:30 AM - 28 July, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Mac PowerBook G4
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4
MB of RAM: 1.25 GB
HD Space: 80 GB
Screen Size: 12 in.
How much you paid for laptop: 2,000
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: "Knock on wood", I havent had any major issues. Even when using multiple hard drives.
soon-2-be-ex-FS2user_2.0 10:48 PM - 28 July, 2008
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wearedamagedgoods 10:49 PM - 15 August, 2008
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Latitude D620 : Windows XP Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Centrino Duo 1.66 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1 GB
HD Space: 60 GB
Screen Size: 14 inch wide
How much you paid for laptop: Provided by company
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9.5
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: This is my work laptop, its the first laptop I used SSL with, works like a dream with SSL, no issues, usb buffer set at 0.



Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavillian TX 1000 : Windows Vista Home premium
Processor Type & Speed: AMD Turion 64x2 1.8Ghz
MB of RAM: 3 Gb (2 x 2GB installed)
HD Space: 160 GB
Screen Size: 13 inch
How much you paid for laptop: 1300 euro
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: at first, the usual vista issues with drivers and some crashing, but after performing some vista tweaks (found on this forum, thanks) it performed quite well, the usb buffer started to struggle below 5 though, but for mixing, it was fine.
Other helpful comments: this was bought primarily for SSL but has since been solely used for running Ableton Live 7, and been re-tweaked for Ableton.



Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron 5150 : Windows XP home
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1.25 Gb
HD Space: 80 Gb
Screen Size: 14.1 inch
How much you paid for laptop: 1200 euro (a lot back in 2004!!)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: no, works with SSL like a dream
Other helpful comments: this was my first laptop, originally shipped with 256 mb ram, and used for everything else other than SSL, but upgraded the ram a while back and tried out a few times with SSL and worked fine, usb buffger set at 0, no problem.


Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satelite Pro A60 Windows XP Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Celeron 2.80 Ghz
MB of RAM: 1.25 Gb
HD Space: 30 Gb
Screen Size: 14.1 inch
How much you paid for laptop: 180 euro on ebay including shipping
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues: no, works perfectly with SSL,
Other helpful comments: this is my workhorse laptop, I wanted to see how cheap I could buy a laptop that works well with SSL, it came with 512 mb ram, which worked fine, but I upped it to 1.25 Gb, and have it configured solely for use with SSL. The idea of buying this was that if at a gig or a party and it was damaged somehow or had a drink spilt on it, although dissapointed, I wouldnt lose sleep over it. This is the only laptop I now use wuth SSL and it works like a charm!


Peace and love to all at the forum, you've been a really big help

Andrew
Andrew
Baby Farmer 9:05 PM - 18 August, 2008
Name of Laptop: Toshiba Tecra M5
Processor Type & Speed: Centrino Duo T7200 2.0Ghz
MB of RAM: 2048MB PC2-4200 667Mhz
HD Space: 80GB 7200RPM SATA
Screen Size: 14.1"
How Much? $300 (I work for a computer company)
Performance (1-10): 9
Any Problems or Issues: None at all with SSL. Only other Issue or problem that I had was the touch pad. It's quite small. Smaller than the D620 and any other laptop that is equivalent.
Other Helpful Comments: Also, it has a shorter batter life than that of a D620's and equals. Only about an hour - hour and a half without the Power Adapter. So don't forget your Power supply when you go out and play. They sell a 12-Cell Extended Life Batter that adds a couple hours. But one of them will run you about $70.

Other than those 2 small problems, I love this laptop. Looks great and works great with vista, as well as XP when I tweak it how I like. I'm in the market for a Seagate 200GB 7200RPM Sata Drive to throw in here. and dual boot vista and xp! I'll let yall know how that goes when I accomplish it. Give me 3 months. :)

-Jesse
Dj G Slimm 7:56 PM - 13 January, 2009
The ram for the xps 140 is under the keyboard I had to call dell figure out how to get to it...the two screws are under the battery to release the panel that holds the key board in. I was on here browsing all the post because i have been debating on getting a new laptop... trying to decide should I get a mac or a new xps system.


Quote:
Two laptops to list
#1.

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): - Dell XPS M140
Processor Type & Speed: 1.83ghz
MB of RAM: 1.5gb
HD Space: 80gb
Screen Size: 14.?
How much you paid for laptop: 600 plus 40 for 1gb ram
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: dell battery life sucks, needs plug - can't find second ram dimm
Other helpful comments: Keep it off the net, works much better

#2

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple macbook pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.2gh dual core
MB of RAM: 4gb
HD Space: 120gb
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: 2200
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 2
Any problems or issues: Dropouts, BAD - only gave it a 2 on performace because it looks good
Other helpful comments: Does anyone else see something wrong with this?
Anonymo 8:23 PM - 13 January, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p
Processor Type & Speed: Intel C2D T7500 @ 2.2Ghz
MB of RAM: 4gb
HD Space: 200 Gb 7200RPM 16mb cache
Screen Size: 15.4 1680x1050
How much you paid for laptop: $1800 CAD (tax incl.)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Battery life is dismal (2hours tops), Lenovo charges way too much for upgraded HD and RAM, which I had to replace myself (very easy to do though)
Other helpful comments: Thinkpads are stable as hell and the utilities (backup/recovery) that they provide out of the box is unmatched direct from a manufacturer.
DJ HomeBoy 4:49 PM - 16 February, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Latitude D600

Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium 4 M @ 1.4 Ghz

MB of RAM: 2GB

HD Space: External WD 500 GB Home Edition

Screen Size: 13.3"

How much you paid for laptop: $400

Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10

Any problems or issues: Drop Outs only at 1 ms.
Dj/Dan/Ram 11:36 PM - 18 February, 2009
I JUST BOUGHT THIS ON EBAY ON 2/14/2009 FOR 1550 NEW!!!!!!!
Name Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro 15 (MB) (MB470ll/A)
HD Space: 250GB
Screen Size:15
How much you paid for laptop:1550
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Luv It
Other helpful comments:
dj shortbus 5:28 PM - 20 February, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Inspiron E1505
Processor Type & Speed: 1.67Ghz Intel Core Duo
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 100GB
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: $400 with 250GB external hd and laptop bag off Craigslist
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
OS: Windows XP Pro Sp3 tuned for SSL and music period

Other helpful comments: SSL runs great on this machine, this is the second time I have bought this model lappy as my first one with serato in my laptop bag got ripped off...this is rock solid......thinging about dual booting and dogin a hackintosh for shits and grins
Turn Table Tennis 3:34 AM - 22 February, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Macbook
Processor Type & Speed: c2d 2.4ghz
MB of RAM:3gb
HD Space:250gb
Screen Size:13in
How much you paid for laptop: $1300 and some change, plus upgrades.
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10 (for me)
Any problems or issues: none at all, other then tired eyes after a long (tipsy) gig.
Other helpful comments: not much to say about macs. solid as it gets.
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panic_1 5:43 PM - 22 February, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 150 GB
Screen Size: 15 in
How much you paid for laptop: 800 :)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None yet its my firs mac used it once out solid performer.
DJ TK 8:29 PM - 22 February, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 4GB
HD Space: 250 GB
Screen Size: 13 in
How much you paid for laptop: 1100
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: No problems
djphilly 7:54 AM - 23 February, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.5 intel core 2 duo Penryn
MB of RAM: 2GB (planning to upgrade to 4 soon)
HD Space: 250GB
Screen Size: 15in
How much you paid for laptop: 1300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 (coming from a 1.8/512/40gb -- this is a 10)
Any problems or issues: no problems at all
Other helpful comments:
DJ Sid 4:43 PM - 23 February, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP T-6816T
Processor Type & Speed: 1.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 160GB
Screen Size: 14.1
How much you paid for laptop: $1300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: The computer came with Vista, which constantly crashed with Serato 1.8.0, so I downgraded to XP SP2, and it works great. The only thing when downgrading, is that now I dont have a wireless driver, so for an internet connection, I need a hard line.
Other helpful comments:
Dj G Slimm 9:05 PM - 4 March, 2009
I noticed not too many if none at all are using vista if you had a laptop purchase in the passed 4 months ..no matter where you go now thats all that comes on a laptop is vista and from the 3 dj's that live in the area I am located that I know have vista on their laptop non of them can bring the USB Buffer under 10 if running vista, without the USB drop light comming on even with a 2.5gig core 2 duo
Dj-M.Bezzle 9:31 PM - 4 March, 2009
Quote:
no matter where you go now thats all that comes on a laptop is vista


Not true you can easily buy one with OSX which runs SL easily at 2 ;P. Serato recommends XP over Vista and If need be they still sell copys of XP in stores like best buy
Polanka 9:44 PM - 4 March, 2009
Name: Dell Inspiron 1525
Processor Type&Speed: 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo T7250 processor
MB of RAM: 4GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
HD Space: 120GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD
Screen Size: 15.4
How much you paid for laptop: $300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8

No problems at all! This laptop has worked great with Scratch Live.
Laz219 11:28 PM - 4 March, 2009
I'm running a vista laptop on 4 latency, will get a dropout maybe once or twice every four hours.

Sid, try one of the dedicated driver search apps like driver detective or similar. A lot of the time vista-->xp drivers can be hard to find but those programs usually get them.
DSTYLEZ 6:47 AM - 5 March, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Hp Dv8000
Processor Type & Speed:1.8ghz
MB of RAM:3g
HD Space:600g
Screen Size:17.4 widescreen
How much you paid for laptop:$1700(nz)
Performance (1-10, 10 high):10
Any problems or issues:None yet
Other helpful comments:Works well with ssl and believe me it gets a thrashing 5hrs straight everynite for the past 3yrs(dj school,club,radio)
pb 5:40 PM - 5 March, 2009
Commodore 64

CPU: MOS 6510, 1MHz
Sound: SID 6581, 3 channels of sound
RAM: 64K
Display: 25 X 40 text
320 X 200, 16 colors max
Ports: TV, RGB & composite video
2 joysticks, cartridge port
serial peripheral port
Peripherals: cassette recorder
printer, modem
external 170K floppy drive
OS: ROM BASIC


LMFAO
DJ d.range 7:50 PM - 12 March, 2009
yo DSTYLEZ, get a cooling pad for that HP...the DV series is known to get xtra hot
DSTYLEZ 6:46 AM - 25 March, 2009
Hi DJ d range i dont use a cooling pad thats just another thing to carry around.I know the dv series is known for getting hot but ive never had mine overheat,crash,or freeze when im out dj'ing and believe me its gets a thrashing everyday and night.
dj shadow from detroit 7:12 PM - 25 March, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):macbook white
Processor Type & Speed:2.0ghz
MB of RAM:4g
HD Space:120 gig
Screen Size:13 widesceen
How much you paid for laptop:$1,000
Performance (1-10, 10 high):?
Any problems or issues:yes
Other helpful comments:4 gig apple problem with different programs including serato( distortion happens after a couple hours or so ) also cursor going asleep and freezing.powering down and back up fixes problem for a Little while.

im using usb - external and a 57.
i notice when not plugging in the external usb and the 57 before start up.and waiting for the laptop to load then plug in usb external and 57.i have know cursor freezing.

with apples new firmware updates i will get back with rating this laptop.
until then my dell is a more reliable laptop :)
AMF 12:58 PM - 26 March, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.4ghz
MB of RAM: 3gb
HD Space: 160gb
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1299
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none so far
Other helpful comments:
Yogi_LV 6:05 AM - 29 March, 2009
About the HP's: I have a DV9000, which was killer with SSL, untill I did a show last July. Heated up and crashed out. Would just drop out in the middle of songs. Had to finish the night from an iPod. I will hate having to use the family laptop for shows, have only played a few since then and played straight from CD. I charge too much to risk dropping out again. Has anyone had this problem and fixed it? Do those chersey little cooling pads really work?
dj shadow from detroit 7:47 AM - 29 March, 2009
elevate and use a laptop cooler.antec coolers are good.and get a laptop stand.
Dj Yan Naing 8:13 AM - 29 March, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model) Dell Studio 15
Processor Type $ speed:T5850 2.16ghz 2.17ghz
Mb of Ram 4gb
HD space: 260Gb
Screen Size 15.4"
How much you paid for Laptop:$946
Any problem or issues: none yet
DSTYLEZ 4:34 AM - 30 March, 2009
Quote:
About the HP's: I have a DV9000, which was killer with SSL, untill I did a show last July. Heated up and crashed out. Would just drop out in the middle of songs. Had to finish the night from an iPod. I will hate having to use the family laptop for shows, have only played a few since then and played straight from CD. I charge too much to risk dropping out again. Has anyone had this problem and fixed it? Do those chersey little cooling pads really work?

I must be one of the lucky ones Yogi_LV i do alot of club,radio,concert work as well as teaching at the mainz dj school in n.z and my hp has never let me down i know alot of my students use cooling pads and they say they work well.You should buy one and see for yourself.
jon-x 1:48 PM - 10 May, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): IBM T40
Processor Type & Speed: Pentium M 1,5GHz
MB of RAM: 512
HD Space: 80GB internal + 250GB in Ultrabay (instead of CD drive)
Screen Size: 14,1"
How much you paid for laptop: about 400 euro (in november 2007), and about 100 euro for re-soldering the GPU
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 - on clean of other software XP Pro SSL runs well with 2ms latency. Remember to keep your music organized and encoded well!
Any problems or issues: For 1,5 yr never crashed. But the T40 has a bug with graphics processor. When the GPU is hot, it's very easy to destroy the BGA soldering under the GPU with moving the computer. The only solution is adding the small radiator over the GPU, keeping the cooling fan clean and NEVER place the laptop over the surface that cover the "air input" placed under the unit (the laptop stand is the best solution).
Other helpful comments: Don't buy T40 - buy T30, T43 or T60!
DJ506 4:47 AM - 4 June, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion DV6

Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 2.00GHz

MB of RAM: 4GB (expandable to 8GB)

HD Space: 320 GB

Screen Size: 16"

How much you paid for laptop: $849 CDN

Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9

Any problems or issues: Not a real problem but I can't go to "1" in my USB latency without getting the odd USB light. I guess this is a known issue with SSL on Vista.

Other helpful comments: Running Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Service Pack 2.
Laz219 6:38 AM - 4 June, 2009
May as well through up my new kit..

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Del inspiron 1525

Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2ghz

MB of RAM: 4GB

HD Space: 250gb

Screen Size: 15.4

How much you paid for laptop: $849 (AUD)

Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 (everything maxed, no drops)

Any problems or issues: Never actually been an issue but uses a dell specific charger, every other laptop i've had was close enough I could borrow someone elses if something went wrong.

Other helpful comments: Easiest downgrade to XP ever, came with a disc that had all the right drivers for XP as well as vista.
DJDaveOtt 11:58 AM - 4 June, 2009
yeah dell changed their power adapter...
who knows why...only god himself
DJKMD25 8:50 PM - 25 June, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Gateway T-6859u
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 2.0GHz
MB of RAM: 4GB DDR2
HD Space: 320GB HDD
Screen Size: 14.1" WXGA
How much you paid for laptop: $501.98 ($499.99 + $1.99 s/h) sick deal @ www.circuitcity.com
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9 so far (only had it 1 week, no live perfomances yet)
Any problems or issues: I had some issues with SSL 1.9 jacking up my .m4a files but got help with this on the forum >>www.scratchlive.net
I rolled back to 1.8.4 and haven't had any issues thus far.
Other helpful comments: I'm using the SL-3. Serato is tha shizznit!
kthbrdy 6:17 PM - 26 June, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: 2.53Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 4GB
HD Space: 320GB
Screen Size: 15.4"
How much you paid for laptop: 1400eur
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: nope!
Other helpful comments: Runs Serato Itch effortlessly!
DJ GaFFle 9:36 PM - 26 June, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 Ghz
MB of RAM: 4GB
HD Space: 320GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1100
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None
Other helpful comments: Run iTch perfectly with the Numark NS7...(the PC I had on it ran teRRiBle!)
SiRocket 6:58 PM - 27 June, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 Ghz
MB of RAM: 4GB
HD Space: 500GB
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $1999.99
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Yea, the screens fucking huge.. LOL
Other helpful comments: If you don't mind feeling like a wavie using this big ass thing, then use it :) LOL
DJ GaFFle 8:53 PM - 27 June, 2009
^^^ 17" = Nice! BUT don't get a protective cover like the Macally or Speck... that thing will weigh a ton (for a Mac).
SiRocket 4:25 PM - 28 June, 2009
yea i'm rocking it raw :)
offner86 6:52 AM - 10 July, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro 15
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 Ghz
MB of RAM: 4GB
HD Space: 500GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1799.99
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 5
Any problems or issues: Yes, the waveforms freeze on track loads & switching modes. All suggestions from Tech support have not helped with this issue.
DJ GaFFle 10:23 PM - 10 July, 2009
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook Pro 15
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 Ghz
MB of RAM: 4GB
HD Space: 500GB
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1799.99
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 5
Any problems or issues: Yes, the waveforms freeze on track loads & switching modes. All suggestions from Tech support have not helped with this issue.

Your waveform freezes are most likely because you're probably using an external for your music.
offner86 12:12 AM - 11 July, 2009
DJ Gaffle - That's a negative buddy. Using the internal and only 150 gb is used.
offner86 12:13 AM - 11 July, 2009
Oh and it's MAC OS 10.5.7
djdalite 12:28 AM - 11 July, 2009
Laptop Specs:
HP DV9500T
T7250(2.00GHz, 2mb L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
4gb Ram
240gb 5400rpm HD
256mb Nvidia GeForce 8600m GS
Vista Home @ The Moment
Custom HD - 3.5 usb box/ 500gb Seagate Barracuda 7200
Price: $1300

No issues so far when it comes to stability, but 1.5yrs later i have some dead pixels on the screen and HP wont repair under warrenty
DJ McKay 3:55 AM - 13 July, 2009
Mac Book Pro
Ram - Un known
HD size 250GB
i don't think ill ever go back to a PC ever again. Im all about Mac books now
Miste E 3:03 PM - 14 July, 2009
Hi
I got a question, I m a turntablist (scratching, beat juggling, routines' player)
I want to know if my Pc will work perfectly with the SL1. Am I gonna be able to use SSL in order to scratch all my mp3 without latency? Or better without latency that will make the scratches harder!

here's my PC specs:
2 years old
Dell Inspiron 6400
Intel Core Duo 1.73GHz
1024MO of RAM (I can't add more RAM)
Win XP servcie pack 2

I'm planning to buy the SSL1.

Thankx guys
bye
dj shadow from detroit 9:18 PM - 14 July, 2009
to be honest this laptop is ok.i would do all the xp tweaks and try serato @ the lowest settings.it might be good.the 1 gig of ram is what is concerning me.i have a dell inspiron e1705 same processor but with 2 gigs.and i run it @ the lowest settings.i scratch and all that stuff also.and the latency is tight.

just try your laptop with all the tweaks.and get back with us.

hope this helps :0 serato is a great investment for a dj.
Miste E 1:06 PM - 15 July, 2009
Thank you for the reply.
I asked a few shops in order to know if it was possible to try it on my own laptop but they also say me that it s not possible!! I cant believe it, a 500eur program!!! You can't try it before!!
Anyway, thanks a lot for the help! I thnik I m gonna wait till I have more money. If SSL is not working perfectly, I would buy a PC with more RAM.

One more question: I have Ubunut installed also on a part of my HD. Does it affect the performances of my laptop while running SSL??

