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  • April 10, 2015 at 10:15 am in reply to: LAPTOP or MACBOOK For DJing #2174071
    DJMig
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    It´s a good comparison, because the Elite-Book Folio is, basically, an Air clone.

    PCs and Macs nowadays shares most of the technology but saying that “Macs are simply expensive PCs with a different OS” with “same parts” is just untrue. In fact, different PCs don´t have “same parts” Only model identical to each others do. Are LCD panels, fans, processors, memory sticks and drives the same stuff ? Often, in the same range. Are cases, ports, logic boards or trackpads the same? Nope.
    Once we reach the Mac vs. PC loop we are done, because cliches will flow over. 😉

    April 10, 2015 at 12:37 am in reply to: LAPTOP or MACBOOK For DJing #2173741
    DJMig
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    If you buy a cheap laptop with Windows you get a cheap laptop with Windows, no more, no less.

    People that buy macs for work won´t care much about the apple logo, believe me, it´s all about usability and stability. You can´t compare a $600-800 laptop to a $1500 Macbook. And the Apple logo is not the reason. Of course nowadays you can do great with stuff with anything (as you can djay on a Hercules controller) but that´s not the point. 😉

    If a cheap laptop works great and cover one´s needs, excellent. But , again, it´s not about the logo.

    April 9, 2015 at 7:53 pm in reply to: LAPTOP or MACBOOK For DJing #2173671
    DJMig
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    Actually, cheap laptops (and IMHO, Windows but I haven´t used it from let´s say 2004 so it´s not a solid rock opinion) are that bad.

    Good stuff is always a better pick, that´s all. And, as Terry said, a dj needs a stable rig (and beauty and usability won´t hurt)

    April 8, 2015 at 1:26 am in reply to: LAPTOP or MACBOOK For DJing #2171471
    DJMig
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    Aside of the Mac vs PC discussions, anything you like will serve you. But let me tell you something: The better price of PC laptops compared to Macs is not that simple.
    I own a solid and beautiful 2006 Macbook Pro with 3 GB of RAM and nowadays it works like a charm (a SSD helps too) and my brother has a white 2006 Macbook and it flews too . We are not pro Djs but use our rigs on daily basis for photography, graphic design and semi-pro djing . A friend of mine, long time pro Dj, owns a black 2007 Macbook as well and it never fails, either. My Macbook Pro cost like $1900 and these Macbooks cost $1200-1400. Expensive? It depends. Where are eight years old PC laptops? 😉 IMHO PC laptops with similar qualities to Macbooks are in the same range of prices. It´s just sad they dropped these polycarbonate Macbooks. They were cheap, solid, versatile and perfect for djing.

    Of course there are excelent PC laptops but won´t last that long. No controversy intended (that why I won´t mention aesthetics or operative system differences); I just want to point it out.

    Regards

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