PeterLosseSchoenveter
Hi!
If you'd had to spend around EUR 1000,-- at this moment
to buy a laptop PURELY FOR VDJ which laptop would you
buy ? Considering the fact that -vdj is already bought,
-a maya44 is already bought, an external hdd is already
bought ? Also considering that the most important fact
to me is STABILITY :) Myself I was thinking about an acer
or asus-laptop, but your thoughts are VERY welcome to me.
Thanks, Peter.
If you'd had to spend around EUR 1000,-- at this moment
to buy a laptop PURELY FOR VDJ which laptop would you
buy ? Considering the fact that -vdj is already bought,
-a maya44 is already bought, an external hdd is already
bought ? Also considering that the most important fact
to me is STABILITY :) Myself I was thinking about an acer
or asus-laptop, but your thoughts are VERY welcome to me.
Thanks, Peter.
Posted Mon 24 Jan 05 @ 11:16 pm
anewsome
Dude. I would buy a Dell. You'll probably hear mixed opinions about Dell but I have had really good luck with them and their service. I have 6 Dell's myself personally.
Posted Mon 24 Jan 05 @ 11:48 pm
cebu
you should buy a toshiba satilite i had mine since oct.2004 and no problem with it at all.
Posted Tue 25 Jan 05 @ 3:20 am
TechnicalDJ
Dell. For sure. No questions asked. You can NOT get more for the money. Also- the newer ones are very sturdy.
Posted Tue 25 Jan 05 @ 4:51 am
sexyj
i would definitely recommand a ASUS!!
they make great laps
they make great laps
Posted Tue 25 Jan 05 @ 5:12 am
tunic
I've am pretty good experiences with my Fujitsu Siemans AMILO laptop. I paid about £600 with 512mb RAM, DVD/RW, Pentium M chip (low power / doesn't get as hot as a Mobile P4), 15.1" widescreen etc.
Bear in mind when you look at laptops that Pentium M class chips run a lot faster than the equivalent P4 chip. A 1.5ghz Pentium M (Centrino class) out performs a Mobile P4 2.2 in all industry benchmarks.
The one thing I would recommend however is a 15.1" widescreen notebook. There are a few really good VDJ skins for 1280*800. Its more screen space which certainly makes it easier to find your tracks whilst gigging.
However, if you can afford one upgrade on it I think most people would also recommend you get 1gb RAM. That might be pushing your price limit a bit but that is one of the biggest deciding factors in how well VDJ performs.
Posted Tue 25 Jan 05 @ 9:35 am
Rune (DJ-In-Norway)
I got Fujitsu Siemens AMILO too, and very happy with it :) only thing negative would be that the batteries dont run to long, but guess thats a problem with most laptops :)
Posted Tue 25 Jan 05 @ 12:27 pm
sjursjur
I have a Fujitsu Simens AMILO as well (an A1630), and it works like a charm... well, exept for a very slow HD, but I'll replace it soon enough. No crashes, though I am still using ver 1.08 of VDJ. Anyway, the model is just as relevant as brand when it comes to Laptops, and battery lifetime depends on wether you go for a laptop with a mobile CPU, or a laptop fitted with a standard desktop cpu. The latter gives you a much better performance/price ratio, but with shorter battery-life. It will also be bigger, heavier, and more fan-dependant and thus not as flexible... to be specific, my laptop can not be placed on my lap, as it will block the fan-vent and thus kill the processor by overheating.
Posted Tue 25 Jan 05 @ 9:26 pm
DJCannonball
I have used VDJ on a Dell inspiron 8100. i had to disable some of the features in the bios to get rid of the glitches i had with the older versions of VDJ. (that's not nessasary anymore with the latest version of VDJ).
but i also had some lockups because my Dell was getting to hot.
i sold my Dell, and bought an Acer Travelmate 8003 (see my profile)
i have used VDJ on it for about half a year now, i didn't have any problems or what so ever. not even a glitch. This baby rocks 100% steady gig after gig.
but i also had some lockups because my Dell was getting to hot.
i sold my Dell, and bought an Acer Travelmate 8003 (see my profile)
i have used VDJ on it for about half a year now, i didn't have any problems or what so ever. not even a glitch. This baby rocks 100% steady gig after gig.
Posted Wed 26 Jan 05 @ 3:38 pm
DJ Andre Landry
Beware or copies of the real thing:IBM Thinkpad G40 P4 2.8 40GB 256MB 15TFT DVD/CDRW WXPP (TG04SUK)
Intel Pentium 4
256Mb of memory
40.0Gb hard disk
15.0" screen
Add 512 of ram and your all set......really
Andre
Intel Pentium 4
256Mb of memory
40.0Gb hard disk
15.0" screen
Add 512 of ram and your all set......really
Andre
Posted Wed 26 Jan 05 @ 5:52 pm
steve_djdawson
i'm looking at buying the top of the range philips freeline x20l .. £999.99 =D
15.4 widescreen
Intel P 1.7M Centrino
512mb (altho.. i'll have this upto a gig thank ya kindly)
and damn smart looks
but i had a compaq 2504 eu (not sold anymore) it was a 2.6 celeron, with 256 mb ram, but by god.. vdj just kept going and going and going!
moral is though, you don't need a VERY powerful laptop to keep it going.. but it helps :D
oh .. and as for dells
just kiddin :P
15.4 widescreen
Intel P 1.7M Centrino
512mb (altho.. i'll have this upto a gig thank ya kindly)
and damn smart looks
but i had a compaq 2504 eu (not sold anymore) it was a 2.6 celeron, with 256 mb ram, but by god.. vdj just kept going and going and going!
moral is though, you don't need a VERY powerful laptop to keep it going.. but it helps :D
oh .. and as for dells
just kiddin :P
Posted Thu 27 Jan 05 @ 2:16 am
swarrine
For people in the US you can get a Pentium4 3 gig, widescreen, 512k ram, 80 gig hard drive, XP pro, wireless g and DVD/cd burner for $1,200 US Dollars. So, about 75 euros, lol.