Bye
Miste E 1:59 PM - 15 July, 2009
I talked with a friend of mine. he told me that it would be possible to change the RAM of my laptop. So that I will have those specs:

2 years old
Dell Inspiron 6400
Intel Core Duo 1.73GHz
2gig of RAM (I can't add more RAM)
Win XP servcie pack 2

Sounds pretty good isn't it? Will it still have some latency for scratching and beatjuggling??
dj shadow from detroit 6:04 PM - 15 July, 2009
yes,max the ram and do tweaks to windows xp. and you will be all good :)

that laptop is nice.
Miste E 10:48 PM - 15 July, 2009
thanks a lot buddy :)
Miste E 3:39 PM - 17 July, 2009
Ok
I put already more RAM so I have a
2 years old laptop Dell Inspiron 6400
Intel Core Duo 1.73GHz
2gig of RAM
Win XP servcie pack 2

I found one of my friends owns it. I m gonna try with his software to see how it's going. I find it incredible that you can´t try it in a shop??!!!! I m gonna go there and tell them " If you don't let me try, I won´t buy it in your shop!!"

thanks
babooza69 4:14 PM - 17 July, 2009
hp dv5t

P8600 @ 2.4ghz
3gb ram
512mb 9600GT vid
250gb internal 5400rpm

paid around $1100 for it almost a year ago


dell e1505
T2500 @ 2ghz
2gb ram
256mb x1400 vid
120gb internal 7200 rpm

paid around $1100 for it about 3 years ago
B_DUB 5:34 PM - 8 September, 2009
Well guys I hope this will help all of you who are terrified to spend so much on a laptop without knowing whether it will work well or not. I am pleased to report I've found a winner!

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): HP Pavilion dv4-1435dx Entertainment
Processor Type & Speed: Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor T6500
MB of RAM: 4GB DDR2 memory (expandable to 8GB but not even necessary)
HD Space: 320 Gig
Screen Size: 14.1" WXGA high-definition widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: $650!
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10

Any problems or issues: Flawless!

Other helpful comments:
First let me say that I spent hours and hours paralyzed by all of the options. After narrowing some of my options I was able to focus in on 3-4 that fit the bill.

1. I decided a 14" screen was big enough to see well, and keeps the laptop nice and small for gigs.
2. I wanted a dual core (Intel ONLY) processor and 320G hard drive.
3. I wanted to spend 550-650 dollars

First of all I went to Best Buy to rest assured I'd get customer service should I have a problem. And I purchased a 2 year warranty (all inclusive) for $150. I ended up choosing the HP over the Asus U81, Toshiba, or Dell Studio for a few (or cumulative) reasons. Because they all had the same specs, it boiled down to some smaller preferences. Name brand and proven. It has great support vs. the competition. When comparing some smaller details it proved superior. Keyboard feel, touchpad (with scroll feature), lightscribe, volume bar above keyboard. It was the least expensive with out sacrificing these options.

It performs perfectly right out of the box... no Vista tweaks necessary (well I did turn off the power save). USB buffer set to ZERO. Graphics at fastest refresh rate. Everything works great.

BDUB
DJDeluchi 6:27 PM - 8 September, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):Apple MacBook
Processor Type & Speed: Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor
MB of RAM: 2GB DDR3 memory
HD Space: 250GIG being upgraded to solid state soon
Screen Size: 13 inch widescreen
How much you paid for laptop: £1500
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 could'nt be more happy
RubixDigitales 2:22 AM - 10 September, 2009
Laptop:
HP dv6643cl (part of the DV6000 / DV6500 / DV6 series)
2 x 2ghz AMD Turion TL- 60 Processor
3 GB RAM
250 GB HDD
15” Monitor
Vista Home Premium (however downgraded to XP)
Cost: $1200 Australian just over a year ago ($1000 + RAM and HDD upgrade)

Views on Vista:
It came with Vista home premium which was loaded full of bloat ware. It has a 100 of ‘free trial this’ and ‘demo that’. I’m not a fan of Vista at all, so it only stayed as my OS for about 5 minutes before I decided to downgrade to XP which took me 6 months to find all the drivers for.

AMD processor:
At the time I purchased it I didn’t know about the issues with AMD. Somewhat fortunately it didn’t suffer the tracking issues illustrated here: scratchlive.net. One could also consider this unfortunate because if it did I would have returned it immediately.

USB:
Suffers from USB dropout issues. I cannot get the buffer below around 5 before USB dropout occurs. Am now looking for a new laptop.

Multitasking:
I was good at multitasking, at a party I was playing at I was handed an external harddrive of the music I had to play. The music had been ripped in WMA format. So during the set (I ended up playing for around 4 hours straight). I had iTunes transcoding the music on-the-fly in background while playing in serato at the same time no drama. However that was pretty much the only high-point for this laptop.

Overall Experience (5/10):
Eveything else was great, monitor worked fine with wide viewing angle, touch pad tracked well, case was sturdy etc etc. I can see why people would like it, however it is not a Serato machine. I reckon there are many cheaper (and lower spec) laptops which would easily outperform this laptop in the Serato department. It was however fast at building the overviews and never ran too hot even when I ran it for almost 24 Hr analyzing ALL my music.
DJ SpinArt 8:31 AM - 15 October, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple MacBook 13"
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz
MB of RAM: 4GB DDR2 Memory
HD Space: 500GB hard drive
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: $1300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: Didn't like using the touchpad to click option while in SSL. It caused some unwanted "clicking". Didn't happen live(thanfully) so I disabled that feature. Other than that it's great!
Other helpful comments: Get a skin from Gelaskins, iSkin, etc; 1 size bigger(15") so you can cut it so that it wraps around the edges.
sajby from Hungary 8:36 AM - 15 October, 2009
6 months old.

Apple Macbook(white)
Intel core 2 duo 2,0GHz
4GB DDR2 ram
120GB hard drive

I love it! :D
fmproductions 11:00 PM - 17 October, 2009
HP dv7-1285dx
P8600 @ 2.4ghz
6GB ram
500 GB internal 5400rpm
price: $899 (July 09)
Dj G Slimm 9:54 PM - 26 October, 2009
is anyone running windows 7 if so whats your latency settings
Dkbavaria 10:02 PM - 26 October, 2009
Apple Macbook PRO
2.53GHZ Core 2 Duo
4GB DDR3Ram
13" LED
250GB Harddrive 5400RPM
$999 - After $100 dollar student discount
10
Works Great
Highly Recommended
terrible1fi 10:39 PM - 26 October, 2009
dkbavaria, where did you find that deal??
Dkbavaria 10:48 PM - 26 October, 2009
www.apple.com

I have the base model, new macbook pro. (hope i copied my specs correctly)

and sorry, its actually 1,099 with the student discount.

My old white macbook was 999 with student discount... (btw, if you dont have your student ID with you... you can still get by as long as you talk it out.
terrible1fi 10:49 PM - 26 October, 2009
word thanks
jollygiantdj 9:22 AM - 27 October, 2009
RiceCube,

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell M6300
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Dual Core Xtreme 2800
MB of RAM: 4GB
HD Space: 256SSID solid state hard drive (no moving parts, supposedly 100% reliable and uses less energy)
Screen Size: 17" wide screen
How much you paid for laptop: about $4500 which includes a 5 year anything you do is covered on site repair warranty. This warranty cost well over $1000 by itself.
Performance (1-10, 10 high): greater than 10
Any problems or issues: I wish I had waited a touch longer and bought a M6400 as it has a lighted keyboard. Otherwise this is an amazing machine and money well spent.

Other helpful comments: This machine is running XP Pro as OEM and Dell is last I checked still selling XP Pro Machines in their commercial sales department only. I actually have the system set up as dual boot of XP with 3 particions on the drive 2 for operating systems and one bulk area for data.

Drive C is a 60GB section used for all personal and business uses paperwork internet and etc.

Drive D is very small 8GB strictly for DJ performance consisting of Serato, Video SL and MY DMX (ADJ software for controlling intelligent lighting). Beyond what is necessary for DJ work all extra system capabilities are disabled in device manager on the DJ operating system. This means no internet, ethernet, connectivity whatsoever nor office, games or any other needless things.This also is why I can omit virus protection on the DJ Operating system. The machine is also run in selective startup to absoutley maximize performance. I do a complete boot in under 10 seconds in DJ mode. It may take 10-15 seconds for booting of computer, Serato and MY DMX.

Drive E is strictly music.

When I make the video transition it will likely be on a multi fan cooled Network attached storage permenantley mounted in my DJ rig. Personal and non DJ media are kept on drive C or flash drive and permenatly stored on a 2TB network attach storage in my residence. DJ music and video are kept strictly offline in my home safe and a backup is kept in a safe deposit box in case my home is destroyed or something. My collection has never seen the internet nor will it ever for safety reasons.
RJ45 (wide phone jack) Network Attached Storage is dramatically faster than any type of USB or Firewire connection and ultimatley more reliable. A simple pocket portable hard drive becomes unreliable from constant re-connection and overheating as these type of portables are not cooled. These portables are designed for transferring data and backup purposes only. They will burn up when used continually.

One very important question you are wondering...Why did I over do the minimum requirments and spend so much on this hardware? Minimum requirments grow over time and a budget machine will be outdated shortly if not already. By buying the absloute best I am future proofing my investment in that my hardware is capable of anything I have not yet thought of.

The point is buy big and quality and not need to replace anytime in the forseeable future. Whatever your minimum requirments are double or triple them and you will be very happy with the end result...after you get done paying for it. Don't forget this and all other DJ expenses are a 100% tax write off.
I hope you found this helpful and/or thought provoking.

Regards,

Russ
RubixDigitales 6:15 AM - 17 November, 2009
Brand & Model: Asus M51 SN (m51sn-004G)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 / 2.6GB
RAM: 3GB (however only 2GB is recognised with XP)
HDD Space: 250GB
Screen Size: 15”
How much you paid for laptop: AUD $750 (second hand)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10 perfect!

This laptop runs great with USB buffer @ the lowest setting and everything else maxed out with key lock and hifi resampler switched on. Downgrading to XP was a snap with all the drivers readily available on the Asus website. The laptop is also equipped with a GeForce 9500M 512Mb graphics so I’m sure it could handle video (although I have no interest in doing so).


I’m very satisfied with this laptop after the nightmare I had to endure with my old HP DV6500. There are some very minor things which do stop the Asus M51sn from being the ‘ultimate’ Serato DJ laptop though:

1) There are no USB ports on the left hand side; instead there are 2 on the back, 1 on the front and 1 on the right. I usually have my laptop to the right of the decks therefore would have liked a usb port on the left.

2) The underside of the laptop is uneven which makes it a little unstable when sitting on an uneven surface such as a milk crate.

3) The laptop is quite heavy given its 15” size and weighs about the same as a heavy-ish 17” laptop, long missions with this laptop slung over the shoulder isn’t particularly comfortable.

4) It has poor battery stamina, lasts around 1.5 hours on a single charge. It is always plugged in when mixing so this isn’t so much of an issue, however when making playlists on long train/plane rides it can be a little frustrating.
jollygiantdj 7:14 AM - 17 November, 2009
RubixDigitales,

I noticed your mention of XP only seeing 2GB of RAM. The RAM support is controlled by the version of XP. By upgrading your XP install to service pack 2 you will see your full 3GB. This may be important if you are doing much with video or other RAM intensive applications. The recent service pack 3 may actually support beyond 4GB. You can go to the windows update site by selecting windows update from your start menu. If your machine is offline they offer an option for obtaining the update via a disc. You also mention your battery life. The majority of your battery is consumed by the screen, hard drive, processor, and CD/DVD optical drive. There are a few simple settings to maximise battery life.
1. screen: When in battery mode hit the function key marked Fn between the left control and windows key and while holding the Fn key press the down arrow. This will adjust your brightness. lower will increase your battery life.

2a. hard drive: I would not reccomend messing with nay setting here as this may cause issues with serato...I have no idea. but check out the power managment menu. Access the power managment by right clicking on a area of blank screen and selecting properties. From that point select the tab "screen saver" in that tab press the button labeled "power". This will bring up a menu where you can adjust power managment.

2b. hard drive: The best answer and biggest thing you can do to improve battery life, system reliability, and performance is eliminate your conventional hard drive with a solid state hard drive. A solid state is a hard drive with no moving parts or heat generation. A solid state hard drive can also be thought of as a super fast internal thumb drive. These are expensive but if reliability concerns you then this is crucial. Reliability is improved as laptops have terrible cooling. Hard drives and other components hate heat. By eliminating a major source of heat, power consumption and questionable reliability your improvements are vast. I have a 256GB unit in my machine and more than tripled battery life.

3. processor: Shut down any unused programs. hit ctrl, alt, and delete together to bring up your task manager. Under the Applications tab shut down anything your not using. The real benifit here is the processes tab but I could not begin to tell you which items to shut down on you machine. The processes tab is showing all the software running in the background. If you are really interested in boosting your machines performance from the start menu select "run" and type in msconfig . This will bring up the system configuration utility. on the general tab select selective startup then move to the startup tab and uncheck anything not necessary. Keep in mind you do not need burning software, office software or anything else like this. You can always select these programs from the start menu when you want them. Also look at the bottom right of your screen there shound be few icons such as network cards, volume, power take a good look at anything beyond that. There are numerous resources that can explain these settings in detail online. Do not fool with anything else in msconfig as you can create trouble beyond the startup tab.

4. optical drive: simply don't use it. If watching movies rip the DVD or find an online source such as netflix to avoid using the optical drive.

5. battery: This should not be overlooked. If your battery is more than a year old simply replace it. Be sure your replacment is from the original supplier. The off name cheapo replacments are not equal to the originals. You do get what you pay for in this case. To take it a step further purchase a second battery as a spare. I find this useful when flying as there is not always an outlet avalable. Though since I upgraded to the solid state hard drive I can run for about 5 hours now and no longer use the spare battery.

Hope you find some of this informative and useful.

Best wishes,

Russ
Polanka 10:59 PM - 17 November, 2009
XPS M1330

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.1GHz/800MhzFSB, 4M L2 Cache)

System Memory 8GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm

128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

250GB 7200RPM

I am running Windows XP 64bit with service pack 2

I just ordered an 80 gig intel solid state drive and will replace the internal 250 hard drive to enhance my overall system performance.
mastermind 11:06 PM - 17 November, 2009
^^^wow
DSTYLEZ 11:51 PM - 13 December, 2009
Dell-Alienware M17x

Rating 10/10
Cost:$5000

Screen 17# widescreen

Processor-Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9000 (2GHz/ 1066 fsb/ 6MB Cache)

Operating system-Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate (32 bit)

Memory-8GB (4GBx2) 1333MHz ddr3 sdram

Hard drive-1000GB 7200RPM Sata raid 1 (2 x 500GB)

Video card-SLI(tm) Dual 1GB Gddr3 Nvidia(R) Geforce(R) GTX 280M

Great laptop have given it a real beating for the last 6 months with no problems so far.
DJ_Phenom 12:11 AM - 14 December, 2009
I've used a toshiba satellite A215 for the last couple years, thinking about upgrading for 2010

15" screen
Vista Home Premium
4GB ram / 250GB HD(use a seagate 500GB for serato)
AMD Turion dual core processor(1.8GHz)
Dj.Mojo 1:23 PM - 14 December, 2009
Quote:
Dell-Alienware M17x

Rating 10/10
Cost:$5000

Screen 17# widescreen

Processor-Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9000 (2GHz/ 1066 fsb/ 6MB Cache)

Operating system-Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate (32 bit)

Memory-8GB (4GBx2) 1333MHz ddr3 sdram

Hard drive-1000GB 7200RPM Sata raid 1 (2 x 500GB)

Video card-SLI(tm) Dual 1GB Gddr3 Nvidia(R) Geforce(R) GTX 280M

Great laptop have given it a real beating for the last 6 months with no problems so far.

How come you have paid 5000$ for that laptop? On the dell page it is for €1.900?
Was it a typo? The laptop looks like a real beast. Have you tested it with video SL?
How is the batterie run time?
peds 9:41 PM - 14 December, 2009
13" mac book pro unibody
2.26 GHz
intel core 2 duo
2GB
cost £900
bought about 2 months ago had a sony vaio but had loads of issues with it. you can't beat mac that's my view
dj.B.rad 5:34 AM - 15 December, 2009
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Acer Aspire 5720Z

Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz

MB of RAM: 4Gb

HD Space: 250Gb + 1tb Western Digital External

Screen Size: 15.4"

How much you paid for laptop: $650 plus $80 in memory upgrades

Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10

Any problems or issues: never had a problem with it, used for probably over a hundred gigs

Other helpful comments: Running Windows XP SP2. This computer is only used for DJing and only has Serato, Sony Acid, and ProTools installed on it.
Dj G Slimm 7:45 PM - 15 December, 2009
Quote:
Quote:
Dell-Alienware M17x

Rating 10/10
Cost:$5000

Screen 17# widescreen

Processor-Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9000 (2GHz/ 1066 fsb/ 6MB Cache)

Operating system-Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate (32 bit)

Memory-8GB (4GBx2) 1333MHz ddr3 sdram

Hard drive-1000GB 7200RPM Sata raid 1 (2 x 500GB)

Video card-SLI(tm) Dual 1GB Gddr3 Nvidia(R) Geforce(R) GTX 280M

Great laptop have given it a real beating for the last 6 months with no problems so far.

How come you have paid 5000$ for that laptop? On the dell page it is for €1.900?
Was it a typo? The laptop looks like a real beast. Have you tested it with video SL?
How is the batterie run time?



To answere you question to the pricing is ..the person that paid 5,000.00 tricked the laptop out my maxing all the specs on it ..the 1900.00 price tag is the plain M17x with a dual core ..that person upgraded everything on the laptop to the highest spec...go to www.alienware.com to get a better idea.
Dj.Mojo 1:55 AM - 16 December, 2009
Do you use it with video sl?
This is pretty much the sickest pc laptop I have seen so far.
Dj G Slimm 1:15 PM - 16 December, 2009
Quote:
Do you use it with video sl?
This is pretty much the sickest pc laptop I have seen so far.


Yeah it will run video sl with ease, even if you don't trick it out and just stick with the base model of alienware laptops. To give you just a little about alienware computer backgrounds they are gaming computers with power in mind even if you get the base model of alienware it comes with power to that of a macbook pro the only con to it is that by it being a windows base unit ..it most likely will have windows issue that plague serato from time to time like when vista came out..as of now the guy that originally posted his M17x laptop is the only one I have seen so far using windows 7 as of now to my knowlege I don't think serato fully supports windows 7 they haven't posted and update saying serato and the drivers for serato works on computers with windows 7
DSTYLEZ 3:52 AM - 18 December, 2009
Quote:
Quote:
Dell-Alienware M17x

Rating 10/10
Cost:$5000

Screen 17# widescreen

Processor-Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9000 (2GHz/ 1066 fsb/ 6MB Cache)

Operating system-Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate (32 bit)

Memory-8GB (4GBx2) 1333MHz ddr3 sdram

Hard drive-1000GB 7200RPM Sata raid 1 (2 x 500GB)

Video card-SLI(tm) Dual 1GB Gddr3 Nvidia(R) Geforce(R) GTX 280M

Great laptop have given it a real beating for the last 6 months with no problems so far.

How come you have paid 5000$ for that laptop? On the dell page it is for €1.900?
Was it a typo? The laptop looks like a real beast. Have you tested it with video SL?
How is the batterie run time?


