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  • March 26, 2013 at 8:36 am #38356
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Used MacBook?
    – Boot into recover mode, wipe it with a new install of Mac OS X.
    – Run App store and install all update available for your machine.
    – Install DJ software
    – Put music on laptop
    – Have fun

    March 26, 2013 at 9:28 pm #38376
    Alex Wray
    Participant

    Yup used
    15″ 2009 MBP Unibody, 2.66 Ghz, 4Gb RAM (that will be bumped to 8 Gb), Video card with separate RAM, With a good working battery, and already wiped and restored with a fresh copy of Mountain Lion. Other than a few dings on the corners, and a CD drive full or bread crumbs (that I can replace in like 20 minutes), its just about perfect

    March 26, 2013 at 10:46 pm #38385
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Have fun with it. I have a 2011 model. Got it just for my music and DJ stuff.

    My big tip would be to get an SSD for it. Great performance boost. Depending on the amount of music you intend to carry around and your budget, you can either get a bigger SSD (256GB is pretty decent budget-wise these days) and put everything on it, or you can get a smaller one 64GB-128GB and stick it in a special bracket that fits into the bay that houses your optical (CD/DVD) drive.

    I’d say it is the single most impressive performance gain you can get (even more than doubling your ram to 8GB!)

    Greetinx,
    C.

    March 27, 2013 at 1:08 am #38393
    Alex Wray
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    Chuck van Eekelen, post: 38541, member: 2756 wrote: Have fun with it. I have a 2011 model. Got it just for my music and DJ stuff.

    My big tip would be to get an SSD for it. Great performance boost. Depending on the amount of music you intend to carry around and your budget, you can either get a bigger SSD (256GB is pretty decent budget-wise these days) and put everything on it, or you can get a smaller one 64GB-128GB and stick it in a special bracket that fits into the bay that houses your optical (CD/DVD) drive.

    I’d say it is the single most impressive performance gain you can get (even more than doubling your ram to 8GB!)

    Greetinx,
    C.

    I’m thinking i’ll keep the CD drive (for burning mixtapes, things like that), but definitely swapping out the SATA HDD. Will basically any SSD drive work? I’m also thinking of getting this as well

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1342319572/the-nifty-minidrive?ref=category

    March 27, 2013 at 3:47 am #38400
    Jon Levinson
    Participant

    Chuck van Eekelen, post: 38541, member: 2756 wrote: I’d say it is the single most impressive performance gain you can get (even more than doubling your ram to 8GB!)

    Greetinx,
    C.

    100% agree.

    Keep your eye on Tiger Direct – they frequently offer decent sale prices. You won’t go wrong with a Samsung 840 series (or 830 series for tha matter.) I’ve used both to upgrade both MBP and my son’s. OCZ is also a popular choice (there is a monster thread on the subject at Macrumors.com)

    March 27, 2013 at 7:16 am #38406
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Yep, the Samsungs seem to be a good choice (apparently they are one of Apples OEM suppliers for SSDs that come factory standard with MBP). OCZ is also good. Pays to read a few recent blog posts on this subject (recent, because SSD is a very fast developing platform, so 6 month old news is often already that, old!) before buying.

    The miniDrive gizmo seems like a nice gagdet to have. They portray it as a great backup solution, but I am not to sure about that as it is designed to stay inside your MBP. And good backup practice dictates that you keep your backups in a physically seperate place (if someone steals your MBP, they get your backup with it). Keep in mind that although relatively fast, SD-cards are slower than your SSD would be. I don’t think I would use it for primary use (i.e. stuff I need to access regularly like my music).

    Greetinx,
    C.

    March 27, 2013 at 8:02 am #38408
    Alex Wray
    Participant

    yeah, it wouldn’t be for that, i’m definitely getting an external harddrive. As for security, I already have a K-Lock. I’m also looking into opening it up and taking part of the unibody to Things Remembered or something, and getting my info engraved on the inside of the case, and also tracking software like Prey that can remote lock, data wipe, snap photos, that kind of thing

    March 28, 2013 at 1:31 am #38449
    Jon Levinson
    Participant

    I need to buy a K-lock … need to check out Prey, sounds good, but I did try the demo for MacAppBlocker which worked a treat. You can password protect apps/docs easily. Or you could take the poor mans route and create a password encrypted Disk Image.

    Oh and Tiger Direct has a 250 GB Samsung 840 series on sale today for $159 (I’d post the link, but I don’t know if that is a breach of the forum etiquette.)

    March 28, 2013 at 3:37 am #38451
    Alex Wray
    Participant

    Here’s the link to Prey (Oh, and i post links all the time, so i guess its okay as long as it’s relevant and not spam)

    http://preyproject.com/

    I mean, GPS tracking, Data/password wipe, remote camera access, Remote lockdown, and for free? Amazing!

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