Buy a mac.

As long as its not intel it "might" work. Download the demo and try it out.

Yeah, I have a Mac and Love it. This friend of mine is buying a pc due to compatibility issues and wants to make sure that the video will whorl with a 512 card.

Thank you Code:E

There's is no way to tell until you try the demo out. So do that and if it works great if not. Tell your buddy to buy a mac, install boot camp and run windows on it. Then everyone wins

he wants to make sure serato video will work? get a mac.

getting a pc will def give compatibility issues with serato video....unless he's one of the lucky 0.5%

ouch! Will do thx!

pc...
with sv at least he has a better chance than vsl.

it's a toss up.
luck of the draw.

What "compatibility issues"?

The big "compatibility issue" is that there's no way to guarantee any particular "spec" will work for VSL/SV on a Windows PC.

There's a huge element of random luck, a big part of it being the infinite number of variations in parts, their drivers, and all resulting interactions.

Seriously, the "safe" answer really is to get a Mac (one with a "real" GPU, amount of RAM relatively unimportant as long as it's an actual GPU with dedicated RAM of its own).

Windows runs really well on a Mac. Best Windows laptop I've ever used: 17-inch MacBook Pro. Seriously.

Has anyone run Serato and Serato video on the Windows os on there mac? I have heard of it, but i would like to confirm it so we all know we are giving out correct information.

pretty sure someone did.

it really is the OS. SV/VSL just runs smoother on the mac platform.

oh i'm sure it runs smoother on a mac. I sold my PC laptop and bought a mac because it works better.

But i'm wondering if the hardware inside the mac is truly "guaranteed" to work or if the OS is playing a much larger roll than serato wants to admit.

If its truly a Hardware thing than VSL / SV should run fine on windows inside a mac computer. I have just not bothered to install it and use up my second authorization of Serato Video on the same computer.

it runs better even on hackintosh's. it's the os.

LOL RIGHT!

my MACs have windows7 and XP installed using bootcamp. I test and tweak them regularly but I have never been able to make it preform anywhere near as well as mac os. To be honest it just runs shitty on windows. I've been testing video on macs running windows os since video was introduced and will continue till I can make it work....... I refuse to be beaten...lol

Thanks everyone for all the info.

Have a great day!

Dont waste your time, its DEFINITELY the OS that makes the difference. Same machine, same specs so the OS is the only issue.

yep the os ay