Hi DJ Mojo It was no typo $5000(New Zealand dollars)so 1,900 is about right when converted to you currency. I upgraded the hard,drive ram, and warranty it is a quad core to been using it with 1.9.2 and have had no probs with it yet.Havent tried the vsl yet but will give it a blast in the weekend.
RubixDigitales 11:42 AM - 3 January, 2010
Just pondering advice by people in this thread on REALLY expensive laptops in which one poster wrote:

Quote:
The point is buy big and quality and not need to replace anytime in the forseeable future. Whatever your minimum requirements are double or triple them and you will be very happy with the end result...after you get done paying for it. Don't forget this and all other DJ expenses are a 100% tax write off.
I hope you found this helpful and/or thought provoking.


And yet in the same post he also wrote:

Quote:
Any problems or issues: I wish I had waited a touch longer and bought a M6400 as it has a lighted keyboard. Otherwise this is an amazing machine and money well spent.


So the moral of the story is in fact: don’t spend too much on a laptop as there is always something better just around the corner….
Hawk 12:59 PM - 3 January, 2010
Actually I think the moral of the story is you really shouldn't spend money on a piece of crap.
DJ Alkemy 7:32 PM - 3 January, 2010
Brand & Model: Dell Inspiron I1720
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 @ 2GHz
RAM: 3GB
HDD Space: 220GB
Screen Size: 17”
How much you paid for laptop: £900
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10

One problem, which I find with most Dell's is the charger has a habit of breaking.
Also, now and again I have USB dropouts but other than that it works well.
DJSHARK 5:31 AM - 4 January, 2010
IBM T61-8300
XP PRO
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4
Ram 4g
100g 7200rpm Going to be swapped for a Hitachi 500g 7200 soon
15.4 in screen
I got a stupid deal brand new under 900 bucks
performance is a 10.The only thing is the screen,I wish it was LED not LCD

I love my workhorse.I can run serato,acid and 2 or more other programs and have all 3 usb ports plugged up and no issuesThe one thing i don't do is go on the internet .
DJ SpinArt 10:44 AM - 12 February, 2010
I just saw the new MacBooks and noticed they have eliminated the button. I'm wondering if anyone has one and has tried using SSL with it? I had enabled the option to tap the pad to click and ended up with unwanted clicks when simply trying to move the pointer. So I disabled it. The new MacBooks don't give you that option b/c there's no button.
letx 5:07 AM - 13 February, 2010
I have the newer unibody macbook the actual trackpad clicks down like a huge button also. I have no problems with unwanted clicks and I have the single tap to click option enabled.

I can also use my thumb to click the bottom area and my index finger to scroll around as if there was a physical button under the trackpad. No problems here!
DJ SpinArt 3:16 AM - 15 February, 2010
That is awesome. Now I kind of wish I had that.
DJ Leezy 4:23 AM - 21 February, 2010
Does anyone have any experience good or bad with HP laptops? Im considering purchasing one.. Im a die hard Dell guy but ive been hearing alot of people having slight issues with Dell laptops thru SSL.. so ive been told HP are the next best thing next to MAC pertaining to SSL
latinblood2k1 4:38 AM - 21 February, 2010
I use HP and it hasn`t given me 1 problem
Turn Table Tennis 4:39 AM - 21 February, 2010
Quote:
Does anyone have any experience good or bad with HP laptops? Im considering purchasing one.. Im a die hard Dell guy but ive been hearing alot of people having slight issues with Dell laptops thru SSL.. so ive been told HP are the next best thing next to MAC pertaining to SSL


do not get an hp laptop. in my experience with them, they are fine for everyday personal use but are a fucking disaster with scratchlive. they get way too hot to do video with and usb drop outs are ridiculous. dell and asus are my choice (if i had to chose pc) for scratchlive.
Turn Table Tennis 4:39 AM - 21 February, 2010
Quote:
I use HP and it hasn`t given me 1 problem

which model?
latinblood2k1 4:42 AM - 21 February, 2010
Quote:
Quote:
I use HP and it hasn`t given me 1 problem

which model?


www.amazon.com
latinblood2k1 4:43 AM - 21 February, 2010
I am using it with 2.0 beta version and it still hasn`t given me any problems I have the latency on 5
Turn Table Tennis 4:45 AM - 21 February, 2010
Quote:
I am using it with 2.0 beta version and it still hasn`t given me any problems I have the latency on 5

you've never noticed your usb light come on?
my worst experience has been with the dv series. i just sold all my pc laptops and kept my macs.
latinblood2k1 4:49 AM - 21 February, 2010
Quote:
Quote:
I am using it with 2.0 beta version and it still hasn`t given me any problems I have the latency on 5

you've never noticed your usb light come on?
my worst experience has been with the dv series. i just sold all my pc laptops and kept my macs.


yea i`ve noticed the lights and it only comes on once in a while when its on 3 or 4 with 4 being rarely so thats why i left it at 5 cause i have never had the light nor the audio dropping out. I guess it has to do with how the system runs and if you configure it correctly. This particular model came out last year I guess I was just lucky
Turn Table Tennis 4:55 AM - 21 February, 2010
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
I am using it with 2.0 beta version and it still hasn`t given me any problems I have the latency on 5

you've never noticed your usb light come on?
my worst experience has been with the dv series. i just sold all my pc laptops and kept my macs.


yea i`ve noticed the lights and it only comes on once in a while when its on 3 or 4 with 4 being rarely so thats why i left it at 5 cause i have never had the light nor the audio dropping out. I guess it has to do with how the system runs and if you configure it correctly. This particular model came out last year I guess I was just lucky

cool, glad it's working for you.
Quote:
Does anyone have any experience good or bad with HP laptops? Im considering purchasing one.. Im a die hard Dell guy but ive been hearing alot of people having slight issues with Dell laptops thru SSL.. so ive been told HP are the next best thing next to MAC pertaining to SSL

now you know which model to get.
latinblood2k1 4:58 AM - 21 February, 2010
Yea man lets hope it doesn`t give me any problems
mikep 7:02 AM - 21 February, 2010
My HP Pavillion dv8000z has been great. I've had it about two and a half years and never had a problem with dropouts etc. when I need to upgrade I'll look at HP again, especially if I can get another 17" with 2 internal drives.
DJ506 9:02 AM - 21 February, 2010
Quote:
I use HP and it hasn`t given me 1 problem


+1
DJ506 9:04 AM - 21 February, 2010
Quote:
Quote:
I am using it with 2.0 beta version and it still hasn`t given me any problems I have the latency on 5

you've never noticed your usb light come on?
my worst experience has been with the dv series. i just sold all my pc laptops and kept my macs.



I have a DV6 and I am running my latency on 2. :)
Turn Table Tennis 2:47 PM - 21 February, 2010
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
I am using it with 2.0 beta version and it still hasn`t given me any problems I have the latency on 5

you've never noticed your usb light come on?
my worst experience has been with the dv series. i just sold all my pc laptops and kept my macs.



I have a DV6 and I am running my latency on 2. :)


guess i've just had some shitty luck with hp.
Dj.Mojo 2:30 PM - 23 February, 2010
Quote:
Quote:
I use HP and it hasn`t given me 1 problem


+1

Only drawback: Face recognition only works if you are white.
Turn Table Tennis 3:52 PM - 23 February, 2010
^ Try it in a brighter room?
Archangel 7:56 PM - 9 March, 2010
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MSI PR-210 YA edition (ice blue)
Processor Type & Speed: AMD 64b 1.7GHz X2
MB of RAM: 2GB
HD Space: 500GB
Screen Size: 12.1" 1280x800
How much you paid for laptop: $700 (new)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8.5

Any problems or issues: Choked a little on some higher level math computations.
Biometric login always worries me, but has not yet ever failed.

Other helpful comments: Perfect stowing size, and icy blue chassis looks good in club lighting. Never have had any problems with SSL (I use a TTM57SL) or managing files. It has been a surprisingly fast laptop considering the mediocre specs.
JRAlexander 1:49 AM - 10 March, 2010
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Macbook 13 Unibody
Processor Type & Speed: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 4 GB
HD Space: 320
Screen Size: 13 in... 1280x800
How much you paid for laptop: $1929.21
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: None Yet
Other helpful comments:
BERTO 2:41 AM - 10 March, 2010
Quote:
Apple Macbook PRO
2.53GHZ Core 2 Duo
4GB DDR3Ram
13" LED
250GB Harddrive 5400RPM
$999 - After $100 dollar student discount
10
Works Great
Highly Recommended

thats the 2 gb one for that price ...
ninos 2:54 AM - 10 March, 2010
APPLE macbook PRO
2.8 GHz
4gb RAM
500gig HD
..? watelse? haha its kickass
PumpkinHead 5:01 PM - 12 March, 2010
Apple MacBook Pro
2.53 GHz
4GB RAM
500 gig HD
13" screen
$1,500

It's less than a week old and I'm still getting used to it. I was a Mac virgin so I got the One to One tutorial package too.
djtoast 3:43 AM - 13 March, 2010
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell Studio
Processor Type & Speed: i3, dunno
MB of RAM: 4Gb
HD Space: 1TB
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: £650
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: none
Other helpful comments: working well, had it two days now and no problems. step up from two year old dell it replaces, certainly.
CoMa 12:35 PM - 6 April, 2010
Macbook (White)
2.16Ghz Core2Duo
2GB RAM
500GB HDD
13" display
Paid $850NZD
Performance: 9
Issues: None
DJ JEMZ 3:25 AM - 7 April, 2010
MacBook Pro [Unibody]
2.8GHz Core2Duo
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
17" Display
Paid 2930$ (Canadian Dollars)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Probs/Issues: None
Laz219 3:45 AM - 7 April, 2010
Now using a standard Macbook, haven't tested it with SSL yet.
MelonHead 8:12 PM - 9 May, 2010
finally got one..

Compaq NX6110
- Pentium M Processor @ 1.7Ghz
- 512MB RAM
- 40GB Hard Drive
- 15" Screen
- $160 on craigs
- 7 out of 10 on Performance
- Lag issues on start up only (just need some tweekin') -- 3 mins later, works perfect... not bad for a Craig Special @ 160.
Dj Farhan 11:51 PM - 10 May, 2010
512 mb ram?
MelonHead 11:11 PM - 30 July, 2010
indeed... but i couldn't set the buffer any lower than 8. I did some research about optimizing your laptop for SSL and now I can have the buffer down to "2"... and I'm chirping!

here the link:
ssl-wiki.help.bootlegs.de
the doc of funk dj rod 11:06 PM - 10 October, 2010
macbook unibody 13
2.4ghz
250hd
core2 duo
got it at bestbuy for 854.87
a guy picked it up at 4pm and in 30mins his wife made him bring it right back but he had opened it so they gave me the open box price plus i know the manager so he took off the tax best deal of my life.
BIGSTRESSRADIO 11:29 AM - 1 November, 2010
Sony Vaio i3 2.26 ghz
640 hd 7200
8g ddr3 ram
15.5" screen
performance = 10 w/SL3!!!!!!!!
Goosetronics 7:52 PM - 7 November, 2010
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell insprion 1721
Processor Type & Speed: AMD turion 64x2
MB of RAM: 2GB (upgraded)
HD Space: 90gig
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $650 (canadian)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 5
Any problems or issues: screen refresh lag, response lag, crashes
Other helpful comments: this was my 1st computer dedicated totally to serato and still had problems... saving for a Mac
Dj Intel Army 9:15 PM - 7 November, 2010
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Dell insprion 1721
Processor Type & Speed: AMD turion 64x2
MB of RAM: 2GB (upgraded)
HD Space: 90gig
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: $650 (canadian)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 5
Any problems or issues: screen refresh lag, response lag, crashes
Other helpful comments: this was my 1st computer dedicated totally to serato and still had problems... saving for a Mac

ahh AMD
Jensen Määäm 9:37 PM - 7 November, 2010
^ you can get lucky even with an AMD processor...
I didn't know Serato was recommending to buy Laptops with an Intel Dual Core chip set and not AMD chip sets. So I bought an HP 4GB RAM Laptop with an AMD Turion 64x2 chip set, 320 GB hard drive, NVIDIA graphic card, 15 inch screen - that thing is a work horse, relieable, never had a problem, nothing, nada! Was almost 900 Euro 2 or 3 years ago...
DJ EZSMOOTH 9:59 PM - 7 November, 2010
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): 2010 Macbook Pro Unibody
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core i5 at 2.4 Ghz
MB of RAM: 4GB (Upgrading to 8 soon)
HD Space: 320 Gb
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1600 (Student Discount)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: N/A

When it comes to Mac, it really is the best of the best. Trust me i know where your coming from... I used PC's all my life until I FINALLY got a mac this summer (my first one) and I can honestly say there's truly no competition. You can upgrade a PC all you want but in the end Mac wins.
djamer 12:09 AM - 8 November, 2010
Dell Inspiron 1420
2.8GHz Intel Core2Duo
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
15" Display
Paid : 650.00 (USD)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Probs/Issues: None
dj tommy gunz 3:33 AM - 8 November, 2010
apple macbook pro (late 2009)
2.8ghz intel core2duo
500gb hdd (using external for djing , wd studio passport 500gb)
15" display
paid:$2099 plus tax
performance (1-10 ,,,, 10)
no issues
Jensen Määäm 11:12 PM - 8 November, 2010
Quote:
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): 2010 Macbook Pro Unibody
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core i5 at 2.4 Ghz
MB of RAM: 4GB (Upgrading to 8 soon)
HD Space: 320 Gb
Screen Size: 15"
How much you paid for laptop: $1600 (Student Discount)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues: N/A

When it comes to Mac, it really is the best of the best. Trust me i know where your coming from... I used PC's all my life until I FINALLY got a mac this summer (my first one) and I can honestly say there's truly no competition. You can upgrade a PC all you want but in the end Mac wins.



I can tell you, I like MACs too, I love the keyboard with lights, the design, the long lasting battery, the weight, ....so many things, I have an iMac on my desk...I was just saying, my HP laptop is a work horse and relieable, I never had any trouble with this one, using Serato SL! Friends of mine, MAC users they had trouble (freezes, crashes,...), so nobody can say PCs are all bad and MACs are all good!
BERTO 1:36 AM - 9 November, 2010
Quote:
so nobody can say PCs are all bad and MACs are all good!


here we go again lol
djdalite 5:56 PM - 9 November, 2010
Quote:
Quote:


so nobody can say PCs are all bad and MACs are all good!


here we go again lol

lol

of course they're not the answer to everything, my buddy runs an Acer laptop he paid 299 for, damn thing runs SSL without a hitch, would i trust it with video...no

going through 2 HP's, even used a lenovo laptop with SSL and having numerous custom pc setups I can honestly say that non of them give me the same hassle free performance as my MAC does

i just think at this current time/technology avail. the mac outperforms pcs for software/devices, production - it probably wont be that way forever, but as a professional, why would you risk it
Diskjockeyvictor 6:07 PM - 9 November, 2010
Macbook Pro
4gb Ram
2.66 ghz processer
320 Gb harddrive
Alcane 7:01 PM - 9 November, 2010
Macbook Pro
2.4 ghz
4 gb ram
250 gb harddrive
13" screen
£850
10 for performance
No issues whatsoever
The best laptop I've ever owned
Jensen Määäm 7:38 PM - 9 November, 2010
Question, if I would have to purchase a new PC laptop now, Mac it's just out of the picture because even refurbished they are not in the budget, I'm talkin about an 15 inch screen and a 500 GB hard drive, 4GB RAM at least and that's around 1800 euro refurbished!
I know, icore chips have trouble with USB 1.1 devices (SL1/TTM57), but I own an SL3, so that's not a problem, but what about Windows 7, is that given headaches too?
SocaWarrior 3:08 PM - 10 November, 2010
Macbook Pro
4gb Ram
2.66 ghz processer
320 Gb harddrive
13" screen
DJ Pullout 3:20 PM - 10 November, 2010
Quote:
Question, if I would have to purchase a new PC laptop now, Mac it's just out of the picture because even refurbished they are not in the budget, I'm talkin about an 15 inch screen and a 500 GB hard drive, 4GB RAM at least and that's around 1800 euro refurbished!
I know, icore chips have trouble with USB 1.1 devices (SL1/TTM57), but I own an SL3, so that's not a problem, but what about Windows 7, is that given headaches too?


Spend the money and get mac. I had TONS of issues with an HP. Will never buy HP again.
the doc of funk dj rod 4:26 AM - 11 November, 2010
hp's are crap laptops i'm sorry i got a hp last year and had to buy a mac 6 months later
they just cant run ssl.
mikep 4:50 AM - 11 November, 2010
I love my HP. I've had it 3 years and never had a problem running SSL. It's 17" and has 2 internal drives so my music is on the second drive. It's an AMD Turion running XP.
I've been looking at new ones just to update and for backup and when I do it will be an HP 17" with AMD.
djdalite 9:19 PM - 11 November, 2010
Quote:
I love my HP. I've had it 3 years and never had a problem running SSL. It's 17" and has 2 internal drives so my music is on the second drive. It's an AMD Turion running XP.
I've been looking at new ones just to update and for backup and when I do it will be an HP 17" with AMD.

consider yourself lucky - i had two hp's crap on me within 1.5yrs - dead screen,dead battery - dead pixels - top of the line dv9 and dv6
DJ Pullout 9:37 PM - 11 November, 2010
I had an HP and let me tell you... one month after the manufacturers warranty ran out.... the motehr board fried on its own. I literally had to complain to the Better Business Bureau to get HP to fix it..... and then they STILL charged me to fix it. Needless to say.... when I was running Vista on my HP I had TONS of issues. Since I upgraded to Windows 7 and had HP fix the laptop I have not had a single problem. I will be buying a mac next time around just to avoid all issues. And I will never buy an HP again for the rest of my life no matter what they come out with. Such a dirty company.
DJ Pullout 9:37 PM - 11 November, 2010
*mother
Jensen Määäm 9:40 PM - 11 November, 2010
I got lucky with my hp than, huh? Never had a problem ,thank God! AMD Turion 64 x2, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB hard drive, 2.0 GHZ, NVIDIA graphic card, VISTA, 15 inch screen,...it's a work horse!
DouggyFresh 11:05 PM - 11 November, 2010
I have 2 PC laptops:

Asus G72GX - 17.4" screen, Core2Duo 2.53, 6 GB DDR2, NVidia GTX 260M w/ 1GB dedicated video ram, dual 500GB SATA internal hard drives (dual boot Windows 7 & Max OS, runs Video SL in both Windows 7 64 bit and Mac OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.3 perfect) - doubles as my gaming PC laptop as well, I play all the latest games on it

Compaq CQ60 - 15" widescreen, Dual Core 2.16 Pentium, 3GB ram, Intel graphics, 250GB hard drive - runs non-video Serato as a backup computer as well as being my main "office on the road". I will be soon using it as my video streaming system when I buy a USB video capture.

Biggest problem I've had, is my Compaq (HP) laptop has gone through 2 power packs and the battery is starting to go bad after just under 2 years of daily abuse. It survived a fall & 10 foot slide along the floor when a drunk pilled out moron tried to steal it under his shirt and his drunk ass fell down the stairs while he was running.
Jensen Määäm 11:09 PM - 11 November, 2010
hp has a call back and exchange programm for the batteries but, when can I send it in, I need that laptop everyday? When the laptop was new, thebattery was lasting like 3 hours, now, after 2 1/4 years around 1h 30 minutes...
DouggyFresh 11:11 PM - 11 November, 2010
Quote:
hp has a call back and exchange programm for the batteries but, when can I send it in, I need that laptop everyday? When the laptop was new, thebattery was lasting like 3 hours, now, after 2 1/4 years around 1h 30 minutes...


A PC laptop can run on the charger with no battery.
Jensen Määäm 11:15 PM - 11 November, 2010
^ I know that, that's how I run that thing at home or in a club...but not on the road.
DouggyFresh 11:20 PM - 11 November, 2010
Quote:
^ I know that, that's how I run that thing at home or in a club...but not on the road.


