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Discussion in 'DJing, Mixing and Production Discussions' started by rishinandlal, Dec 16, 2011.


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  1. rishinandlal
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    whats the difference with dj's usin the Mac book pro rather than any windows laptop to dj with scratch live- eg- hp , sony.
    And also the big price difference in both
     
    rishinandlal, Dec 16, 2011


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  2. brown gal
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    windows computers freeze sometimes when djing but macbook pro don't freeze at all.
     
    brown gal, Dec 17, 2011


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    I use Mac & Windows with Serato,my Toshiba has 4gig ah ram & thats all i use it to do,my girl friends Mac book pro work best with serato & it up date it self if i have to play on sl 3 or sl4 on 2 gig of ram.........
     
    clone5348, Dec 17, 2011


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    Serato just runs way better and smoother on a mac. Thats it.

    Other than that, windows would be perfect for everything else. I'm unsure of how Traktor runs
     
    ESK Tr3v, Dec 19, 2011


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    @brown gal, talking nonsense, i've used a sony vaio running vista for 2 years with 3 gigs of ram and it NEVER froze on me, its how you care for it, only recently i started using mac, but using a windows pc is just as good, the difference between mac and windows is that the windows processors are way faster than that of a mac...
     
    djfab, Dec 19, 2011


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    Never had any problem with Windows, okay beside dj-ing I am a Technical Consultant, so I know every ins and outs of all MS products. I use a HP 6910p with Win 7 and Virtual DJ 7.

    Just use a dedicated machine when djing. Don't use that machine for Internet browsing, turn off wireless and all things you don't need for your show.

    The best to do is to reinstall your machine from scratch without all the "bells" that are installed by default which you will never use. For that you will need a Windows CD, not the one that comes with your computer as that will put all the "bells" while it installs.

    If you don't have a MS Windows CD, just remove all the "bells". You only need your DJ application on it.

    Also make sure that you configure the Power options correctly, disable things like put the computer or hard disk to sleep. Configure the machine using the recommendations of your DJ application, check best practices in the forums. You'll see that your Windows machine will never freeze.
     
    Sabroso, Dec 19, 2011


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    Sabroso, that's a very good advice for PC when djing.
     
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    lincol, Dec 26, 2011


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    Once your on a Mac forget about going back!
     
    MahdFaces, May 11, 2012


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    If you want to DJ, I recommend using a Mac. Mac has better software and hardware. If you have a windows computer it's better to use Cubase, but if you use a Mac you better use Logic.
     
    Sarvan, Mar 17, 2014


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    I'm using 4gb of ram on win 7 for traktor, when loading and preving songs you can hear a lag in the music.
     
    Bai95, Mar 18, 2014


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    windows will never fail
     
    DJ_Ryan, Apr 8, 2015


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    Mac all the way. Optimized for Music/video/graphic art production
     
    tedrostarr, May 8, 2015


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    With windows 8 no problem it doesn't freeze and it runs perfect no problems
     
    sarrwan, Jun 3, 2015


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    mac is making better usage of your resources
     
    kisho5314, Jul 18, 2015


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    the point is you need a higher end computer regardless either a macbook pro or a workstation pc
     
    Johnnie Walker, Jul 20, 2015


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    Mac all the way...
     
    THERULERBZ, Jul 21, 2015


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    mac!!!! just better overall
     
    cooliewaria, Jul 21, 2015


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    Macs are built for providing heavy amount of resources and can handle almost any video/audio application.
     
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