Anyway, it is an Acer and you can get it from Tiger.
Anyway, it is an Acer and you can get it from Tiger.
Posted Thu 27 Jan 05 @ 4:16 am
DJCannonball
told you.. Acer Rulez ;)
Posted Thu 27 Jan 05 @ 11:23 am
thebachelor
In september I bought a HP 7260
and in october I bought virtualdj and in november I bought a maya 44 and tcv
Snice then I've have never had no problems
I dj at big partys and in the club too,
I use my laptop with turntables and also on cdj's and I never has a problem, I also record my live mixes from external mixer back to my laptop with no problems
And my laptop is also 17in wide, but all my music is on a 200gb external hard drive
So hp 7260
and in october I bought virtualdj and in november I bought a maya 44 and tcv
Snice then I've have never had no problems
I dj at big partys and in the club too,
I use my laptop with turntables and also on cdj's and I never has a problem, I also record my live mixes from external mixer back to my laptop with no problems
And my laptop is also 17in wide, but all my music is on a 200gb external hard drive
So hp 7260
Posted Thu 27 Jan 05 @ 5:28 pm
antileon
Acer 1355LC w/ Athlon XP-M 2600+, 512mb RAM and Firewire connectable external WD 250 GB has worked flawless since I bought it in may 2004.
Posted Sat 29 Jan 05 @ 3:17 am
PeterLosseSchoenveter
Okay, thank you all very much.
Your reactions say that an ACER, DELL,
FUJITSUSIEMENS and IBMTHINKPAD-notebook
are not 'bad choices'
The thing I'm not sure about is whether I
should go for a Pentium-IV or Pentium-M-class-
processor ? Could you please tell me some
advantages and disadvantages about both ?
Battery-life is not an issue for me,
as I said: my main-issue is stability.
Your reactions say that an ACER, DELL,
FUJITSUSIEMENS and IBMTHINKPAD-notebook
are not 'bad choices'
The thing I'm not sure about is whether I
should go for a Pentium-IV or Pentium-M-class-
processor ? Could you please tell me some
advantages and disadvantages about both ?
Battery-life is not an issue for me,
as I said: my main-issue is stability.
Posted Sat 29 Jan 05 @ 12:19 pm
DJCannonball
If stability is your main goal, make sure your new laptop has an Intel-processor. Those AMD processors are pretty good these days, but Intel is still the winner if it concerns stability (especially on laptops).
The difference between Pentium IV and M (or Centrino): Pentium IV runs at constant speed, while M and Centrino reduce the amount of MHZ when it is not needed (to save battery-power).
For me, i was a bit afraid to buy a laptop with a Centrino processor because i wanted to be sure that i had no glitches/hickups while doin a live-set. But you can set your bios in that way so that it allways runs at full speed, even when not all cpu-power is needed.
I have my Acer for half a year now, done lots gigs with it. because of the centrino-processor.. it stays cool and runs super-stable, even after 4-5 hour-sets. It took me 3 laptops to find out which one runs best with VDJ, now i finally found the right-one.
The difference between Pentium IV and M (or Centrino): Pentium IV runs at constant speed, while M and Centrino reduce the amount of MHZ when it is not needed (to save battery-power).
For me, i was a bit afraid to buy a laptop with a Centrino processor because i wanted to be sure that i had no glitches/hickups while doin a live-set. But you can set your bios in that way so that it allways runs at full speed, even when not all cpu-power is needed.
I have my Acer for half a year now, done lots gigs with it. because of the centrino-processor.. it stays cool and runs super-stable, even after 4-5 hour-sets. It took me 3 laptops to find out which one runs best with VDJ, now i finally found the right-one.
Posted Sat 29 Jan 05 @ 2:33 pm
steve_djdawson
@ cannonball.. are you saying that centrino processors are of better stability?
if so i'm about to become a happy person ;0
if so i'm about to become a happy person ;0
Posted Mon 31 Jan 05 @ 11:56 am
DJCannonball
No.. not only Centrino processors.. i meant ALL Intel processors!
and because of the low power-requirements, your laptop will stay cool and stable.
as i said before, i have never had ANY problems using this baby for VDJ after using it for many 5/6-hour-gigs. it just runs VDJ solid as a rock. ;)
and because of the low power-requirements, your laptop will stay cool and stable.
as i said before, i have never had ANY problems using this baby for VDJ after using it for many 5/6-hour-gigs. it just runs VDJ solid as a rock. ;)
Posted Tue 01 Feb 05 @ 3:37 pm
steve_djdawson
sweet.. im jus waiting for money to buy my new one.. new philips freeline range from pc world ;)
Posted Wed 02 Feb 05 @ 3:28 am