How does the battery exchange program work? Do you have a web site for it?
Jensen Määäm 11:30 PM - 11 November, 2010
They launched it because of some laptop catched a fire becuase off battery ovehreating problems or something...I didn't know about it, til that hp tool, that comes with the laptop was running and told me about it, I can't remember what it says exactly, just contact hp. First you need to know what model you exactly have, for that I had to go to the hp website, to figure that out...
Nocturna1 3:14 AM - 12 November, 2010
I don't do any gigs or anything so I built a PC strictly for Serato usage. This is overkill though.

Core 2 Quad Extreme 3.0ghz CPU
8GB of memory
40GB Intel SSD

I also have a Mac Book unibody in the case I ever do wish to do gigs.
Diskjockeyvictor 6:49 PM - 15 November, 2010
Quote:
I don't do any gigs or anything so I built a PC strictly for Serato usage. This is overkill though.

Core 2 Quad Extreme 3.0ghz CPU
8GB of memory
40GB Intel SSD

I also have a Mac Book unibody in the case I ever do wish to do gigs.


Why dont you do gigs?
Dj-M.Bezzle 7:12 PM - 15 November, 2010
^ gigs arent for everyone
SiRocket 8:11 PM - 15 November, 2010
touchpads own mice when djing... "hold up lemme find my mouse, and when i do ill get your request in ASAP".... lol
Dj.Mojo 10:50 PM - 17 November, 2010
Tianhe 1a
Speed: 1.76 petaflops (1 petaflop is the equivalent of 1,000-trillion calculations per second)

Performance 10/10
Runs everything simoultanously and smoothly.
djtoast 2:07 PM - 18 November, 2010
i had one of those but it seemed a bit sluggish - i was getting a lot of drop-outs, so i upgraded to this:

dvice.com

i can't find a UDG bag for it though :(
MelonHead 1:51 AM - 19 November, 2010
Quote:
finally got one..

Compaq NX6110
- Pentium M Processor @ 1.7Ghz
- 512MB RAM
- 40GB Hard Drive
- 15" Screen
- $160 on craigs
- 7 out of 10 on Performance
- Lag issues on start up only (just need some tweekin') -- 3 mins later, works perfect... not bad for a Craig Special @ 160.


finally the thing gave out -- i was going thru my crates at the crib and had a USB fan running... next thing I know, a pop-up shows "Power Surge on Hub Port"... the port was where my fan was plugged. I tried to rectify but to no avail. It only had 2 ports so had no choice but to buy new lappy...

Compaq Presario CQ56
- Intel Celeron 900 processor - 2.2GHz, 800MHz
- 2GB RAM
- 250GB Hard Drive
- 15.6" Screen
- $249 Walmart (early Black Friday sale plus inside hookup)
- 10 out of 10 performance.. but it is brand new
djbanno 4:04 AM - 19 November, 2010
Quote:
i had one of those but it seemed a bit sluggish - i was getting a lot of drop-outs, so i upgraded to this:

dvice.com

i can't find a UDG bag for it though :(


lol @ "Don't worry, just install windows Vista on it and it'll slow to a crawl..."
Dj.Mojo 7:59 AM - 19 November, 2010
bwahaha
widebody 4:04 PM - 26 November, 2010
i've been running a gateway with 4gb 500mb with a intel 2.0 processor and it has vista.
luckily i haven't had any problems, but now i want a back up laptop and im being told xp is so much better than vista. is this true?

and if i decided to get a mac is it also tru they i cant repeatedly transfer my ex hard drives from windows to mac systems? i want something i can use my drives on both laptops at any given time.
BERTO 5:22 PM - 26 November, 2010
Quote:
i've been running a gateway with 4gb 500mb with a intel 2.0 processor and it has vista.
luckily i haven't had any problems, but now i want a back up laptop and im being told xp is so much better than vista. is this true?

and if i decided to get a mac is it also tru they i cant repeatedly transfer my ex hard drives from windows to mac systems? i want something i can use my drives on both laptops at any given time.

windows xp, ME, and 98 are all better than Vista
widebody 11:12 PM - 26 November, 2010
yeah thats what i've been hearing i looked at bestbuys website and noticed none of their laptops come with xp, just vista and windows 7. so i guess i need to either buy a refurbished laptop with xp or get a new one and downgrade the os.
Jensen Määäm 7:59 AM - 27 November, 2010
^that's normal, because first there was Xp, then, Vista and Windows 7 is the latest software. So all the new laptop coming with Windows 7, it will be very hard to find a laptop coming with XP these days.
widebody 2:41 PM - 27 November, 2010
yeah and i read windows 7 is garbage for running serato. so im trying to find something now. since its just a spare i might just buy a used one off craigslist with xp .
Jensen Määäm 3:24 PM - 27 November, 2010
^get one with a Intel Dual Core chip set.
DJ Marty 2:12 PM - 28 November, 2010
Quote:
Quote:


Quote:



so nobody can say PCs are all bad and MACs are all good!


here we go again lol

lol

of course they're not the answer to everything, my buddy runs an Acer laptop he paid 299 for, damn thing runs SSL without a hitch, would i trust it with video...no

going through 2 HP's, even used a lenovo laptop with SSL and having numerous custom pc setups I can honestly say that non of them give me the same hassle free performance as my MAC does

i just think at this current time/technology avail. the mac outperforms pcs for software/devices, production - it probably wont be that way forever, but as a professional, why would you risk it


steve, is that you?
widebody 9:15 PM - 28 November, 2010
just left best buy and the guy was telling me the only way to get a xp os, was to get a new laptop with windows and pay $139 for an uprade to windows7 ultimate and it will let you run in xp format any one familiar with this?
DouggyFresh 10:17 PM - 28 November, 2010
Quote:
just left best buy and the guy was telling me the only way to get a xp os, was to get a new laptop with windows and pay $139 for an uprade to windows7 ultimate and it will let you run in xp format any one familiar with this?


*IF* they make a SATA controller driver for XP it might work. But most new laptops are 64 bit, whats the chance a 2010 64 bit laptop is going to have 32 bit XP drivers that never ran on it from the factory. $139 bet? Do a lot of research first. Honestly I ran SSL on 64 bit Win 7 with no problems, several of my DJ friends do also.
widebody 11:04 PM - 28 November, 2010
oh ok, i'll keep that in mind i've ran it on my vista system also and had no problems what so ever, but they didn't even have any vista systems anymore, but he did also tell me to check best buy online cause they still sell xp os to businesses.
RichardM3317 10:25 AM - 29 November, 2010
sony vaio FW, not a mac fanboy. Been a PC nerd since i was 7
Jensen Määäm 3:02 PM - 29 November, 2010
^they took the design pretty much off the Macbook Pro's...
and they are selling their Vaio laptops at the high end...
so the price gap between them and the Mac's is not that big.
BERTO 11:39 PM - 30 November, 2010
Quote:
sony vaio FW, not a mac fanboy. Been a PC nerd since i was 7


my GF's brother said the same thing he now has Iphone 4 and a MB pro
and repairs PCs for a living
Laz219 11:43 PM - 30 November, 2010
I always feel a bit wierd that I now have an Ipod, Iphone and Macbook and I don't even like apple stuff.
All came about by coincidence though, Ipod because most aftermarket car audio systems read their file structure so it's easier to search.
Iphone because I lost my old phone and took my dads one because he didn't know how to use it and wanted a basic phone.
Macbook because my Dell got stolen.

I always feel like such a fanboy when I'm sitting in public though, on my laptop. Listening to my Ipod and using my phone.
the doc of funk dj rod 5:16 AM - 1 December, 2010
sony laptops are cool i had a vaio in 2005 when i got my sl1 box
peds 9:20 AM - 1 December, 2010
my vaio died about a year ago r.i.p.
djtoast 12:27 PM - 1 December, 2010
[quote
I always feel like such a fanboy when I'm sitting in public though, on my laptop. Listening to my Ipod and using my phone.

you should get more interesting friends so you don't have to listen to your iPod while you talk to your buddies on the phone ;)
twinlinemoto 5:34 PM - 3 December, 2010
I finally switched from vinyl to serato!

Computer:
HP DM3 3010us
- Intel 1.2ghz
- 4GB RAM
- 320GB Hard Drive
- 13.3" Screen
- $575 from hp direct
- 10/10 so far!
I am concerned that my processor speed might be a little slow, I ran out of money so I couldnt buy a dm4 with the 2.3ghz processor. Does anyone think Ill have problems? The only programs this computer is running are serato 2.1.1, itunes, utorrent and norton security.
Polanka 6:31 PM - 3 December, 2010
I just upgraded from my XPS 1330 to this. What do you guys think?

Computer Specs:
Dell Precision m4500
Intel Quad Core i7 1.86GHz 8mb cache
Nvidia Quadro FX 1800M with 1Gb dedicated memory
80 Gig Intel Solid state drive
4Gigs of system memory
Logisticalstyles 2:34 AM - 4 December, 2010
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just left best buy and the guy was telling me the only way to get a xp os, was to get a new laptop with windows and pay $139 for an uprade to windows7 ultimate and it will let you run in xp format any one familiar with this?


*IF* they make a SATA controller driver for XP it might work. But most new laptops are 64 bit, whats the chance a 2010 64 bit laptop is going to have 32 bit XP drivers that never ran on it from the factory. $139 bet? Do a lot of research first. Honestly I ran SSL on 64 bit Win 7 with no problems, several of my DJ friends do also.


Do you mean this?
windows.microsoft.com
Dj.Mojo 5:35 PM - 4 December, 2010
Quote:
I finally switched from vinyl to serato!

Computer:
HP DM3 3010us
- Intel 1.2ghz
- 4GB RAM
- 320GB Hard Drive
- 13.3" Screen
- $575 from hp direct
- 10/10 so far!
I am concerned that my processor speed might be a little slow, I ran out of money so I couldnt buy a dm4 with the 2.3ghz processor. Does anyone think Ill have problems? The only programs this computer is running are serato 2.1.1, itunes, utorrent and norton security.

lol @ utorrent
Psyphris 8:31 PM - 4 December, 2010
Upgraded my computer a few days ago

Blackbook (Black Macbook)
-2.4ghz processor
-4 gigs of ram
-60gb solid state internal drive
-500gb hard drive

Absolutley loving the speed of the SSD, and 2 internals is awesome.
Polanka 7:07 PM - 7 December, 2010
I just upgraded from my XPS 1330 to this.

Computer Specs:
Dell Precision m4500
Intel Quad Core i7 1.86GHz 8mb cache
Nvidia Quadro FX 1800M with 1Gb dedicated memory
80 Gig Intel Solid state drive
4Gigs of system memory

Check this out! Analizing 8 videos at a time.

img84.imageshack.us

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sacrilicious 7:47 PM - 7 December, 2010
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Mac Book Pro 17"
Processor Type & Speed: 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
MB of RAM: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
HD Space: 500GB 7200rpm
Screen Size: 17" widescreen (1920x1200)
How much you paid for laptop: Gift. THANK YOU MOM AND DAD
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 10
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments: Laptop was an unexpected gift. Might have ordered a 15" for transport/space concerns but doesn't seem like a much bigger footprint.
Keogh 11:45 AM - 12 December, 2010
I think people are waaaaay to willing to give their lappy a 10.
DJ_X_Trodinaire 3:12 PM - 12 December, 2010
I finally made the jump to MAC after 5 years.. LOL
Just bought a used one for now to get myself situated.
I was coming from a Toshiba 15 with xP

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Apple Mac Book Pro 17"
Processor Type & Speed: 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MB of RAM: 4 GB
HD Space: 500GB 5400rpm
Screen Size: 17" widescreen anti glare (1920x1200)
How much you paid for laptop: 1300
Performance (1-10, 10 high): NA still testing
Any problems or issues: NA Still Testing
Other helpful comments:
All my files are on external Hard Drive and I do have large amount of files, there is still a considerable amount of lag when first loading the library, clicking on browse and searching for songs.
HandsomeRobDJ 4:26 PM - 16 December, 2010
Laptops laptops laptops. Hardware software firmware. Bla bla bla. You're all missing the root of the issues you're having. I have read like everything in this forum and I guess I'm the ONLY one who has figured out this solution:

1. Shout out to my man T-Quest in Tampa for turning me onto Serato in the first place. He told me from day one- get a laptop and DEDICATE it to Serato and Serato ONLY! He runs some fly Mac. I just run a plain old nothing fancy Toshiba with XP that I stripped all unnecessary programs off of and it runs like a CHAMP! DEDICATED.

2. A true test of your dedication to the wheels of steel. MP3's of all different bitrates fixed or standard is way too much extra work for the computer. Get a program and process all of your songs to the same bitrate. I use WavePad Audio Editor by NCH. The free version is okay. The version you actually have to buy is EXCELLENT. Just a heads up if you set it up to run batches of files at once it will mix up the tags so run each file individually. THAT'S THE TEST. As my man Tomas from "Mother Russia" says "Eet wheel take owerrs". And hours and hours and days and weeks. But it will make your system run like a well oiled machine. Plus this program will "normalize" the levels on all your songs which prevents the part where you have to always adjust your levels because every song is different. I processed all my files to 192 fixed bitrate mono. And I backed them up BEFORE I processed them through Scrath Live so I can copy them and run them through different versions of scratch live and use them for stuff besides Serato.

So there ya go Rooks. Ten years on tables, two years on Scratch Live. Thousands of lessons learned the hard way. I just handed you a big chunk of the game. Prove you're worth your wax, invest the time, then get out there and make use of it. I can't believe Nobody pointed this out to all of you sooner.
Dj.Mojo 10:44 AM - 17 December, 2010
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1. (...) get a laptop and DEDICATE it to Serato and Serato ONLY! He runs some fly Mac. I just run a plain old nothing fancy Toshiba with XP that I stripped all unnecessary programs off of and it runs like a CHAMP! DEDICATED.

You don´t have to dedicate it to have it run perfectly. But it is a good idea.
Quote:
2. A true test of your dedication to the wheels of steel. MP3's of all different bitrates fixed or standard is way too much extra work for the computer. Get a program and process all of your songs to the same bitrate. I use WavePad Audio Editor by NCH. The free version is okay. The version you actually have to buy is EXCELLENT. Just a heads up if you set it up to run batches of files at once it will mix up the tags so run each file individually. THAT'S THE TEST. As my man Tomas from "Mother Russia" says "Eet wheel take owerrs". And hours and hours and days and weeks. But it will make your system run like a well oiled machine.

This is totally pointless. Reencoding mp3s will result in worse audio quality. Sorry but you simply downgraded your music collection´s sound quality.
Quote:
Plus this program will "normalize" the levels on all your songs which prevents the part where you have to always adjust your levels because every song is different.

Scratch Live does that already when building overviews.
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I processed all my files to 192 fixed bitrate mono.

You processed them to MONO? OMG ... nothing to add there.
Quote:
And I backed them up BEFORE I processed them through Scrath Live so I can copy them and run them through different versions of scratch live and use them for stuff besides Serato.

Just erase that reencoded garbarge and replace it with your library.
Quote:

So there ya go Rooks. Ten years on tables, two years on Scratch Live. Thousands of lessons learned the hard way.

And another one learned the hard way.
Quote:
I can't believe Nobody pointed this out to all of you sooner.

Because it´s an advise which is only meant but useless.
sacrilicious 12:56 AM - 18 December, 2010
+1 don't follow HandsomeRobDJ's advice.
bill-e 1:20 AM - 18 December, 2010
Quote:
+1 don't follow HandsomeRobDJ's advice.


ha that dude sucks at giving advice...he posted the same thing in like three other threads...usually starting out with this

Quote:
I have read like everything in this forum and I guess I'm the ONLY one who has figured out this solution:
KYLE SMILE 1:44 PM - 18 December, 2010
Why on earth would you convert your music to mono? Shocking.
djkevlarr 12:25 AM - 19 December, 2010
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): MacBook Pro Unibody (2010)
Processor Type & Speed: 2.4 GHz intel Core i5
MB of RAM: 4 Gigs
HD Space: 320 Gigs
Screen Size:15"
How much you paid for laptop: 2,100 Canadian
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 20... I know, I Know
Any problems or issues: SSL runs very smooth & video SL is seamless.
Other helpful comments:
djtoast 1:05 PM - 4 January, 2011
Quote:

MP3's of all different bitrates fixed or standard is way too much extra work for the computer.


I think re-encoding everything is a very bad suggestion and I'd urge everyone to ignore that advice. (I am curious though, whether un-encoding from 192kbps is takes either more or less processing than from 320kbps, say, and how either compares to un-encoding variable bit rate files. But anyhow, simply making them all the SAME seems utterly pointless in that respect, and very harmful in terms of the quality of each file that's re-encoded, especially the ones that were a higher quality before!)

BUT: converting everything to AIFFs (rather than MP3s of any quality) would at least in part accomplish what you're trying to do wouldn't it? That removes some of strain from the processor, but does then require ~10x the throughput - still well within the capabilities of USB1.1 and not even a consideration for USB2 though, eh? So perhaps that's worth considering...
Kevo84 5:26 PM - 9 January, 2011
Man I can't stand the sound when I pull up an old 192 or 128 mp3. I can't imagine having my whole library sounding like that!

Anyway,

Compaq cq60-420us
Core 2 duo 2.0
3gb ram

I installed windows 7 tiny which gets rid of a lot of the extra junk you don't need and runs much better. I do need my buffer at 5 or 6ms though. I also had some lagging issues when running the bridge but I haven't messed around with it much since i've made some optimizations
DJN1X0N 9:17 PM - 10 January, 2011
Macbook Pro 15 Inch
2.16 GHZ Intel processor
2GB of Ram
500GB Hard Drive
Scratch Live Maxed out
mastermind 10:31 PM - 10 January, 2011
Macbook pro 15 inch
2.66 ghz
4 gig ram
320 HD

VSL,Bridge, maxed SL settings

no problems
dj skraps 11:14 PM - 10 January, 2011
Macbook unibody
2.26 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4gb Ram
640gb hard drive 5400
*experiencing lag issues loading tracks

Came from a Toshiba Sattelite that worked great with SL1 but had issues with 57sl - AMD issues i was told.

Am i happy with Mac over PC?...not so much, still have the lag issue so cant say I LOVE MAC...
SK One 8:31 PM - 31 January, 2011
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Samsung QX410
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Core i5 @ 2.53Ghz
MB of RAM: 4Gb
HD Space: 640Gb
Screen Size: 14.1"
How much you paid for laptop: 900$ CAD
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 9
Any problems or issues: None yet, very solid and reliable.
Other helpful comments: One of the less popular brands, samsung is definitely starting to stand out. My laptop has a almost full aluminum casing, flush glass screen, HDMI, 3 USB's, VGA, SD Card reader, lots of goodies. Great price too, for better spec than a Macbook Pro.
AJDJ3939 10:40 PM - 4 February, 2011
13'' MacBook Pro (mid 2010)
2.44 ghz
4 gigs of ram
500 gig internal hard drive (SSD Hybrid)


Numark NS7 Itch 1.5 no issues at all :)
JamieClarke 6:13 PM - 7 February, 2011
No "Ten years on tables, two years on Scratch Live"-style retort or "I just handed you a big chunk of the game" come back from HandsomeRobDJ...

Shame. I wanted to hear his theories on Stereo being Mono's inferior brother...
HandsomeRobDJ 8:30 PM - 7 February, 2011
Aaaah.
More hate.
Gotta love it.

Perhaps if you could distract your effort away from talking smack and apply it toward actually trying to offer some friendly advice to other DJs.

