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A decent laptop for running serato.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:16 pm
by step correct
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:11 pm
by south3rn
serato is so light you can run it on pretty much anything with 512mb of ram and a 1.5 ghz processor
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:21 pm
by step correct
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:32 pm
by showguns
it runs fine on my old 1 ghz g4 w/ 768mb of ram.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:45 pm
by step correct
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)
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:47 pm
by ashley
www.alienware.co.uk
About to place my order in the next few days
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:50 pm
by south3rn
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:51 pm
by ashley
South3rn wrote: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.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:27 pm
by south3rn
Ashley wrote:South3rn wrote: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.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:30 pm
by konehed
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
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:35 pm
by showguns
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:41 pm
by south3rn
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
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:50 pm
by tempest
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..
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:54 pm
by the lone raver
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
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:07 am
by ashley
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:42 am
by kidlogic
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:45 am
by tempest
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
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:28 am
by freqone
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...
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:34 am
by nomorecomastep
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:14 pm
by step correct
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.