Portable Hard Drive

I think most hd are reliable, in my experience ive never had one crash, and yeah the look of a mac is nice but Ive got to the stage when I see an amature dj play I just immediatly think “sheep” just following the crowd most will never push it to its limits. I think my laptop looks fairly similar to a mac screen and keyboard-wise but was cheaper and nicer 🙂

steve_07, post: 6215 wrote: I couldn’t agree more. I may just get a hackintosh. Miles cheaper

how come youd want to do it?? to run different mac only software?

I mean the hackintosh, because with one, your windows laptop has to work a shit load harder to run osx through windows and may put a strain on any computer

As long as you dont fudge up your machine it will be good :), I looked into it before and turned out stuff like wifi, touchpad, keyboard even backlight and cd drive can stop working due to incompatable drivers

😮 yet another mac v pc debate oh dear :rolleyes:
I pressume you have looked on amazon, but want DJ specific advice. I was looking at external hard disks a year ago, I came to the conclusion to instead upgrade my laptop hard disk to 500gb 7200 rpm ie go larger and faster, also cheaper as you are just buying the drive. I felt that most external hard disks are much a like cheap and easy to break and mean more plugging in and out causing wear on my usb ports. Replacing your internal one means you can use the original as an external drive for backing up your key files – just buy the enclosure for something like £15, so it way better value for money.

However, if you do want to go for external drives I would recommend the lacie drives with firewire support, its faster than usb and they have metal casing which protects them:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LaCie-Rugged-500GB-All-Terrain-USB2-0/dp/B001AGFUTO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1314202082&sr=8-3

Yep its pricey, but I’ve known many people with WD drives who have taken them travelling ending up not working.

D-Jam, post: 6290 wrote: Windows…Mac….just use what works for you.

I own an iPhone…just bought an Android tablet…and I mainly use Windows PCs.

Who cares about brands? Just use what works for you. In a few years we’ll hear about Macs selling like hotcakes, then back to Windows, then Mac, and so forth. Maybe a third player will jump in and suddenly they’ll be the cat’s meow.

This Did happen with Games Consoles;
The Only Two Players were Nintendo and Playstation;
Then Suddenly; Microsoft Released the XBOX