Or you can just keep talking smack like an angry little girl. Do you wave your hands around and snap your neck while you're typing all that sass Jamie?

Please pardon me if I was showed a little enthusiasm because I was happy I was actually trying to look out for other people instead of just display my ability to act like a little kid. My bad.
JamieClarke 11:32 PM - 7 February, 2011
Sorry Handsome. I wasn't hating. Not really. I'm just a very sarcastic Englishman. My apologies.

But you did line yourself up for a little bit of stick though, so I'm not completely to blame. I mean, 192 in MONO!?! And then bragging about how you've just schooled all of us rookies?? Come on...

But like I said, I wasn't really hating. Lets move on. Deal?
alienbob 5:22 AM - 10 February, 2011
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): acer aspire 5810t
Processor Type & Speed: intel core 2 duo 1.3ghz
MB of RAM: 4gig ddr3
HD Space:320
Screen Size:
How much you paid for laptop: $800cad
Performance (1-10, 10 high):
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments: QUESTION. will this run scratch live with any problems?
koolionyc 9:08 PM - 6 June, 2011
"I processed all my files to 192 fixed bitrate mono."

LOL! LOL! (x 500)

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba Satellite L655
Processor Type & Speed: Intel Pentium P6100 - 2.00 GHz
MB of RAM: 3GB
HD Space:320
Screen Size: 15.6
How much you paid for laptop: $524 USD (inc tax)
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Still getting used to a few new features in Win 7. I had sucky Vista before that, but prefer XP. XP rules!
Other helpful comments: Overall, good first time Laptop. Ive used desktop computers (Mac & PC) since 1996, but this is my first Laptop. I'm going to grab a Macbook next year, just to compare.
HandsomeRobDJ 9:43 PM - 6 June, 2011
Was there a point?
Dj Rodney C 8:50 PM - 19 July, 2011
Macbook Pro is The Way To Go!!!
2.66 i7
4gigs of ram
Momentus XT Hybrid (500 gb)
DJYoshi 5:38 AM - 20 July, 2011
17" Macbook Pro 2011
8 Gigs
2.3 Core i7
256 SSD Drive
Full HD Anti Glare

Back Ups
15" Macbook Pro 2011
8 Gigs
2.3 Core i7
500 gig 7200
HI-Res Screen Anti Glare

13" Black Macbook (2006?)
2 gigs
320 HD
replaced the keyboard..trackpad..hard drive like 3 times each..and it's still kicking
str8nger 5:48 AM - 20 July, 2011
the one with the glowing apple
Derik For Real 6:50 AM - 2 August, 2011
I have been using an HP DV7-2185DX since 2008. I have been more than pleased with the performance of this laptop and overall ability to multitask WHILE ScratchLive is under full operation.

**********************************************************************
**********************************************************************
ee FULL Spec Sheet below:

GENERAL:
Platform Technology Intel Centrino 2 .Built-in Devices Wireless LAN antenna,
Stereo speakers, Subwoofer
Width 16.2 in .Depth 10.9 in .Height 1.7 in .Weight 7.7 lbs
Screen type Widescreen
Wireless capabilities IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11 n (draft)
Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 / 2.0 GHz .Multi-Core Technology Quad-Core
64-bit Computing Yes
Cache Memory Type L2 cache .Installed Size 6.0 MB
RAM - Installed Size 6.0 GB / 8.0 GB (max) .Technology DDR2 SDRAM .Form Factor SO DIMM 200-pin
Storage Controller Type Serial ATA .Storage Controller / Serial ATA Interface Serial ATA-150
Storage Floppy Drive None
Hard Drive 500.0 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400.0 rpm
Storage Removable None .Hard drive type Portable
Optical Storage (2nd) Optical storage type None
Optical Storage Type DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - Integrated .Read Speed 8x .Disc Labeling Technology LightScribe Technology
Card Reader Type 5 in 1 card reader
Supported flash memory cards SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO, xD-Picture Card, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick
Display Type 17.3 in TFT active matrix .LCD Backlight Technology LED backlight .Max Resolution 1600 x 900 .Widescreen Display Yes
Features BrightView
Video Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 .Video Memory 1024.0 MB
Max Allocated RAM Size 2815.0 MB
Audio Output Sound Card .Features Altec Lansing speakers .Audio Input Microphone
Notebook Camera Type Integrated
Input Device(s) Type: Touchpad, Keyboard .Telecom Modem Fax / modem .Max Transfer Rate 56.0 Kbps
Networking Network adapter
Wireless LAN Supported Yes
Wireless NIC Intel WiFi Link 5100 .Data Link Protocol Ethernet, IEEE 802.11n (draft), Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11g, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b. Compliant Standards IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Expansion / Connectivity: Expansion Slot(s) 1.0 (total) / 0.0 (free) x ExpressCard/54 - SO DIMM 200-pin, 2.0 (total) / 1.0 (free) x Memory .Interfaces 1.0 x Display / video - VGA - RJ-45, 1.0 x Headphones - HDMI - Mini-phone 3.5 mm, 1.0 x Microphone - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000 Base-TX - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15), 1.0 x Storage / Hi-Speed USB - Output - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 2.0 x Modem - Input - RJ-11, 3.0 x Hi-Speed USB - Phone line - 4 pin USB Type A, 1.0 x Display / video - Hi-Speed USB / eSATA - 4 pin FireWire, 1.0 x Remote control, 1.0 x Network, 1.0 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire), 1.0 x Docking / port replicator
Miscellaneous: Included Accessories Remote control .Features Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately) .Power
Power Device External: Power Provided 120.0 Watt
Battery Technology 8-cell Lithium Ion

**********************************************************************
**********************************************************************

I have had more issues with the different external drives laggin more the the processor/latency rates. I resident at a club in MD Thursday-Saturday every week and the DV7-2185DX has hung on strong for the past 3 years and I typically have open 2-5 Firefox browsers, an FTP Client that may or may not be streaming/downloading at the same time as ScratchLive is running and often times I have Ableton Suite 8 up and running with the Bridge!! The ONLY time I had issues was when I got a nasty Malware bug and tried using Ableton while spinnin live (DEF sucked too because it crashed with a PACCCKED dance floor at 12:30AM of all times)!!

The ONLY upgrades I made was to IMMEDIATELY uninstall Vista64 and install XP Pro until Win764 was released and been using that ever since!!! I also swapped the DVD-RW for a Blu-Ray Drive.

*** Now here's where "I" need some help, love and/or feeedback!! ***

Last week I was invited to DJ in downtown Ann Arbor, abt 15mins outside of Detroit, at the strip of college bars ON CAMPUS at the University of Michigan (Wolverines) and while driving back to the hotel at 2:30am, I had the DV7 plugged into a power inverter charging and a dumba** nameless friend of mine left a cooler with melted ice in it in the back seat that I had no clue was back there and from here I think u can fill in the blanks!! If not, lets just say it NO LONGER powers up!!

Which brings me to the tragic decision I'm now FORCED to make and I hate doing that without proper research but I HAVE to have something before my resident gig on Thursday!!

I was looking at the MacBook Pro 17"... this will be my FIRST trip into the Mac/OSX world so I'm curious/concerned about a few things:

- What are the best options/upgrades to add on?
- What is the best platform/hardware configuration to get?
- What is the best price around for that setup?
- Where is the most affordable/reliable place to purchase it from?
- Has anyone used the dual operating system feature? I was told that u can run Win7 on the MacBook Pro in tandem with OSX with an $80 upgrade.. anyone know if this can be confirmed?
- Does ScratchLive operate exactly the same between both platforms (ie Win vs Mac)? Are there any features that are or are not available with the Mac vs. the Win software?
- How well does the Video-SL Plugin perform on the Mac (hopefully much better!!)?
- Will the Mac version of ScratchLive support .VOB & .M4A files?

ANY help/insight you can offer would be tremendously appreciated!!!

Thanx,

-Derik - (derik.lewis@gmail.com)
Dj Rodney C 2:30 PM - 2 August, 2011
1. What is the best price around for that setup?
Anywhere from $1000 to $1500 it depends on the MAC.
My advice is for you to try CRAIGSLIST! (BE CAREFUL!!! If you do, have the seller meet you somewhere safe i.e. police station or somewhere there is a lot of people because you will be dealing with CASH and Carry). You will probably find a very good macbook pro there with the "APPLECARE" warranty still available.

2. Go with the faster processor

3. I was told that u can run Win7 on the MacBook Pro. This is true all you have to do is partition the HD to do so.

4. Will the Mac version of ScratchLive support .VOB & .M4A files?
- Macs - Yes! SSL - No!



5. Does ScratchLive operate exactly the same between both platforms (ie Win vs Mac)?
Macs have more solid and stable performance.

6. How well does the Video-SL Plugin perform on the Mac (hopefully much better!!)?
I have never used the Video Sl plug on a PC but, It Runs Smooth On Mine! Say Mac now Say PC.............. Now go to your friends and say "I'm A Mac (Mack) You're a P-C (Pu-ssy!) LoL!!!

Just a Little Humor I Use Often! Happy Hunting!!!!
HandsomeRobDJ 4:20 PM - 15 August, 2011
I've set up my system on a lot of different laptops and pc's. The winning combination for me is just XP, strip unnecessary programs, cleanup and defrag regularly, and well formatted mp3's (MIK Platinum Notes). I've stuck to that for probably 10 or 15 machines and had nothing but success. That well formatted mp3's part was the pot of gold for me. Made more difference than anything else.
DJ Stoyvo 5:34 PM - 15 August, 2011
MacBook Pro (mid 2011)
4x 2.4 ghz
8gb ram
500gb hdd
1gb videocard ram
DJ SL1 6:10 PM - 31 August, 2011
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Toshiba a665
Processor Type & Speed: i7 740qm
GB of RAM:8
HD Space:640gb
Video Card: nvidia 330m 1gb
Screen Size:16
How much you paid for laptop:1200
Performance (1-10, 10 high):7
Any problems or issues:audio dropout seratos fault lol
Other helpful comments:
Jensen Määäm 6:25 PM - 31 August, 2011
HP laptop (4 years old)
AMD chipset
4 GB RAM
320 HD
How much did I pay for it: 879 Euros

Never had a problem with Serato Scratch Live, runs smooth, a working horse, but itch? Hell no, this one can't handle itch, usb dropouts in every song, WTF!
DJ SL1 6:34 PM - 31 August, 2011
thats what i run itch
DJMark 7:40 AM - 1 September, 2011
Quote:
Was there a point?


I'm sure the point was that re-encoding all files to 192k mono is among the worst DJ-ing advice I've ever heard?
hamplifier 10:24 AM - 1 September, 2011
asus kj50i ....i think ...
windows 7 64 bit
1.8ghz
2.0 gig ram
320 hdd

seems to run itch ok........ few glitches here and there but i can live with it
paid 600 NZD
DJ Magnificent 3:28 AM - 24 September, 2011
Just wanted to say that I still use the same HP Pavillion DV2200 that I purchased in August 2007. Never a problem. Only thing I ever did was upgrade the hard drive from 160GB 5400rpm to a 320GB 7200rpm right away on Windows XP. It boots real fast. Has never failed. Battery still has about an hour of juice off of the charger which is better than I expect for a laptop that is now over 4 years old. I read the issues a lot of guys have had throughout the years and so I feel pretty fortunate. I'm running Serato 2.3.1 -- been amazing! Keeping my fingers crossed!
room213 5:38 AM - 24 September, 2011
Normally a 2010 MacBook Pro, but it's in being repaired so tonight I used a 2011 MacBook Air and had no problems at all, I was a bit skeptical about using it but it ran perfectly all night.
the_black_one 6:13 AM - 24 September, 2011
2008 macbookpro 2.66 core 2 duo, 4 gig ram, 120 SSD
FunkyRob 6:28 PM - 24 September, 2011
I still use my 2008 Macbook Pro. No need to have the latest and greatest.

2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, upgraded to 4 GB of RAM. Been using the SL1 with VideoSL plugin for the longest.

Just got a 2nd one of eBay for a little over $700 that's in really good condition.
WarpNote 6:53 PM - 24 September, 2011
Quote:
I still use my 2008 Macbook Pro. No need to have the latest and greatest.

2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, upgraded to 4 GB of RAM. Been using the SL1 with VideoSL plugin for the longest.

Just got a 2nd one of eBay for a little over $700 that's in really good condition.

Got the same one, been running from new. Just put in a SSD, but will take move the SSD to a newer 17" later (my non dj laptop...)
TheJeanius 6:53 PM - 24 September, 2011
hp envy dv7 17

2.0 x8 17
windows 7
8gigs upgradeable
2tb hard drive space
beats audio
lol not sl1 compatible

but a beast
price 1800
Joobs 10:43 PM - 10 October, 2011
1. IBM T40p, price 1000$: centrino 1,6ghz 512mb ram 80gb WD hdd with windows xp sp3 (clean OS - only for music and Scratch Live) serato up to 1.8 sth version worked well - then i've changed it for:
2. IBM T41 price 30$ (lol - bought broken one - repair cost was about 100$): centrino 1,6ghz 1024mb ram, same hdd and OS (clean Win XP SP3 - only music and Scratch Live). working smooth up to 2.0 version, then chagne for:
3. Lenovo T60 price 400$: Core2Duo @ 2Ghz (Intel T5800) 500gb Seagate Momentus XT (hybrid), tried to use normally for internet, and media, but it failed. I've also experienced problem with drop outs when the wifi was ON. Now the only solution I've found to work smooth with minimal latency was to install Scratch Live 2.0.1 - the newest isn't working well. Isn't it strange?
Dj matty k 10:50 PM - 10 October, 2011
Macbook Pro 15 Inch 2011 2.2GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz DDR3
750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
Intel HD Graphics 3000
AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 1GB GDDR5


Wicked machine tbh :-)
Dj G Slimm 2:39 PM - 1 November, 2011
Quote:
I have been using an HP DV7-2185DX since 2008. I have been more than pleased with the performance of this laptop and overall ability to multitask WHILE ScratchLive is under full operation.

**********************************************************************
**********************************************************************
ee FULL Spec Sheet below:

GENERAL:
Platform Technology Intel Centrino 2 .Built-in Devices Wireless LAN antenna,
Stereo speakers, Subwoofer
Width 16.2 in .Depth 10.9 in .Height 1.7 in .Weight 7.7 lbs
Screen type Widescreen
Wireless capabilities IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11 n (draft)
Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 / 2.0 GHz .Multi-Core Technology Quad-Core
64-bit Computing Yes
Cache Memory Type L2 cache .Installed Size 6.0 MB
RAM - Installed Size 6.0 GB / 8.0 GB (max) .Technology DDR2 SDRAM .Form Factor SO DIMM 200-pin
Storage Controller Type Serial ATA .Storage Controller / Serial ATA Interface Serial ATA-150
Storage Floppy Drive None
Hard Drive 500.0 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400.0 rpm
Storage Removable None .Hard drive type Portable
Optical Storage (2nd) Optical storage type None
Optical Storage Type DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - Integrated .Read Speed 8x .Disc Labeling Technology LightScribe Technology
Card Reader Type 5 in 1 card reader
Supported flash memory cards SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO, xD-Picture Card, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick
Display Type 17.3 in TFT active matrix .LCD Backlight Technology LED backlight .Max Resolution 1600 x 900 .Widescreen Display Yes
Features BrightView
Video Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 .Video Memory 1024.0 MB
Max Allocated RAM Size 2815.0 MB
Audio Output Sound Card .Features Altec Lansing speakers .Audio Input Microphone
Notebook Camera Type Integrated
Input Device(s) Type: Touchpad, Keyboard .Telecom Modem Fax / modem .Max Transfer Rate 56.0 Kbps
Networking Network adapter
Wireless LAN Supported Yes
Wireless NIC Intel WiFi Link 5100 .Data Link Protocol Ethernet, IEEE 802.11n (draft), Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11g, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b. Compliant Standards IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Expansion / Connectivity: Expansion Slot(s) 1.0 (total) / 0.0 (free) x ExpressCard/54 - SO DIMM 200-pin, 2.0 (total) / 1.0 (free) x Memory .Interfaces 1.0 x Display / video - VGA - RJ-45, 1.0 x Headphones - HDMI - Mini-phone 3.5 mm, 1.0 x Microphone - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000 Base-TX - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15), 1.0 x Storage / Hi-Speed USB - Output - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 2.0 x Modem - Input - RJ-11, 3.0 x Hi-Speed USB - Phone line - 4 pin USB Type A, 1.0 x Display / video - Hi-Speed USB / eSATA - 4 pin FireWire, 1.0 x Remote control, 1.0 x Network, 1.0 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire), 1.0 x Docking / port replicator
Miscellaneous: Included Accessories Remote control .Features Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately) .Power
Power Device External: Power Provided 120.0 Watt
Battery Technology 8-cell Lithium Ion

**********************************************************************
**********************************************************************

I have had more issues with the different external drives laggin more the the processor/latency rates. I resident at a club in MD Thursday-Saturday every week and the DV7-2185DX has hung on strong for the past 3 years and I typically have open 2-5 Firefox browsers, an FTP Client that may or may not be streaming/downloading at the same time as ScratchLive is running and often times I have Ableton Suite 8 up and running with the Bridge!! The ONLY time I had issues was when I got a nasty Malware bug and tried using Ableton while spinnin live (DEF sucked too because it crashed with a PACCCKED dance floor at 12:30AM of all times)!!

The ONLY upgrades I made was to IMMEDIATELY uninstall Vista64 and install XP Pro until Win764 was released and been using that ever since!!! I also swapped the DVD-RW for a Blu-Ray Drive.

*** Now here's where "I" need some help, love and/or feeedback!! ***

Last week I was invited to DJ in downtown Ann Arbor, abt 15mins outside of Detroit, at the strip of college bars ON CAMPUS at the University of Michigan (Wolverines) and while driving back to the hotel at 2:30am, I had the DV7 plugged into a power inverter charging and a dumba** nameless friend of mine left a cooler with melted ice in it in the back seat that I had no clue was back there and from here I think u can fill in the blanks!! If not, lets just say it NO LONGER powers up!!

Which brings me to the tragic decision I'm now FORCED to make and I hate doing that without proper research but I HAVE to have something before my resident gig on Thursday!!

I was looking at the MacBook Pro 17"... this will be my FIRST trip into the Mac/OSX world so I'm curious/concerned about a few things:

- What are the best options/upgrades to add on?
- What is the best platform/hardware configuration to get?
- What is the best price around for that setup?
- Where is the most affordable/reliable place to purchase it from?
- Has anyone used the dual operating system feature? I was told that u can run Win7 on the MacBook Pro in tandem with OSX with an $80 upgrade.. anyone know if this can be confirmed?
- Does ScratchLive operate exactly the same between both platforms (ie Win vs Mac)? Are there any features that are or are not available with the Mac vs. the Win software?
- How well does the Video-SL Plugin perform on the Mac (hopefully much better!!)?
- Will the Mac version of ScratchLive support .VOB & .M4A files?

ANY help/insight you can offer would be tremendously appreciated!!!

