Well, I'm no DJ, but I recently bought a few laptops for myself and my sons, and I did notice that the high end laptops are pretty tricked out with some nice audio enhancements. There's the HP Envy Beets Edition for example. There are tons of reviews you can get to with Google. The Asus N55 and Dell XPS 15 both really tout their JVL sound system, so I'm assuming they must be pretty good. I'm also guessing that Sony has a pretty good Vio laptop in this space as well. Of course, I'm sure MacBooks are also to die for!
I myself went with the Asus over the HP. A MacBook was a dark horse, but I just didn't want to have to learn a new OS. I didn't really consider Dell or Sony or any other brands because they didn't show up near the top of the reviews I was looking at. I guess I would have considered a Lenovo, but I just didn't see them offering what I was looking for. Again, note I wasn't specifically looking for audio, and I'm no DJ. 500G and 640G hard drives are pretty standard in this space. I'm guessing you want at least 4G of memory and probably would get a lot of benefit from 8G. I'd also think an I5 processor would be the way to go, but if you want even more horse power and performance then you could also go with an I7, although this may cut into your battery life a bit. You'll probably spend between $1000 and $1500 on such a laptop. The Asus would be at the lower end and the HP at the higher end. Of course, a MacBook would go way beyond that, but then you'd have a MacBook! I'd recommend checking out different reviews. I usually stop at consumersearch.com (although their site is a bit harder to navigate than it used to be) and CNet.com. After checking out those sites, I start googling to look for more reviews. On 30/08/11 19:53, Troy Sullivan wrote: > Hi all, > I'm starting my own dj business and was wanting to use a laptop for my music > instead of a turntable. What kind of laptop would be suitable for this kind > of work? I know I will need lots of gb space for my music, also what price > range would I be looking at? > Thanks. > Troy > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
