A decent laptop for running serato.

step correct · Post by **step correct** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:16 pm

So yeah I got the dough to purchase a laptop right now. No I'm not going to stop buying vinyl..etc.. I'm more getting it to make $$ doing house/B-more/hip-hop gigs. I guess what I'm wondering is will it run OK on a G4? Should I just stick to PC based? This is all new territory for me as I've always just rocked a desktop and never used any sort of digital music. Any feedback is appeciated.

south3rn · Post by **south3rn** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:11 pm

serato is so light you can run it on pretty much anything with 512mb of ram and a 1.5 ghz processor

step correct · Post by **step correct** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:21 pm

Cool. Now I'm just wondering if I should go all out and get something I can produce on as well. My desktop is getting a little on the dated side.

showguns · Post by **showguns** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:32 pm

it runs fine on my old 1 ghz g4 w/ 768mb of ram.

step correct · Post by **step correct** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:45 pm

showguns wrote:it runs fine on my old 1 ghz g4 w/ 768mb of ram.

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Orrly? Nothing to be concerned about when transfering tunes from my desktop to the mac? (I'm not much of a computer guy as you prolly know)

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:47 pm

www.alienware.co.uk

About to place my order in the next few days

south3rn · Post by **south3rn** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:50 pm

Ashley wrote:www.alienware.co.uk

About to place my order in the next few days

i hope you're kidding

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:51 pm

South3rn wrote:
Ashley wrote:www.alienware.co.uk

About to place my order in the next few days
i hope you're kidding

Whys that?

"your paying for the brand!"

Ok, find me a laptop with 1gb of GPU and I might agree with what ever your about to say.

Oh and if your an iPod user, dont even think about having an opinion against me and or my views on an alienware laptop.

south3rn · Post by **south3rn** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:27 pm

Ashley wrote:
South3rn wrote:
Ashley wrote:www.alienware.co.uk

About to place my order in the next few days
i hope you're kidding
Whys that?

"your paying for the brand!"

Ok, find me a laptop with 1gb of GPU and I might agree with what ever your about to say.

Oh and if your an iPod user, dont even think about having an opinion against me and or my views on an alienware laptop.

alienware was decent before dell bought them out, but ever since dell took over operations they've gone to shit.

if you're not getting a mac, i'd say go with Vaio or Toshiba.

konehed · Post by **konehed** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:30 pm

dont plan on running an alienware for long off the battery
your nuts will probably fry too if you really put it in your lap

showguns · Post by **showguns** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:35 pm

Step Correct wrote:
showguns wrote:it runs fine on my old 1 ghz g4 w/ 768mb of ram.
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Orrly? Nothing to be concerned about when transfering tunes from my desktop to the mac? (I'm not much of a computer guy as you prolly know)

shouldn't be a problem. an external hard drive is the best for that though.

my powerbook worked for 4 years perfectly until i fried the keyboard. that was an easy fix too.

south3rn · Post by **south3rn** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:41 pm

Konehed wrote:dont plan on running an alienware for long off the battery
your nuts will probably fry too if you really put it in your lap

well i only get like 30 mins of battery life on my vaio, but i look at it more as a mobile desktop than a laptop.

even getting on decent laptops makes me frustrated because mine's such a powerhorse

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:50 pm

toshiba are the best laptops in my exerience...

macbook would also be a good choice if you are a complete retard mac user peice of shit dropkick loser..

the lone raver · Post by **the lone raver** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:54 pm

tempest wrote:toshiba are the best laptops in my exerience...

macbook would also be a good choice if you are a complete retard mac user peice of shit dropkick loser..

lol. was thinkin of buyin a mac too

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:07 am

Im running with a Toshiba at the moment, I dont think Ill ever go back to a desktop - only at work shall I use one!

I paid around £650 for this one and its got 1gb ram, 40gb hdd, 1.5ghz processor and a 128mb graphics card and that was 2 years or so ago. Havent had anything wrong with it, except where I use it so much a bit on the right where i rest my wrist has started to go black where the paint is starting to come off.

Mind you, i still rate it around 8-9/10 for usability and reliability.

kidlogic · Post by **kidlogic** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:42 am

Ive got a pre-intel mac g4 ibook with 1.34ghz and 1gb of ram and i have NEVER had a problem with Serato. Just with running out of space for music.

Actually, I usually broadcast via Nicecast with Safari (two windows open, one running a chat and some other random thing) and iTunes running behind Serato with no problems.

Good luck on running Serato for any period of time off just the battery on any computer, the interface takes alot of power.

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:45 am

The Lone Raver wrote:
tempest wrote:toshiba are the best laptops in my exerience...

macbook would also be a good choice if you are a complete retard mac user peice of shit dropkick loser..

lol. was thinkin of buyin a mac too

Just so ya know mate i was just messin, macs are kewl

freqone · Post by **freqone** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:28 am

NEVER BETRAY APPLE!!!! STEVE JOBS HAS HIRED GOONS,
no just talking shit,,,love apple tho...
This thread is good&useful my buddy asked me this question on the weekend...

nomorecomastep · Post by **nomorecomastep** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:34 am

alienware case

dual x64 processors
2 gig ram
no internet connection

windows xpSE out of the box.

Install.

NEVER TOUCH INTERNET.

24 bit external SC

Klipsch 5-8.1 surround with massive bass output on the sub

clean everything non essential(including browsers, paint, etc...)

external HD 300gig or so oughta do it.

install Ableton newest version FULL

connect controller of your choice.

step correct · Post by **step correct** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:14 pm

Thanks for the input.. So Vaios are cool? I've been offered a just like new one for real cheap from some desperate clucked out college student.

How ya gonna spin a whole set on 30 min battery life? Plug it in I suppose..
Serato is kinda a hassle when some jerk is setting up toward the end of your set..I suggest showing early and having everything sorted before 9:00.

A decent laptop for running serato.

A decent laptop for running serato.

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