Thanx,
-Derik - (derik.lewis@gmail.com)

I am assuming by now you have bought the macbook pro...usually with mac's they come with all the bells and whistles...the only thing you can really upgrade when purchasing is the processor and ram...which ever processor you have it will muli-task great...now if you haven't max out the ram yet ...do not go through apple to do it...go to newegg.com and purchase the ram memory there
Dj Koppa Top 1:07 PM - 10 August, 2012
Think it time for this thread to be revived..... what new laptops out there right now that go well with the new updates in serato?
djdalite 4:39 PM - 10 August, 2012
Macbook Pro
Johnnynights 5:48 PM - 10 August, 2012
Used(still do sometimes)

Dell inspiron 1500
Intel pentium dual core 2.1ghz
2gb ram
250hd
15"
I paid 320$ with taxes
Never had an issue

Now
Macbook pro 13"
Intel core i7 dual core 2.9ghz
8gb ram
750hd
13"
I paid 1555$ with taxes
Never had an issue also
Waveforms are smoother though
cdj 800 5:29 AM - 14 April, 2013
ok fellas, i have a old cpu, its a pentium m 2.0 ghz
2gbtye ddr
win xp sev pk 3
what can possilly go wrong??
WarpNote 10:36 AM - 14 April, 2013
Should be ok if not to large library, would probably stay away from iTunes integration though. If issues, you might need to roll back to 1.9.2.

Also test the setup througly before any gig ;)
Quipsilon 3:27 AM - 11 July, 2013
It's funny how the DJ community always praises MACS and the networking and programming communities in which are actually tech savy and knowledgeable all always praise Windows and MS... don't believe the hype.. my Lenovo has 16 gigs of RAM, a terrabyte harddrive, high resolution at 15 inches, 3.3 ghz clock speed for a flat $1000, try finding a mac anywhere near that for less than 3 and a half k.. seriously
DJ.Tyme 9:11 AM - 11 July, 2013
Quote:
It's funny how the DJ community always praises MACS and the networking and programming communities in which are actually tech savy and knowledgeable all always praise Windows and MS... don't believe the hype.. my Lenovo has 16 gigs of RAM, a terrabyte harddrive, high resolution at 15 inches, 3.3 ghz clock speed for a flat $1000, try finding a mac anywhere near that for less than 3 and a half k.. seriously

+1 so sick of mac fanboys. every fool i know in my own town who wants to start djing. thinks they ahve to have a damm mac. all these fanboys get the damm mac just so they can say hey look at me i got the apple logo for the crowd to see. dumm dumms mac now have the same hardware as pc's. so go ahead and pay your 2,000 for you mac with core 2 duo,8gb of ram & intel i5, while i'll continue to use my dell laptop 16gbs of ram,windows 64bit, intel i7 Quad core & cost me under 800.00
pdidy 4:39 PM - 11 July, 2013
Quote:
Quote:
It's funny how the DJ community always praises MACS and the networking and programming communities in which are actually tech savy and knowledgeable all always praise Windows and MS... don't believe the hype.. my Lenovo has 16 gigs of RAM, a terrabyte harddrive, high resolution at 15 inches, 3.3 ghz clock speed for a flat $1000, try finding a mac anywhere near that for less than 3 and a half k.. seriously

+1 so sick of mac fanboys. every fool i know in my own town who wants to start djing. thinks they ahve to have a damm mac. all these fanboys get the damm mac just so they can say hey look at me i got the apple logo for the crowd to see. dumm dumms mac now have the same hardware as pc's. so go ahead and pay your 2,000 for you mac with core 2 duo,8gb of ram & intel i5, while i'll continue to use my dell laptop 16gbs of ram,windows 64bit, intel i7 Quad core & cost me under 800.00

What funny is both of you are completely clueless and you don't even know it.
Quipsilon 5:39 PM - 11 July, 2013
Don't even knowww...what?
DJMark 5:51 PM - 11 July, 2013
Quote:
Don't even knowww...what?


Not much, by all evidence.
DJ DisGrace 6:14 PM - 11 July, 2013
Quote:
+1 so sick of mac fanboys


Actually it now seems like you stubborn PC users actually fit the definition of fanboy better:

- A person who is completely loyal to a game or company reguardless of if they suck or not.
- An arrogant person who goes into an outburst every time something he likes is questioned.
- Fanboys usually acuse others of being fanboys
- Known for a complete lack of objectivity in relation to their preferred focus. Usually argue with circular logic that they refuse to acknowledge. Arguments or debates with such are usually futile. Every flaw is spun into semi-virtues and everything else, blown to comedic, complimentary proportions.
Code:E 6:31 PM - 11 July, 2013
Quote:
try finding a mac anywhere near that for less than 3 and a half k.. seriously

$10 says it wont work with Serato video out of the box.

Thats why to get a mac. Yes PC specs are higher but a mac with less specs will still run faster than that machine. I have yet to see a mac user switch back to PC.
DJMark 6:41 PM - 11 July, 2013
Find ANY Windows laptop with the build-quality, mechanical integrity, small size, and lightness of Apple's laptops.

(You won't).

It is kind of cute how some Windows laptops are superficially looking like MacBooks...especially in pictures. Then you see the Windows laptop in person, and immediately notice they've just put a metallic skin over the same cheap plastic crap chassis they've always used.

Meanwhile, Windows 8 is a sales disaster, PC sales are dropping like a rock, and Microsoft goes through another re-org. Too bad, so sad.
Logisticalstyles 7:46 PM - 11 July, 2013
Quote:
It's funny how the DJ community always praises MACS and the networking and programming communities in which are actually tech savy and knowledgeable all always praise Windows and MS...


The DJ Community and Networking and Programming communities have different needs and require different tools for the job.

Quote:
all these fanboys get the damm mac just so they can say hey look at me i got the apple logo for the crowd to see.


I've never seen that.
Quipsilon 8:37 PM - 11 July, 2013
Quote:
Find ANY Windows laptop with the build-quality, mechanical integrity, small size, and lightness of Apple's laptops.

(You won't).
Yes, you will. In fact you'll find better, much better. I own a Lenovo. Lenovo thinkpads in fact, are the ONLY laptop approved by NASA for use due to their durability and precision.
Quipsilon 8:44 PM - 11 July, 2013
Quote:
Quote:
Don't even knowww...what?


Not much, by all evidence.

Still rather vague
Quipsilon 8:56 PM - 11 July, 2013
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Don't even knowww...what?


Not much, by all evidence.

Still rather vague

Quote:
Quote:
try finding a mac anywhere near that for less than 3 and a half k.. seriously

$10 says it wont work with Serato video out of the box.

Thats why to get a mac. Yes PC specs are higher but a mac with less specs will still run faster than that machine. I have yet to see a mac user switch back to PC.


My Lenovo runs it see seamlessly and downloading one free ASIO driver was not worth paying an extra k out the ass. I've seen much more inconvenience and extra money on top of the overpricing of mac users when they realize they've got only 1, sometimes 2 USB ports, and one is already used up by their SSL box. Oh, but you want an external sound card now too, as well as an external hard drive? Tough luck. Buy a USB jack for 20-30 bucks, costed more than my free ASIO driver.
DJ DisGrace 8:59 PM - 11 July, 2013
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- Known for a complete lack of objectivity in relation to their preferred focus. Usually argue with circular logic that they refuse to acknowledge. Arguments or debates with such are usually futile. Every flaw is spun into semi-virtues and everything else, blown to comedic, complimentary proportions.
d:raf 11:09 PM - 11 July, 2013
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so go ahead and pay your 2,000 for you mac with core 2 duo,8gb of ram & intel i5


lolz.

You could at least look up current specs + pricing before ranting.
pdidy 1:14 AM - 12 July, 2013
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Lenovo thinkpads in fact, are the ONLY laptop approved by NASA for use due to their durability and precision.


Quipsilon is trolling and regurgitating nonsense he read on another forum....so busted...lol
Quipsilon 1:30 AM - 12 July, 2013
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Lenovo thinkpads in fact, are the ONLY laptop approved by NASA for use due to their durability and precision.


Quipsilon is trolling and regurgitating nonsense he read on another forum....so busted...lol

No regurgitation from any source that is not reliable as it gets. No trolling.. informing.
Code:E 1:42 AM - 12 July, 2013
PC's doing video will never be on the same level as a Mac for 1 reason.....

Syphon

The things a Mac (because of the os) can do far out way any minor cost savings.
DJ.Tyme 1:57 AM - 12 July, 2013
So why do ya mac fanboys always wanna bootcamp your windows? If mac os is supposed to be the top of the line. Fanboys just get it gor the apple logo on ftont
DJ DisGrace 2:27 AM - 12 July, 2013
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So why do ya mac fanboys always wanna bootcamp your windows?

Because we can?

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Quipsilon 2:34 AM - 12 July, 2013
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So why do ya mac fanboys always wanna bootcamp your windows?

Because we can?

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- Fanboys usually acuse others of being fanboys

Half-assed answer, not even addressing his point...
pdidy 2:39 AM - 12 July, 2013
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So why do ya mac fanboys always wanna bootcamp your windows? If mac os is supposed to be the top of the line. Fanboys just get it gor the apple logo on ftont

Dj tyme, don't be so emotional it only weakens your argument.

But to answer your question seriously, there are many people like myself who want the best of both worlds and don't limit themselves to 1 operating system. The Mac just so happens to be the best computer for this because its "designed" to do so.

Now there are many things macs do better.....
and many things window pc's do better but running Serato is not one of them. If windows ran Serato better I would personally have no use for a Mac because I use windows exclusively.......Except for when I run Serato.

So people who use bootcamp want options and are unbiased unlike you.....so this has nothing to do with your fanboy apple logo rants.....lol
Code:E 2:41 AM - 12 July, 2013
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So why do ya mac fanboys always wanna bootcamp your windows?

Because we can?

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Half-assed answer, not even addressing his point...

Because developers don't want to be limited to apples closed ecosystem. A lot of us have windows bootcamped onto our macs. But none of us use it to DJ with. I only use windows for fats file transfers on my home network. And again I don't consider myself a fan boy. I have 2 pcs in my house that I use. But for DJing the Mac OS is superior. Most Mac users I she on here have pcs also. But e want the best tool for each job. And with video DJing that means Mac osx
Quipsilon 3:17 AM - 12 July, 2013
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So why do ya mac fanboys always wanna bootcamp your windows?

Because we can?

I'll agree that Windows does not run Serato better than MACS nonetheless Serato Video. It's just I have yet to see any proof that MACS run them better as my PC runs it seamlessly for hours on end.. I have nothing against MACS or most MAC users, and I definitely respect the best of both worlds concept. I don't think anyone here is a fanboy..not the ones I've talked to anyway. I just personally respectfully disagree that MAC has any advantage for running Serato videos included, and with the ridiculous price mark I legitimately want to save new time DJ's from buying into the MAC hype that I disagree with, and spending more money than they need to.
skinnyguy 4:32 AM - 12 July, 2013
In the days of vsl, forum members have run vsl on both OSes. On hackintosh's and boot camp. Serato ran a lot smoother on Mac OS, hands down.
d:raf 4:53 AM - 12 July, 2013
Quipsilon 5:37 AM - 12 July, 2013
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In the days of vsl, forum members have run vsl on both OSes. On hackintosh's and boot camp. Serato ran a lot smoother on Mac OS, hands down.

If that's the case they were most likely using low end PC's. I notice many compare a Macbook pro to something windows very low grade, and automatically come to the conclusion that MAC is better...
the_black_one 5:50 AM - 12 July, 2013
LOL at cats not understanding
the_black_one 5:50 AM - 12 July, 2013
NM NH
pdidy 5:58 AM - 12 July, 2013
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In the days of vsl, forum members have run vsl on both OSes. On hackintosh's and boot camp. Serato ran a lot smoother on Mac OS, hands down.

If that's the case they were most likely using low end PC's. I notice many compare a Macbook pro to something windows very low grade, and automatically come to the conclusion that MAC is better...

Wow

There just so much you don't know or understand. Clueless......
skinnyguy 6:17 AM - 12 July, 2013
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In the days of vsl, forum members have run vsl on both OSes. On hackintosh's and boot camp. Serato ran a lot smoother on Mac OS, hands down.

If that's the case they were most likely using low end PC's. I notice many compare a Macbook pro to something windows very low grade, and automatically come to the conclusion that MAC is better...



if you didn't understand what i meant, here it is again.

on the same computer, the same program ran smoother on the mac os then on windows os. same hardware specs. the only diff was the os'es. and the mac os always ran serato smoother.

on the windows lappy running windows or as a hackintosh. serato tested on windows side and mac.

and on the mac lappy running windows via bootcamp. again, serato tested on mac side and windows side.

either way, serato always ran smoother on the mac os....for BOTH computers.
skinnyguy 6:19 AM - 12 July, 2013
with hardware being equal in any computer, whether via bootcamp or hackintosh, mac os ran serato smoother than on windows.
Quipsilon 6:54 AM - 12 July, 2013
There just so much you don't know or understand. Clueless......
You seem to love giving your insulting critiques without giving any valuable input, that much I understand.
DouggyFresh 7:33 AM - 12 July, 2013
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In the days of vsl, forum members have run vsl on both OSes. On hackintosh's and boot camp. Serato ran a lot smoother on Mac OS, hands down.

If that's the case they were most likely using low end PC's. I notice many compare a Macbook pro to something windows very low grade, and automatically come to the conclusion that MAC is better...


I personally was one of the people who tried the same Asus laptop, OSX 10.6 and Windows 7. Everything on my laptop worked great in both except the HDMI out (the VGA out was fine) in OS X. Lately, the only place I've been working has been HDMI output, so I haven't used the OS X part in a long time..

The only "strange" thing to me about the entire thing is the frame rate in Serato Video. My buddies 13" Macbook Pro i5 runs videos at 24 fps. My laptop runs at 60 fps (in Windows and OS X). But if you were to look at the MBP output, the video appears smooth despite being a much lower frame rate.

If I had to go back and do it again, *and money was no object*, I would probably buy a used MBP and just use it for DJing.

I decided to take this as another challenge... I'm going to install SSL 2.4.4 and SV 1.1 on my AMD 6-core desktop with a GTX 460 NVidia 1GB video card just to see what kind of frame rate it will get...
pdidy 8:05 AM - 12 July, 2013
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There just so much you don't know or understand. Clueless......
You seem to love giving your insulting critiques without giving any valuable input, that much I understand.

insults are below me, i was being informative....:)
Code:E 8:30 AM - 12 July, 2013
All the PC users also have no clue what there missing.

I notice non of the PC users picked up on Syphon, or ME. And really ME is where its at.
Quipsilon 8:55 AM - 12 July, 2013
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All the PC users also have no clue what there missing.

I notice non of the PC users picked up on Syphon, or ME. And really ME is where its at.

Don't NEED any of that.. I'm just here to rock the party playa, my Lenovo works just fine BETTER than fine.
Quipsilon 8:57 AM - 12 July, 2013
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There just so much you don't know or understand. Clueless......
You seem to love giving your insulting critiques without giving any valuable input, that much I understand.

insults are below me, i was being informative....:)

Nice pathetic attempt at regurgitating what I said in an effort to make it look as if you're giving me a taste of my own medicine. Problem is I was actually being informative, and you are actually being insulting while adding nothing progressive to the conversation...try again oh wise one.
DJ DisGrace 11:46 AM - 12 July, 2013
Advising people to use PCs for video is not "being informative"
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Quipsilon 12:40 PM - 12 July, 2013
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Advising people to use PCs for video is not "being informative"
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You're really wrong.. if you're not technically retarded a PC such as mine does perfectly, and you'll save a lot of money. Advice on how to save money is informative, hmm?
DJ DisGrace 12:45 PM - 12 July, 2013
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Advising people to use PCs for video is not "being informative"
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You're really wrong.. if you're not technically retarded a PC such as mine does perfectly, and you'll save a lot of money. Advice on how to save money is informative, hmm?

*sigh.... you must be new here.

Please do some reading here and tell me that a PC is still a wise investment for video: serato.com
Quipsilon 12:55 PM - 12 July, 2013
I would have let this argument go hours ago if it weren't for the fact that new cats are spectating this shit most likely.. ones on a low budget. I know quite a few DJ's other than myself, both in person and through social medias who use PC's in the $800-1300 range who run video without any problems and very smoothly. That is the bottom line, they work fine. The reason MAC is a recommendation on Serato's list is because DJ's in general are not particularly technologically inclined.. truth be told, and they want everything for their customers to magically work right out of the box so they have no complaints. The fact is there is not much to be done on a PC that is already done on a MAC, and certainly nothing to justify the price mark. And even Serato admits to the extensive hardware limitations given with MACS
DJ DisGrace 1:54 PM - 12 July, 2013
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that new cats are spectating this shit most likely

No. We're not. New or speculating.

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I know quite a few DJ's other than myself, both in person and through social medias who use PC's in the $800-1300 range who run video without any problems and very smoothly.

AH yes. Gotta love that inductive reasoning....

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The reason MAC is a recommendation on Serato's list is because DJ's in general are not particularly technologically inclined

Even the "IT experts" on here that do video use Macs. Hell, we even convinced Johnny that he needs a Mac, and doesn't even do video.

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djdalite 3:23 PM - 12 July, 2013
its always the people who have pc's who have never used/owned a mac with serato/serato video/M.E that come in here preaching how you can get a PC to do the same thing with minor "tweaking" - whats the percentage of people who own a *insert name* laptop and a macbook pro who actually use their *insert name* laptop cause its better and has higher specs? Even my dekstop I built which is a quad core and was screaming fast by standards two years ago doesn't even play well with serato

im promise any of you PC guys who go MAC for this software will never look back. I was the same exact way, i figured it cant be that much better, its the same parts/chips..ect - well 3 years later i cant say i've ever eyed that new sweet top of the line pc vs getting just another mbp
pdidy 4:48 PM - 12 July, 2013
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There just so much you don't know or understand. Clueless......
You seem to love giving your insulting critiques without giving any valuable input, that much I understand.

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In the days of vsl, forum members have run vsl on both OSes. On hackintosh's and boot camp. Serato ran a lot smoother on Mac OS, hands down.

If that's the case they were most likely using low end PC's. I notice many compare a Macbook pro to something windows very low grade, and automatically come to the conclusion that MAC is better...



if you didn't understand what i meant, here it is again.

on the same computer, the same program ran smoother on the mac os then on windows os. same hardware specs. the only diff was the os'es. and the mac os always ran serato smoother.

on the windows lappy running windows or as a hackintosh. serato tested on windows side and mac.

and on the mac lappy running windows via bootcamp. again, serato tested on mac side and windows side.

either way, serato always ran smoother on the mac os....for BOTH computers.

This is why I referred to you as clueless and again it was not meant as an insult.....it appears that you're new here and Are unaware of the testing we've done years ago to pinpoint the real issue. Most of the advanced users here have already acknowledged and proven........it's not so much about your high end specs and hardware as YOU thought........it's the operating system.
Johnnynights 6:08 PM - 12 July, 2013
Im a pc guy that owns 3 pcs but after i bought a macbook pro 13"8gigs of ram,750hd,intel i7 i wont be going back to pc for djing.

I was using a cheap dell inspiron that cost me 300 and ill tell you that i never had a problem until date is going strong(i only do music by the way).one day i wanted to get a mac because i wanted to target the lowest latency on serato for scratching so i picked one up after i played with it i notice how the waveforms where way smoother.

Even a buddy of mines who owns a pc that has 12 gigs of ram,1tb hd,intel corei7 admitted that my mac ran smoother after seing it.

Im not a mac guy by the way, just buy one and you will see the difference in everything ;)
CMOS 6:11 PM - 12 July, 2013
I guess im an anomaly, ive given up my MAC. Since Windows8 came out and all my USB 1.1 issues are fixed, im back on windows and loving it.

My new gig laptop was $699. I don't do video so its not an issue for me.

No more having to run NTFS3g or MacDrive to jump the externals back and forth.

Ive seen the light, and its not in the shape of an apple.

