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Well it that time again to upgrade my laptop.. I'm look & a mid range price .. I after VDj to play videos & music with a number of plugin as well here is the spec of the laptop I'm look @


GENERAL INFORMATION
Processor AMD quad-core A8-4500M processor
- 1.9 GHz
- 2.8 GHz with Turboboost
- 4 MB L2 cache
Operating System Windows 8
RAM 8 GB (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics card - AMD Radeon HD 7640G Discrete-Class
- Up to 4.98 GB of dedicated RAM
Screen type HD BrightView LED-backlit
Screen resolution 1366 x 768
Screen size 15.6"
Screen features LED backlit
Hard drive 1 TB (SATA, 5400 rpm)
Optical disk drive SuperMulti DVD±R/RW with double layer support
Memory card reader Digital media card reader
USB - USB 2.0 x 2
- USB 3.0 x 1
FireWire No
Modem/Ethernet Integrated 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet LAN
WiFi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth No
TV output VGA
HDMI
Expansion card slot No
Sound - Altec Lansing speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio
- Dolby Advanced Audio
Webcam HP TrueVision HD Webcam with integrated digital microphone
Keyboard & Mouse - Full size textured island-style with numeric keypad
- TouchPad supporting multitouch gestures and on/off button
Battery 6-cell
up to 7 1/2 hours
Accessories included 65 W AC power Adapter, 6-cell Li-Ion polymer battery, ''''Begin here'''' guide, HP manual
Size 36 x 376 x 244 mm (H x W x D)
Weight 2.48 kg

Some feed back would be Appreciated or if there is anyone out the with a spot on laptop that there have been working with???

Thanks guys
 
Posted Fri 22 Mar 13 @ 10:05 am
Have you looked at MSI brand pc's? The GE 60 exceeds the specs of what you listed and offers the NVIDIA 2TB video card for around $1000.
 
That sells for almost £900 in the UK, which equates to $1371. Probably not "mid price" enough!

Steve, if I were you I'd avoid buying a PC with an AMD CPU. You're more likely to run into compatibility problems with both hardware and software.
 
groovindj wrote :


Steve, if I were you I'd avoid buying a PC with an AMD CPU. You're more likely to run into compatibility problems with both hardware and software.


I agree on that, spend some more £ on Intel, its worth it.

Good luck
 
There is that many on the market now just don't know which 1 to go for I have around about £500 to spend never got a new laptop since 2008 .. It been a good friend but I want to run more pluging.. HELP
 
What about one of these?

They've all got Intel CPU, dedicated graphics and are less than £500.
 

GENERAL INFORMATION
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-3230M Processor (2.6 GHz, 3.2 with TurboBoost, 3 MB cache memory)
Operating System Windows 8
RAM - 4 GB
- DDR3 SDRAM
- 8 GB maximum expandable memory
Graphics card Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Screen type VAIO LED display
Screen resolution 1366 x 768p
Screen size 15.5 "
Screen features - Back-lit
- Widescreen
Hard drive - 1 TB
- SATA
- 500 RPM
Optical disk drive - DVD SuperMulti Drive
- Reads: CD 24x, CD-R 24x, CD-RW 24x, DVD 8x, DVD-R DL 8x, DVD-R 8x, DVD-RW 8x, DVD+R DL 8x, DVD+R 8x, DVD+RW 8x, DVD-RAM 5x
Memory card reader - Memory Stick Duo slot x 1
- SD memory card slot x 1
USB - USB 2.0 x 3
- USB 3.0 x 1
FireWire No
Modem/Ethernet Ethernet - 1000BASE-T/100BASE-TX/10BASE-T x 1
WiFi IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth Bluetooth® standard Ver. 4.0 + HS
Video interface Mini D-Sub 15 pin x 1
Audio interface 3.5 mm audio out x 1
3.5 mm audio in x 1
TV output HDMI x 1
Sound Internal stereo speakers
Webcam HD Web Camera powered by "Exmor for PC", 1280 x 1024
Keyboard & Mouse - Numeric keypad
- Assist, web and VAIO buttons
- Gesture supported touch pad
Battery - Lithium ion battery
- Up to 4.5 hours battery life
- Actual battery life will vary depending on your specific hardware and software configurations. Benchmark: MobileMark 2007
Additional features HDD Shock protection
Accessories included - AC Adaptor
- Powercord
- Documentation pack
- VAIO international repair service guide
Software included - VAIO Gate
- VAIO Message Center
- PlayMemories Home
- Album by Sony
- Music by Sony
- VAIO Care
- VAIO Transfer Support
- VAIO Update
- Buy Microsoft Office to activate Office software on this PC
- Adobe® Reader® 10
- McAfee Internet Security 30 day subscription
- McAfee Parental Controls
- Internet Explorer® 10
Size 25.3-35.1 x 371.9 x 253.5 mm (H x W x D)
Weight 2.7 kg
 
 
Anyone order from saveonlaptops before .. Killbah that 1 sound like a good selection. Is the processor good Enough on this model.. ???
 
Steve Xcite wrote :
Anyone order from saveonlaptops before .. Killbah that 1 sound like a good selection. Is the processor good Enough on this model.. ???


Depends what your are going to to whit it :)

As a dedicated laptop for VDJ 7, it is powerful enough. You should think of such a laptop is that it should be on a laptop stand to withstand the heat.

If you are able to add an additional £ 100-150 you can buy much better LapTop.
 
Well 1.7GHz isn't that great (not much more than a netbook) but CPU isn't everything.

