laptop for live sets

[Sutti]

Hi guys,
I am debating what laptop to get to play for live sets. Obviously most DJ's use a MAC but it is just so overprized compared to other laptops. What kind of laptopts do you guys use? Is MAC the only way to go for a DJ?

[Special One DJ]

any windows7 laptop, with  cpu  i5 or i7 , 2 gb ram and good videocard with separate memory.

15" or 17" dipend from you comfort.

[Sutti]

ok thanks for your response! I will check out a few

[DJ Entel]

sutti, mac's are used by majority of dj's because of how much the mac operating system dos'nt use.... but since your not really working for a mac, here the specs my laptop has and it does broadcasting and 4 deck support effortlessly ..... below shall get what your looking for done.

Processor:   
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 480 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz

Memory:   
8192MB RAM

Hard Drive:   
500 GB

Video Card:   
Intel(R) HD Graphics


Operating System:   
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.101026-1503)

[Sutti]

Hey Entel thanks for you answer... Im not totally against Mac. I am even thinking about getting the smallest macbook pro.
The only problem is I really am an idiot when it comes to computers...

theese are the stats from the mac site for the one I am looking at right now:


13-inch: 2.3 GHz
2.3GHz dual-core
Intel Core i5
4GB 1333MHz
320GB 5400-rpm1
Intel HD Graphics 3000

Would that be good enough?

[Special One DJ]

13 " is very small for a good DJ set viewing i think....

take a look for almost a 15" and a macbook with video card dedicated (intel 3000 I think has the shared memory)

[Sutti]

ok so I got the macbook pro 13 inch. My dad did not use his in one year so he just gave it to me. Works perfect and I think after such a short time I would not like to change. But you guys are right that 13 inch is a little small. It is enough for me so fare but in a while I am going to buy a 15 or 17 inch.