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Laptop Recommendation for a Smooth Serato/Ableton Setup?

what are the minimum requirements (i.e. PROCESSOR TYPE, AMD OR INTEL, PROCESSOR SPEED, RAM) that are recommended on a new windows-based laptop that will allow a safe, stable, reliable environment to be able to work live with Serato and Ableton? (can't switch to a mac since will need the laptop for other windows-based uses as well)...also, keep in mind a budget of near 1000

perhaps something from here(or similar):
http://www.officedepot.com/browse.do?N=265454

i'm sure there's been similar threads to this one, but couldn't spot one at the moment (not for windows based laptops at least)

You can boot Windows on the new macbooks. I also hear that there is a program that will allow you to run windows programs in the Mac OS. I don't know if you can score a new book for 1k though.

Get the entry level MacBook. It's more than enough for Ableton & Serato. And it's only $1099. You can also run windows on it.

I'm pretty sure any new laptop will run both of those programs fine so pick whatever you want and suits your budget.

Get a mac!

if you want something cheaper look through here http://www.deals2buy.com/computer.htm

whats the name of the app on macs that lets u run windows stuff?

Wine, but it is better to dual boot.

Blech. Wine sucks for the most part.

You have 4 options:

1. Dual-boot using bootcamp. Runs windows natively on the hardware, so it's the fastest option. Has the best compatibility with hardware, and would be your only really good option for running things like games. BUT... it requires you to reboot to switch back and forth.

2 and 3. VMWare Fusion and Parallels. Both of these use a technology called virtualization. They allow you to run Windows XP within a virtual machine on top of Mac OS X. They both have comparable features, but I believe VMware is the only one that'll run other OS's as well (Linux, etc). Allows you to run windows at the same time as OS X, without rebooting. Supports quite a bit of USB hardware as well.

4. Wine. This is an open source project to emulate the windows API calls, therefore theoretically allowing windows programs to run on a non-windows os. It's been around forever, but every time I tried it it only worked with certain programs and was very buggy. With this you are running the program directly on mac os, there's no windows OS involved. According to the website, support on OS X is really bad.

Personally I use VMWare Fusion. Windows runs exceptionally well on this, and it's really quite fast. They also support a "unity" mode (parallels has a similar feature), so you can hide the windows desktop and your windows applications just show up in OS X like any other application. You can also cut and paste between the two OS's, share folders, etc. Works great.

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Originally posted by Zild Wine, but it is better to dual boot.

I use Bootcamp on my computer. I installed Windows XP and it works flawlessly.

It does suck. I use OSX and XP without bootcamp just hacked it together. Actually don't really use OSX at all I should delete that partition.

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safe, stable, reliable environment to be able to work live

http://www.ruggedpcreview.com/3_not...tronix_vr2.html

More than a grand, though :|

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Originally posted by DjWoody I use Bootcamp on my computer. I installed Windows XP and it works flawlessly.

DjWoody, did you dual boot or is XP your only OS on it?

Applecare is 250...

Is it even worth it?


Since I'm a college student the Macbook is only 999.00. *Hands in air*

For a laptop? I would say yes. And, shop around. You can find it only for much less (same service).

My one bad apple experience was with the original iBook. I had to have my logic board replaced like 3 times becuase of this whole known problem. If I didn't have apple care, it would have cost a fortune to fix (before they instantiated the logic board fix program).

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Originally posted by Beatflux Applecare is 250... Is it even worth it? Since I'm a college student the Macbook is only 999.00. *Hands in air*

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Originally posted by Beatflux Applecare is 250... Is it even worth it? Since I'm a college student the Macbook is only 999.00. *Hands in air*

Yes it is! TRUST ME!!!! My Logic Board on my 1 year old MacBook just went bad this morning. I just got back from Apple and they're going to fix it. This happened 3 months after the warranty expired. If I would've not had Apple Care, I would've had to pay for that costly repair.

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Originally posted by SuPeRSaW2005 DjWoody, did you dual boot or is XP your only OS on it?

Dual Boot using Boot Camp.

excuse my ignorance regarding dual booting and partioning regarding macs...

my buddy said some of your hard drive is dedicated to windows while the other OSX...are there two hard drives or just one split in two?

my buddy said he dual boots and when he did a virus check...windows had a whole bunch and the osx didnt.

if they are on the same hard drive...if the windows part of it crashes due to a virus or whatever...wouldnt that mean that the entire hard drive crashes?

No, if they're are seperate partitions then for all intensive puprposes they're seperate drives and since the Windows parition doesn't interact with the OSX partition and vice versa a virus that gorks your Windows installation won't effect the OSX installation. That being said if the drive you have the partitions on goes tits up you'll probably lose all of it.

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 For a laptop? I would say yes. And, shop around. You can find it only for much less (same service). My one bad apple experience was with the original iBook. I had to have my logic board replaced like 3 times becuase of this whole known problem. If I didn't have apple care, it would have cost a fortune to fix (before they instantiated the logic board fix program).

Where is a good place for a less expensive Applecare?

Has your book ever failed playing out?

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