:P
Code:E 6:52 PM - 12 July, 2013
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I would have let this argument go hours ago if it weren't for the fact that new cats are spectating this shit most likely

Like disgrace said, none of of the guys on here trying to explain to you why Macs are better are New or speculating. Most all of us where hard core PC users. I am a very advanced PC user. PC's and there open ecosystem and ability to customize are on the loosing end here. We all have moved to mac for a reason. I challenge to find me a post anywhere where a DJ has gone to Mac for video and then regretted it or gone back to PC. There is not a single one.

Please stop telling people PC's are better. They are not. You are misinforming new people, And i dont see you on this forum helping people with there issues when they arise. I and many other do and really dont appreciate people like telling everyone that it will work fine.

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My new gig laptop was $699. I don't do video so its not an issue for me.



illustrates out point exactly. Well all admit PC's work great with Serato and Ableton. I played on a PC with the bridge for over a year. Not a single problem (beyond a PC's inherent limitation of having to install drivers for every USB device and having to have all MIDI controllers plugged in before I boot up any programs). But when it comes to video Mac is the only way to go for professional operation.

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know quite a few DJ's other than myself, both in person and through social medias who use PC's in the $800-1300 range who run video without any problems and very smoothly.


I got to ask what video program are they running? Virtual DJ? Because it's not Serato Video.
CMOS 7:04 PM - 12 July, 2013
Just want to mention that my 699 laptop is an i7 with 8gb of ram.

The only reason video doesn't work on windows isn't microsofts fault, its seratos. How does virtual DJ or whatever other video programs run on windows perfectly?

Because they have devs who fixed the program to work on windows. We don't even have a windows 8 installer for serato (Audio) yet and its been out a year.


I cant stand seeing people blame the operating system and deny the fact that serato is heavily mac biased.
Code:E 7:23 PM - 12 July, 2013
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The only reason video doesn't work on windows isn't microsofts fault, its seratos. How does virtual DJ or whatever other video programs run on windows perfectly?

Because they have devs who fixed the program to work on windows. We don't even have a windows 8 installer for serato (Audio) yet and its been out a year.


Serato gets touchy when you question there programmers abilities. But your correct, Virtual DJ work better on PC than a mac for video. Many more effects and transitions and options.

Its not some serato has to "fix" it more of something they choose to not support. Serato's company philosophy is not open there software up to every hardware configuration. Its is perfectly fine to not agree with them on that. But that is what they do and to use Serato you need to be able to adapt to there wants and desires. This is a "Serato fact of life". Serato works better on a Mac. That is there choice comment and complain about it all you want, we wont get in your way, the feature request area is a open playground for you where many of us trying to help users do not venture. Until something changes we will comment and overrun any thread trying to tell people that PC's can and will work better than a mac because its just not true.


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All the PC users also have no clue what there missing.

I notice none of the PC users picked up on Syphon, or ME. And really ME is where its at.

Don't NEED any of that.. I'm just here to rock the party playa, my Lenovo works just fine BETTER than fine.


Fine = Complacency

If you ok with fine, then be on your merry way. The Pro's out there are always pushing the boundaries, trying new things and try to advance there show to be better than they already are.
phatbob 7:27 PM - 12 July, 2013
Windows fanboys are my absolute favourite.

Always complaining about 'isheep' and the like, as if choosing the OS used by over 90% of all computers in the world makes them some kind of paragon of free thinking.

Every day I read the Microsoft area of the Verge forum. It's the funniest thing I've ever read.
CMOS 7:29 PM - 12 July, 2013
I actually wouldn't mind if they said "Serato only runs on a mac". I think if you are going to support both, you should give both 100% of your resouces and they should be equal or not be at all.

This would probably cut their helpdesk work load my more than half. lol.

A year to support an operating system??? As JM would say......C'mon Son.
CMOS 7:31 PM - 12 July, 2013
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Its not some serato has to "fix" it more of something they choose to not support.



But they do support it. Until you run into issues then its a backhanded "Oh yeah you really should be using a mac"

Just take away windows support if this is the case.
Code:E 7:42 PM - 12 July, 2013
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you should give both 100% of your resouces and they should be equal or not be at all.

Do you have any idea how much more work that would take to support windows.

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Just take away windows support if this is the case.

No necessary but some wouldn't complain.
pdidy 8:13 PM - 12 July, 2013
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I cant stand seeing people blame the operating system and deny the fact that serato is heavily mac biased.


I cant deny with a straight face that this comment has no merit, I've even considered it myself but I still cant call it.
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I think if you are going to support both, you should give both 100% of your resources and they should be equal or not be at all.

This would probably cut their helpdesk work load my more than half. lol.

In order to get windows up to speed we'd need a 20%=mac 80%=windows split of resources. It could never be equal for it to happen in my opinion.
pdidy 8:24 PM - 12 July, 2013
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Until something changes we will comment and overrun any thread trying to tell people that PC's can and will work better than a mac because its just not true.


True but I always welcome healthy debate because there's always something to be learned or taught for that matter. And as stated, the kids are watching, listening and learning but DEBATE helps to limit or kill the spread of misinformation.
Quipsilon 9:33 PM - 12 July, 2013
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The only reason video doesn't work on windows isn't microsofts fault, its seratos. How does virtual DJ or whatever other video programs run on windows perfectly?

Because they have devs who fixed the program to work on windows. We don't even have a windows 8 installer for serato (Audio) yet and its been out a year.


Serato gets touchy when you question there programmers abilities. But your correct, Virtual DJ work better on PC than a mac for video. Many more effects and transitions and options.

Its not some serato has to "fix" it more of something they choose to not support. Serato's company philosophy is not open there software up to every hardware configuration. Its is perfectly fine to not agree with them on that. But that is what they do and to use Serato you need to be able to adapt to there wants and desires. This is a "Serato fact of life". Serato works better on a Mac. That is there choice comment and complain about it all you want, we wont get in your way, the feature request area is a open playground for you where many of us trying to help users do not venture. Until something changes we will comment and overrun any thread trying to tell people that PC's can and will work better than a mac because its just not true.


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All the PC users also have no clue what there missing.

I notice none of the PC users picked up on Syphon, or ME. And really ME is where its at.

Don't NEED any of that.. I'm just here to rock the party playa, my Lenovo works just fine BETTER than fine.


Fine = Complacency

If you ok with fine, then be on your merry way. The Pro's out there are always pushing the boundaries, trying new things and try to advance there show to be better than they already are.

I said BETTER than fine.. pushing boundaries while following the hype and overpaying for an alluminum box with extensive hardware limitations like every other DJ? You're really pushing the bar buddy. I never said PC's were better. And once again, I'll quote it this time, "I don't believe that Pc's are BETTER at running Serato Video than MACS," I simply just have yet to see any proof through me or anyone I know that MACS can run it better than PC. Save some money playa, mine's NEVER crashed with video, and runs smoothly
DJMark 9:35 PM - 12 July, 2013
Dumb.
pdidy 9:49 PM - 12 July, 2013
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I simply just have yet to see any proof through me or anyone I know that MACS can run it better than PC.


Ok, so let me get this straight......The extent of your Mac experience is watching other djs with them and you feel you are now qualified to make a claim of which is better ?

Please correct me if im wrong....
RonDu 10:04 PM - 12 July, 2013
My concerns before opting not to get a Mac; does my PC do what I need it to do, which is play clean, audible, uninterrupted music without hiccups and crashing? Is the software responsive to my Vinyl or CD controllers on my PC? Since those are really the only things that truly matter when DJ'ing and my answer was "yes" to both, I kept my money in the bank, got a dead bull$h*t HP from someone, replaced a few internal parts on the MB, maxed the ram, some thermal glue and a new fan and I've been good to go. Total cost about $50. If it does what it is intended to do what could be better than that? Just curious, no bashing.
Quipsilon 10:06 PM - 12 July, 2013
Ok, so let me get this straight......The extent of your Mac experience is watching other djs with them and you feel you are now qualified to make a claim of which is better ?

Please correct me if im wrong....
I have a buddy who used a near top of the line MBP and I used it for a while one night, it was nice and had no problems. However, same goes for my Lenovo. No lag, much cheaper.
the_black_one 10:10 PM - 12 July, 2013
time = money

i aint got time to tweak a plastic POS computer.
Quipsilon 10:21 PM - 12 July, 2013
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My concerns before opting not to get a Mac; does my PC do what I need it to do, which is play clean, audible, uninterrupted music without hiccups and crashing? Is the software responsive to my Vinyl or CD controllers on my PC? Since those are really the only things that truly matter when DJ'ing and my answer was "yes" to both, I kept my money in the bank, got a dead bull$h*t HP from someone, replaced a few internal parts on the MB, maxed the ram, some thermal glue and a new fan and I've been good to go. Total cost about $50. If it does what it is intended to do what could be better than that? Just curious, no bashing.

There ya go... but this isn't the route you're forced to take with PC's.. HP is a low end company truth be told, this is why I keep saying a majority of those who believe PC's won't do the job are looking at low end brands.. And as far as the hardware goes, people really need to wake up I can't understand how MAC users actually believe they're getting cutting edge hardware... Back when Intel Core CPU was released, it took Apple over a year to begin integrating them into their products, even though PC processors had been packing the PowerPC G5 CPU for years. And my god when core 2 duo came out, almost all of the PC market, (even low end brands) were packing it before Apple even begun to integrate it. Even though I digress only very slightly, it is still the same way today, apple is ALWAYS a few months behind with their hardware.
pdidy 10:32 PM - 12 July, 2013
**shruggs**
pdidy 10:39 PM - 12 July, 2013
Hey, tell me more about NASA and space travel......:)
Quipsilon 10:47 PM - 12 July, 2013
Space extreme conditions
Space no weight making things very rough on items
Space require reliable laptop to run software criticical to space mission
Lenovo Thinkpad fit these credentials better than any other laptop on the market
NASA agree with above statement :)
the_black_one 10:55 PM - 12 July, 2013
this dude and NASA!!!! NM NH
skinnyguy 11:19 PM - 12 July, 2013
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My concerns before opting not to get a Mac; does my PC do what I need it to do, which is play clean, audible, uninterrupted music without hiccups and crashing? Is the software responsive to my Vinyl or CD controllers on my PC? Since those are really the only things that truly matter when DJ'ing and my answer was "yes" to both, I kept my money in the bank, got a dead bull$h*t HP from someone, replaced a few internal parts on the MB, maxed the ram, some thermal glue and a new fan and I've been good to go. Total cost about $50. If it does what it is intended to do what could be better than that? Just curious, no bashing.



and that's fine. i'm still running the latest version of scratchlive on my 6 or 7 year old dell lappy on xp with a core2duo cpu. runs scratchlive great.

but if i wanna do video....with serato.....that's a whole other story.

i'm pretty sure it can run vdj and do videos that way (i've used my dell for karaoke gigs). but back when SV was VSL, it wouldn't run smoothly. and i'm pretty sure vsl is the same now as it was then, for the most part.

and now, for video gigs, i use mac. with ME. and all the other dj's in my area now use ME after seeing it (except for my one friend who refuses to use serato or vdj - he's on mixvibes). and ME alone is just scratching the surface. getting into syphon is taking things a step further. no other dj software comes close on the pc side. vdj, ms pinky, mixvibes...any others?
Code:E 11:46 PM - 12 July, 2013
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Until something changes we will comment and overrun any thread trying to tell people that PC's can and will work better than a mac because its just not true.


True but I always welcome healthy debate because there's always something to be learned or taught for that matter. And as stated, the kids are watching, listening and learning but DEBATE helps to limit or kill the spread of misinformation.


Couldn't agree more.

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I said BETTER than fine.. pushing boundaries while following the hype and overpaying for an alluminum box with extensive hardware limitations like every other DJ? You're really pushing the bar buddy.


Pushing boundaries has little to nothing to do with the hardware we use. When we talk about pushing the boundaries its about what the people who come to see us perform perceive. They dont give 2 fucks what computer or software we are using. They want to see and hear a cool show. I put forth the notion (for debate) that Mac's with there more advanced features are capable of producing a better show than any 1 PC can in the right hands with someone who trying to make something new.

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If it does what it is intended to do what could be better than that? Just curious, no bashing.

Great point. I feel this thread needs to be qualified again with Video vs none Video users. I would always suggest someone (especially someone whos not knowledgeable about how the internals of a computer work) buy a mac. But if your tech savvy and only wont to run audio and have no intentions of ever doing anything video based. I have no problem helping you to pick out a great PC for less money than a MBP.

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HP is a low end company truth be told, this is why I keep saying a majority of those who believe PC's won't do the job are looking at low end brands.

Alien wares suck at running serato Video. Thats far from low end.


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And as far as the hardware goes, people really need to wake up I can't understand how MAC users actually believe they're getting cutting edge hardware...


Said no one ever! The i7 chip ram, harddrives (traditional macs only) and video card are exactly the same as in other PC laptops. The chassis, fan setup, screen are not off the shelf products and are Hi grade professional level equipment. So is the same in a panasonic tough book, at 3x the price of a mac. And still can't run Video as well as the OSX operating system.

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it took Apple over a year to begin integrating them into their products, even though PC processors had been packing the PowerPC G5 CPU for years. And my god when core 2 duo came out, almost all of the PC market, (even low end brands) were packing it before Apple even begun to integrate it. Even though I digress only very slightly, it is still the same way today, apple is ALWAYS a few months behind with their hardware.

you forgot to mention how long it too apple to add USB2.0 support. Again doesn't matter. Lower end components on a mac will run fast and better than on a PC. All because of the OS.

PC laptop maker slap out new model every couple of months. Apple waits in some cases years before major updates. And you know what that tell the pro community. It has been tested, it is stable, there will be less bugs to fix via software updates and the components will last longer. MacBook Pro shelf life and Value after 4 years, still %50 of original cost. PC laptop 4 year later 20% if there lucky.

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Hey, tell me more about NASA and space travel......:)

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Space extreme conditions
Space no weight making things very rough on items
Space require reliable laptop to run software criticical to space mission
Lenovo Thinkpad fit these credentials better than any other laptop on the market
NASA agree with above statement :)


That why a low end company like Clarion has there in car DVD system's installed in the space station.
Its called Lowest bidder. Not saying your computer is crap. Its not, it's just not as good at running video as a MacBook Pro.

You should visit this thread. And post your PC and specs. Do some reading also you might see the experience's most PC users face and the issues they have to overcome.
serato.com
DJRemixEnt 8:45 AM - 13 July, 2013
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The things a Mac (because of the os) can do far out way any minor cost savings.

exactly....dont forget the argument isnt over hardware... its purely the funtionality of the OS. When it comes to music/graphic arts/videography... Mac OS operates better than Windows.
Evidence: The Hackintosh...case closed /thread
DJRemixEnt 10:09 AM - 13 July, 2013
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majority of those who believe PC's won't do the job

at this point in the game... it's not about believing... it is a fact that MAC OS runs SL and Video better. the evidence is all over this forum.

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And as far as the hardware goes, people really need to wake up

once again, you are stuck on hardware... nobody is debating hardware... it is the OS that allows MAC to trump Windows when it comes to running SL,Video SL,SV,ME. Evidence: Hackintosh
Quipsilon 10:23 AM - 13 July, 2013
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majority of those who believe PC's won't do the job

at this point in the game... it's not about believing... it is a fact that MAC OS runs SL and Video better. the evidence is all over this forum.

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And as far as the hardware goes, people really need to wake up

once again, you are stuck on hardware... nobody is debating hardware... it is the OS that allows MAC to trump Windows when it comes to running SL,Video SL,SV,ME. Evidence: Hackintosh

I saw people debating over hardware above, so I corrected the hype. I honestlyl don't care about what a forum has to say. I care about personal experience as well as experiences observed through NUMEROUS PC-using friends, that saved over a grand by buying a PC instead of a MAC, and run Serato video in bar gigs for hours on end smoothly. I don't believe newtimers should have to be sucked into the hype of apple's wallet void.
Dj matty k 12:33 PM - 13 July, 2013
windows isnt designed for a audio video/visual applications but osx is so what does that tell you
I was dead against mac and said i would never have one but at the end of the day it was the right thing to do .
You will all learn one day :-) lol
DJ.Tyme 3:47 PM - 13 July, 2013
this is what im sooooo sickkkkk of hearing the most = industry standard this industry standard that.... mac's this mac's that. pioneer this pioneer that. bs,bs,bs,bs,bs,bs,.... like i tell my kids. be a leader & not a follower...... if some of ya really come from turntables like ya say ? then why F___K with a non spinning platter ? for me when i moved from TT to cd players. Denon was the only way to go, Denon dn-s3500's..... why jump on the pioneer bandwagon like all these other wanna B's DJ's..... then sold them and got an controller numark NS7. now i'm on my new set up. Denon SC3900's..... why the hell would i spend $ on an non spinning platter ? and but a sorry ass mac (just to have that sorry ass logo for my crowd to see ) TO ALL YOU NEW DJ'S TRY TO BE A LEADER & NOT FOLLOW WHAT U SEE ON TV. PIO & MAC CAN KIZZ WHERE IT DON'T SHINE............
pdidy 4:15 PM - 13 July, 2013
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I don't believe newtimers should have to be sucked into the hype of apple's wallet void.

so what exactly are you suggesting new djs do in detail........recommendations, advise, everything.........

"sucked into the hype of apple's wallet void" what does that mean exactly ?

How much do you think a good Mac for all types of djing costs ?
the_black_one 4:28 PM - 13 July, 2013
Bitter........ Mofos!!!!! NM NH
pdidy 4:39 PM - 13 July, 2013
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PIO & MAC CAN KIZZ WHERE IT DON'T SHINE............

"tell'em why you mad son"....lol

It sounds like you're biased against anything popular, high end, expensive, industry standard.

The question is can you explain why they are not good products for djing ?

you keep saying thing like bandwagon , bullshit, apple logo fanboy but you never provide actual reasons why they are bad products ?

.....Do you have good reasons or are you really just a bitter dj pissed pissed off by the symbols of success ?
DJ DisGrace 4:39 PM - 13 July, 2013
DJRemixEnt 6:06 PM - 13 July, 2013
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this is what im sooooo sickkkkk of hearing the most = industry standard this industry standard that.... mac's this mac's that. pioneer this pioneer that. bs,bs,bs,bs,bs,bs,.... like i tell my kids. be a leader & not a follower...... if some of ya really come from turntables like ya say ? then why F___K with a non spinning platter ? for me when i moved from TT to cd players. Denon was the only way to go, Denon dn-s3500's..... why jump on the pioneer bandwagon like all these other wanna B's DJ's..... then sold them and got an controller numark NS7. now i'm on my new set up. Denon SC3900's..... why the hell would i spend $ on an non spinning platter ? and but a sorry ass mac (just to have that sorry ass logo for my crowd to see ) TO ALL YOU NEW DJ'S TRY TO BE A LEADER & NOT FOLLOW WHAT U SEE ON TV. PIO & MAC CAN KIZZ WHERE IT DON'T SHINE............


Watchwww.youtube.com
Jensen Määäm 5:10 AM - 14 July, 2013
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this is what im sooooo sickkkkk of hearing the most = industry standard this industry standard that.... mac's this mac's that. pioneer this pioneer that. bs,bs,bs,bs,bs,bs,.... like i tell my kids. be a leader & not a follower...... if some of ya really come from turntables like ya say ? then why F___K with a non spinning platter ? for me when i moved from TT to cd players. Denon was the only way to go, Denon dn-s3500's..... why jump on the pioneer bandwagon like all these other wanna B's DJ's..... then sold them and got an controller numark NS7. now i'm on my new set up. Denon SC3900's..... why the hell would i spend $ on an non spinning platter ? and but a sorry ass mac (just to have that sorry ass logo for my crowd to see ) TO ALL YOU NEW DJ'S TRY TO BE A LEADER & NOT FOLLOW WHAT U SEE ON TV. PIO & MAC CAN KIZZ WHERE IT DON'T SHINE............