The PC system requirements for VDJ don't mention CPU speed at all, so it's not an easy call. If I were you I'd go for the fastest CPU anyway, just for the sake of longevity.
 
All I want it for is to run music & video which I do now with the laptop I have but would like to run more plug ins the scroll txt & screen logos stuff like that ... The laptop I have now seem to struggle with if I have more that 1 plug in working & some of the video Transitions struggle as well. Not to bothered about sound as I have a Denon controller with a build in sound card for that..

Guy i Appreciate all your help I'm sorry to be a Pain what about this Sony Vaio
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/sony-vaio-sve1513m1e-15-5-laptop-white-20731950-pdt.html#longDesc
 
No, that Sony hasn't got dedicated graphics.

It might still be OK for video, but to be sure, you should look for dedicated graphics (with its own RAM).

So that we know where we're going here, what's the spec of your current laptop?
 
Don't know the full spec because i dont have it here I know it's a Acer aspire 5920G with a Nvidia GeForce card & 4GB of ram that I upgraded intel dual core ...I got it in 2008 .. It costa round about £450 @ the time I got a good deal on it.
 
Here the spec of my old 1 just found it think my is T7300


Aspire 5920G Series Specifications
Part Number: Aspire5920G Aspire 5920G

Feature Description
Part Number Varies by specifications
Processor / Speed Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile processor technology, featuring:
the Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor T7300/T7500/T7700 (4 MB L2 cache, 2/2.2 /2.4 GHz, 800 MHz FSB),
or T7100 (2 MB L2 cache, 1.8 GHz, 800 MHz), supporting Intel® 64 architecture
Core Logic Chipset Mobile Intel® PM965 Express
System Bus Speed 800 MHz
RAM / Max RAM Up to 2 GB of DDR2 667 MHz memory, upgradeable to
4 GB using two soDIMM modules (dual-channel support)
Video Subsystem NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT with up to 1 GB of TurboCache™ technology (256 MB of dedicated GDDR2 VRAM, up to 768 MB of shared system memory), supporting NVIDIA® PureVideo™ technology (WMV HD, High Definition MPEG-2 Hardware Acceleration), Microsoft® DirectX® 9 and DirectX® 10,
OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, PCI Express®
LCD Properties 15.4" WXGA high-brightness Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution
Hard Disk Drive up to 160 GB
Optical Drive 1X HD DVD
8X DVD-Super Multi
(varies by model)
Battery, Primary ACPI 3.0 CPU power management standard: supports Standby and Hibernation power-saving modes
71 W 4800 mAh 8-cell Li-ion battery pack: up to 3.5-hour battery life or 44 W 4000 mAh 6-cell Li-ion battery pack: up to 2.5-hour battery life
Acer QuicCharge™ technology: 80% charge in 1 hour, 2-hour rapid charge system-off, 3-hour charge-in-use
Sound Subsystem Intel® High Definition audio support
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support for digital speakers
Dolby®-certified surround sound system with two built-in stereo speakers and one subwoofer supporting low-frequency effects
Built-in microphone
SoundBlaster Pro™ and MS Sound compatible
PCCard Support 1Type II PCCard slot
1 ExpressCard™/54 slot
Pointing Device Touchpad
Peripheral Subsystem 4 USB 2.0, 1 HDMI™ port with HDCP support, 1 IEEE 1394,
1 Consumer infrared (CIR), 1 VGA, 1 S-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL), 1 Headphone/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support,
1 Microphone-in jack, 1 Line-in jack
5-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)

Acer Crystal Eye integrated 310,000 pixel CMOS camera
(on selected models)
Modem 56K ITU V.92 PPT approved, Wake-on-Ring ready
 
Hello, May I suggest maybe a Dell brand laptop, I mostly use Dell Systems and had no issues..you can custom build what you want, you just have to "customize" the build when ordering..I have used HP brand and Toshiba Satelite series laptops, Toshiba & Dell seem to be the best with hardware features.

Thanks, Jeff
 
Hi Jeff .. I have heard people having trouble with dell & VDJ in the past .. ?
 
Steve,

Rather than posting the full specs each time, you need to concentrate on the main features also while not important for VDJ right now, but you are buying on the cusp of v8 availability and you need to be future proofed as much as you can.

Main things to consider:


  • Intel CPU min spec i3, if you can i5. You won't get an i7 for < £500
  • 64bit OS
  • RAM the more the better
  • Video stay away from "shared system memory" systems - these eat out of your RAM and also cannot be considered "dedicated" which you will need for video
  • Sound card shouldn't be an issue if you are using a good quality controller or sound card


Also check out eBuyer

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Roy
 
Ive just purchased a Acer Aspire V5 Touch
ky
i7 3571u processor @ 1.9
4GB ram
Nvidia Geforce GT620M

all runs smooth except video which is very gerky thru hdmi the vdj logo flashs fullscreen as well
 
YOU DON'T NEED AN I7 TO DJ... I USE ONE TO PLAY GTA V AND MAX PAYNE AND ONLY FOR HUGE GIGS!!!! BECAUSE I CUT SO MUCH I NEED TRAX TO LOAD FAST AS HELL!!!

BUT THIS VIDEO IS PROOF YOU DON'T NEED IT... ASTOUNDING PROOF IS IN VIDEO

SPECS OF NETBOOK/OS/AND ACTUAL TRICKING OUT N JAMMIN WITH VDJ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-C75c8GJBo

CHECK OUT THE LINK!!! ANY QUESTIONS... GIVE ME A SHOUT...

HOPE ITS OK TO POST A LINK HERE... I JUST WANT TO HELP MY FELLOW BROKE SELF-STARTERS
 
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