You compared CD-Players that work a bit different. In case you don't know, the CDJ's (350, 850, 900 and 2000) can work in HID Mode with SSL, but my advice to everyone get the 900s or 2000s only, as they have the Advanced HID and not just the "regular" HID like the cheaper models. The "regular" HID works shitty with SSL. The Denon 3900s don't have HID, they have something similar, what is it called again? MIDI....something, but you still generate a timecode signal, so why not avoiding this? The next thing is, yeah they have a moving platter, nice, but for the pitchbend you have to push buttons. I like the pitch bend on the CDJs, on the side of the wheel. So it's all personal preference, what fit's your style, what you like better...and if you buy a used CDJ 900 in good condition...you can find one for less then what a new Denon 3900 cost, at least in my area...
DouggyFresh 11:30 AM - 14 July, 2013
After 20+ years of fixing PC hardware.. and software.. And several years of fixing Intel based Macs... Anyone who tells me a PC is incapable of playing 2 videos simultaneously at full frame rate (30+) is wrong. It's SERATO that can't play 2 videos simultaneously on a PC that's not magically specced. For a strip club, we loaded Virtual DJ on a 2007 shitty Windows Vista laptop that never hiccuped once playing 2 videos... CPU less than 20% the whole time! Even playing 720p videos! My 2010 Asus is at 50% CPU usage playing NO videos!

Please, this is not a Windows problem. This is a SERATO problem. It is what it is. Quicktime on a PC blows- Apple has no desire to improve PC playback.

If they don't want to support PCs - FINE! I wish they would let us come out with a kind of ME for the PC - I'd be happy to develop it myself, provided they would give me the necessary technical specifications!
Code:E 7:02 PM - 14 July, 2013
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It's SERATO that can't play 2 videos simultaneously on a PC

not debating that point. Its 100% true. We are debating the point that Serato Video run's leaps and bounds better on the Apple OSX.

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I wish they would let us come out with a kind of ME for the PC


If inklen choose to build one there is nothing stopping them. But as a 3rd party company they are under no requirements to do so. And they have said they dont intend too.
Dj matty k 9:05 PM - 14 July, 2013
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It's SERATO that can't play 2 videos simultaneously on a PC

not debating that point. Its 100% true. We are debating the point that Serato Video run's leaps and bounds better on the Apple OSX.

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I wish they would let us come out with a kind of ME for the PC


If inklen choose to build one there is nothing stopping them. But as a 3rd party company they are under no requirements to do so. And they have said they dont intend too.


And there must be a reason why and they probably know how much trouble it would be look at the problems we are having with indenial pc user here :-)
the_black_one 9:34 PM - 14 July, 2013
they (SERATO) should have never parted ways with the guy that created ME..... back in those days ...... scratch live was way less buggy .... Just ask some of the older cats
RogerRabbit 4:04 AM - 15 July, 2013
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Just want to mention that my 699 laptop is an i7 with 8gb of ram.

The only reason video doesn't work on windows isn't microsofts fault, its seratos. How does virtual DJ or whatever other video programs run on windows perfectly?

Because they have devs who fixed the program to work on windows. We don't even have a windows 8 installer for serato (Audio) yet and its been out a year.


I cant stand seeing people blame the operating system and deny the fact that serato is heavily mac biased.

+1.
Only people denying this are the ones who don't know what the hell they are talking about..
the_black_one 4:06 AM - 15 July, 2013
here we go!!!!!!!
RonDu 4:16 PM - 15 July, 2013
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After 20+ years of fixing PC hardware.. and software.. And several years of fixing Intel based Macs... Anyone who tells me a PC is incapable of playing 2 videos simultaneously at full frame rate (30+) is wrong. It's SERATO that can't play 2 videos simultaneously on a PC that's not magically specced.


Keep it one hun'ed, son *dapz*. I too, repair macs and pc laptops so I know exactly what you speak of. I won't say much. I just sit back and read some of these comments and smh while saying to myself, " some of these people don't even really know what they're talking about." But whatever.

and this
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Please, this is not a Windows problem. This is a SERATO problem. It is what it is. Quicktime on a PC blows- Apple has no desire to improve PC playback.
the_black_one 1:39 AM - 16 July, 2013
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After 20+ years of fixing PC hardware.. and software.. And several years of fixing Intel based Macs... Anyone who tells me a PC is incapable of playing 2 videos simultaneously at full frame rate (30+) is wrong. It's SERATO that can't play 2 videos simultaneously on a PC that's not magically specced.


Keep it one hun'ed, son *dapz*. I too, repair macs and pc laptops so I know exactly what you speak of. I won't say much. I just sit back and read some of these comments and smh while saying to myself, " some of these people don't even really know what they're talking about." But whatever.

and this




***** rolls eyes*****
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Please, this is not a Windows problem. This is a SERATO problem. It is what it is. Quicktime on a PC blows- Apple has no desire to improve PC playback.
the_black_one 1:40 AM - 16 July, 2013
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After 20+ years of fixing PC hardware.. and software.. And several years of fixing Intel based Macs... Anyone who tells me a PC is incapable of playing 2 videos simultaneously at full frame rate (30+) is wrong. It's SERATO that can't play 2 videos simultaneously on a PC that's not magically specced.


Keep it one hun'ed, son *dapz*. I too, repair macs and pc laptops so I know exactly what you speak of. I won't say much. I just sit back and read some of these comments and smh while saying to myself, " some of these people don't even really know what they're talking about." But whatever.

and this
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Please, this is not a Windows problem. This is a SERATO problem. It is what it is. Quicktime on a PC blows- Apple has no desire to improve PC playback.



***** rolls eyes*****
DJ DisGrace 2:32 AM - 16 July, 2013
^ LOL

So we all know it's a Serato problem. However... "I still choose to use an OS that is not well supported by said program, and thereby chastise all of you that decided to go with the OS that performs superiorly with said program".
pdidy 6:39 AM - 16 July, 2013
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^ LOL

So we all know it's a Serato problem. However... "I still choose to use an OS that is not well supported by said program, and thereby chastise all of you that decided to go with the OS that performs superior with said program".

lol.....i see what you did right there.

Dam , that's some serious commitment to an OS. I mean I love windows and all but I had to get my priorities straight and that's music + djing=mac.

Everything else is a very very distant second........Then again, its not even that close....lol
DJ SL1 1:45 PM - 8 October, 2013
Lol too funny I had a specd out Toshiba a665 nothing but problems with my ns7 dropping sound when loading songs. My MacBook Pro late 2011 i7 ran it like a champ. I just bought a 2013 MBA i7 top of the line and it won't even recognize it. So I need some help with that until then ill use the pro. I just bought a Toshiba p70 specd out have yet to try that on it. But that's my office computer. Anyone willing to help let me know.
pdidy 2:51 PM - 8 October, 2013
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I just bought a 2013 MBA i7 top of the line and it won't even recognize it.

update the mba to the latest version, use serato dj 1.3 not 1.5.
DJ SL1 6:01 PM - 8 October, 2013
Ok I'll try that when I get home thanks for the advice I'll let u know
MPC O.G. 3:46 AM - 9 October, 2013
Quick question. If I spend $1300 on a laptop, WHY wouldn't I just buy a MBP from the start? Just asking.

P.S. Typing this from my 13 MBP, 750 gig hd, 16gig ram. I have 3 other Windows based laptops and they suck ass as far as doing high end work. True story.
pdidy 3:52 AM - 9 October, 2013
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Quick question. If I spend $1300 on a laptop, WHY wouldn't I just buy a MBP from the start? Just asking.

he has a MacBook Pro late 2011 i7 ;)
DJ Unique 4:13 AM - 9 October, 2013
<---- Still using a 2007 15" MacBook Pro running SSL 2.5 with a Rane 62
the_black_one 5:15 AM - 9 October, 2013
I have a 2008 MBP running snow leopard and 2.5 like a champ
DJ SL1 5:45 AM - 9 October, 2013
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<---- Still using a 2007 15" MacBook Pro running SSL 2.5 with a Rane 62


nice!
DJ Unique 5:48 AM - 9 October, 2013
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<---- Still using a 2007 15" MacBook Pro running SSL 2.5 with a Rane 62


nice!

Yep... bought it almost brand new in late 2007 for $1,500 when my boss decided Macs were too complicated. He spent $2,700 for it.
DJ SL1 5:54 AM - 9 October, 2013
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Quick question. If I spend $1300 on a laptop, WHY wouldn't I just buy a MBP from the start? Just asking


who? if your talking about me i have a late 2011 mbp 8 gig ram 750 hd i7 2.8 which is what i use to play music....my other comps are 2013 mba that i just bought for approx 2200 out the door with apple care that is useless for me as of now....windows surface pro, toshiba p70 i7 quad core 16gb ram and 1tb hybrid hdd, dell xp 10 tablet, ipad mini, gateway office desktop, old compaq windows 7 i use to flash phones and my girl has a 2010 mbp she never turns on. oh and also my iPhone 5s lol
RogerRabbit 6:03 AM - 9 October, 2013
So you telling me that ssl can't perform well on that toshiba p70 i7 quad core with 16gb ram
pdidy 6:12 AM - 9 October, 2013
2008 macbook pro 2.4gh c2d 2gb ram with winxp bootcamp
2007 macbook 1.8gh c2d 2gb ram with win7 bootcamp
2011 macbook air i5.

all run all versions of serato flawlessly on mac os.
winxp & win7 is for testing only.
RogerRabbit 6:21 AM - 9 October, 2013
I never got the logic of paying $2000 for computer a to run a soundcard + software which can be obtained for $500.
MPC O.G. 10:27 AM - 9 October, 2013
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I never got the logic of paying $2000 for computer a to run a soundcard + software which can be obtained for $500.

I think the benefit of having a Mac is the longevity you get from the OS and build quality. To be sure you could use a PC and get the same results, but I don't want to tweak shit. If I pay for something I want it to do what I paid for it to do. And people keep forgetting the MAIN difference in this whole Mac/PC debate. Macs were designed to be used for high end creative programs. PC's are built MAINLY for business purposes. That is the MAJOR difference in the two. Just my .02 cents.
DJ Val-BKNY11203 11:55 AM - 9 October, 2013
New one going on a year is a Acer i3 Windows 8 and never had a problem.
DJ SL1 12:10 PM - 9 October, 2013
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So you telling me that ssl can't perform well on that toshiba p70 i7 quad core with 16gb ram

Who said that? Where are u getting that from? I only said I had issues with an older Toshiba a665 bc the nvidia graphics card. I tried the p70 for 20mins last night n it seemed great
the_black_one 1:10 PM - 9 October, 2013
Here we go......

NM NH
Dj matty k 1:40 PM - 9 October, 2013
Haha it's so funny how the pc users have got to try and get there point across so much on this forum , but if you use a mac you know you have made the right choice no need to say anymore
DJ SL1 1:43 PM - 9 October, 2013
I love PC I use it for everything. I use my Mac for 2 reasons only DJing and porn. That way I can't get a virus lol.
Dj matty k 2:15 PM - 9 October, 2013
^^^ hahahaha pc is good but for what they are designed for I use pc for writing letters etc Etc but when it's comes to music video visuals you can get better than mac it's fact , but pc users still try to make out its not better just to make themselves feel better
Dj matty k 2:18 PM - 9 October, 2013
The pc users seem like boy racer with cars lol why get something not good enough then do stuff to it when you should of just got a good car in the first place
DJ SL1 2:46 PM - 9 October, 2013
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The pc users seem like boy racer with cars lol why get something not good enough then do stuff to it when you should of just got a good car in the first place

Ouch!
pdidy 4:12 PM - 9 October, 2013
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The pc users seem like boy racer with cars lol why get something not good enough then do stuff to it when you should of just got a good car in the first place

www.oocities.com
Code:E 5:37 PM - 9 October, 2013
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So you telling me that ssl can't perform well on that toshiba p70 i7 quad core with 16gb ram


No but i'm telling you it cant do video well.

Also It wont be 5 years old and still going strong like a mac will.
And dont expect new operating systems and updates to be able to be run on you computer.
Dj matty k 7:35 PM - 9 October, 2013
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The pc users seem like boy racer with cars lol why get something not good enough then do stuff to it when you should of just got a good car in the first place

www.oocities.com


Haha
RogerRabbit 5:01 AM - 10 October, 2013
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The pc users seem like boy racer with cars lol why get something not good enough then do stuff to it when you should of just got a good car in the first place

:) Most mac users here are akin to the driver who buys an expensive car and can't drive for $hit.. youtu.be
Jensen Määäm 7:59 AM - 10 October, 2013
Here we go again, that old Mac vs. Windows PC debate...
Guys, you can stop it.
DJ Val-BKNY11203 11:15 AM - 10 October, 2013
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Here we go again, that old Mac vs. Windows PC debate...
Guys, you can stop it.


Nope. This no different than the JBL vs QSC vs EV vs Yamaha discussions. Or what mixer is best.

Everyone is full of opinions and full of shit.

People are too scared to use what works, & sounds best to them. They feel the need to conform.
XCAKID 12:01 PM - 10 October, 2013
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I haven't seen this thread yet so I guess I'll start it. It would definitely help me because I'm thinking about upgrading my laptop and I'd like to see what other people are using and if they're having any kind of problems with their laptop. Would everybody be kind enough to copy and paste this info, fill it in and post? Thanks.

Name of Laptop (Brand & Model):
Processor Type & Speed:
MB of RAM:
HD Space:
Screen Size:
How much you paid for laptop:
Performance (1-10, 10 high):
Any problems or issues:
Other helpful comments:



Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): Macbook Pro mid 2009 model
Processor Type & Speed: 2.8GHz Core Duo
MB of RAM: 8MB
HD Space: 1.5Tb 5400 RPM
Screen Size: 17"
How much you paid for laptop: Sub $2k bought it refurb through Apple
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Non
Other helpful comments: Former PC user. After numerous crashes on an HP g71, bought a mac and never looked back. I do videos also. So far so good [knocks on wood]
XCAKID 12:07 PM - 10 October, 2013
BTW, just in case you guys want to upgrade your MBPs. Memory and HD upgrades, I did myself with the help of some Youtube vids. All parts I got from here:

8MB RAM upgrade eshop.macsales.com
How to vid on youtube: youtu.be

1.5TB HD upgrade: eshop.macsales.com
RonDu 5:38 PM - 10 October, 2013
Whatever works. Words to live by...
DJ SL1 10:52 PM - 10 October, 2013
i want to upgrade my hdd to solid state
Dj R. Driver 3:34 AM - 14 October, 2013
www.wired.co.uk


this is what i use. still better than a current pc hahahahaahahaha!!!
HighTopFade 8:26 AM - 14 October, 2013
Name of Laptop (Brand & Model): 2012 Apple Macbook Pro 13"
Processor Type & Speed: I7 Dual Core 2.9Ghz
MB of RAM: 16GB
HD Space: 750GB
Screen Size: 13"
How much you paid for laptop: $1400
Performance (1-10, 10 high): 8
Any problems or issues: Single 1/8" Audio Jack for Output Only.
Other helpful comments: Single 1/8" Audio Jack for Output Only. Using Behringer FCA202 Firewire Audio Interface to record.
Upgrades: Seagate Momentus XT 750GB Hybrid Hard Drive. Crucial 16GB Memory.
Laz219 1:18 AM - 15 October, 2013
Just picked up a new Macbook Pro (13", I5, 4gb) to replace a rather old core2duo white Macbook.
Only played with Serato for around 15 minutes, but seems to be working well enough.
DJ SL1 2:16 AM - 16 October, 2013
anyone know the solution yet to my 2013 mba not working yet?
Code:E 5:39 AM - 16 October, 2013
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anyone know the solution yet to my 2013 mba not working yet?

whats not working?
DJ SL1 7:38 PM - 16 October, 2013
2013 MBA i7 ns7
pdidy 9:31 PM - 16 October, 2013
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anyone know the solution yet to my 2013 mba not working yet?

whats not working?
serato.com
Code:E 10:02 PM - 16 October, 2013
That sucks..... But its also very good to know.
d:raf 4:22 AM - 17 October, 2013
With Airbooks, you earn points in portability but you lose 'em in options.
DJ SL1 8:06 PM - 17 October, 2013
Yeah I bought it for portability I have Mbp for options
pdidy 10:02 PM - 17 October, 2013
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With Airbooks, you earn points in portability but you lose 'em in options.

In regards to Serato , what's options are you losing other than disk drive ?
Code:E 10:21 PM - 17 October, 2013
processing power, repairability, ports available native on the unit.
Code:E 10:21 PM - 17 October, 2013
lack of video card.
pdidy 10:55 PM - 17 October, 2013
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lack of video card.

I should have clarified to keep it apples to apples so let's compare it to a 13" Mbp.
pdidy 11:01 PM - 17 October, 2013
And considering 13" macs don't have dedicated video card, it's intended use would be music not video.
d:raf 11:14 PM - 17 October, 2013
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processing power, repairability, ports available native on the unit.


...and apparently compatibility with some controllers (like the aforementioned NS6). You also can't use an A&H Xone DX with any of the USB3-equipped ones without a hub either (and I think most of the ones before those only came with 1 usb port).
pdidy 11:35 PM - 17 October, 2013
I wouldn't add the haswell processor issues with numark controllers yet as it will likely be fixed in time. MBA has 2 USB ports back to 2010.
d:raf 11:54 PM - 17 October, 2013
Ahh, I stand corrected. I use a 2011 & 2010 MBP and haven't shopped much so I admit to being a bit out of the loop :).

Expandability is another one that hasn't been touched on yet.
DJ SL1 12:07 AM - 18 October, 2013
As far as me I would use my MBA the same as my MBP and that's just the one USB I have a second one if needed. All I can think if is lack of power compared to my i7 MBP but I do have an i7 in my MBA which is newer architecture. Hopefully the SSD can make up for slower clock speed. And if I have issues I have a couple years of apple care.
pdidy 12:27 AM - 18 October, 2013
While I agree the Mbp has more processing power and ram which is upgradable, the actual performance differences may not become noticeable with Serato for maybe another 5-6 years.......so I guess all the best options fall under future proof ;)
DJ SL1 1:20 AM - 18 October, 2013
k so funny thing is that im kinda tired of all this mbp being better than mba stuff so i downloaded that nova bench program and funny this is that my bad ass mbp i7 2.8 8 gb ram got a 702 and my Mba i7 1.7 haswell 8gb ram ssd got a 738 woot woot!!! anyone wants the proof ill email the pics... so im happy with my purchase as long as they make it work with serato!!! i think most ppl passing judgement are just upset they dont have one....remember one thing u cant judge what u dont have or havent used.
pdidy 2:03 AM - 18 October, 2013
I had no intention on ever using a MBA with Serato until I came across a deal I could not refuse. To my surprise the performance was great. I had my doubts regardless of what the specs were, there was just no way a laptop that small and light could run Serato as well as my MacBook Pro 15". After about 3 weeks of testing I got spoiled and my Mbp has not been out since. I Would not believed it if I didn't see it for myself.
DJ SL1 2:21 AM - 18 October, 2013
awesome what year mba do you have
pdidy 3:19 AM - 18 October, 2013
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awesome what year mba do you have

2011 i5 1.7ghz, 4gb ram, 128gb flash drive.
Notice it's not even as powerful as yours.....it even runs 1.5 no issues.
DJ SL1 3:34 AM - 18 October, 2013
yea so nvm the negativity