Does anyone here DJ with an iMac

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glu
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Post by glu » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:26 pm

Dj-Grobe wrote:
Sorry for my english, my native language its spanish guys !!
Hey Grobe, that's awesome. I have been studying spanish for a year, and I am just amazed at how people here can speak so much technical jargon in another language other than their native tongue. Don't fret about it, it helps keep me determined to become bilinguil.

About the Imac. I have had a hard time justifying not getting one. I can get a fresh copy of XP home so I can still use all my favorite shareware plugs with parallels or bootcamp,etc

I plan on spending much more time working on music at home, so the occasional show with it wouldn't be so burdensome. This is why I just cancelled my Toshiba notebook order. I haven't made up my mind what would be the best use of $1200. Notebook/desktop/small form factor etc

You pay a premium for a notebook. And you get a hit in performance. Buying a laptop is never really that cost effective in comparison to a desktop. Buying the latest technology in a laptop is going to be so much more costly than it's relative desktop counterpart.

Only big downside I see on the Imac is lack of multiple hard drives and if something happens to the entire monitor, the whole machine is rendered useless until it gets fixed (and I imagine that would be an expensive repair)
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Post by MrTiddles » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:28 pm

I do. It's rock solid. I got a mate to make a flight case for me to lug around my iMAC and the rest of my DJ rig. For the price you get a lot of bang for your buck, after looking at both PC and MAC laptop solutions it seemed the most practical and robust solution. They stay very cool, they're hard wearing, they're reliable, and you don't have to have the keyboard attached. There's nothing worse than some drunken idiot spilling beer on your lappy!

I would recommend if you do get 1 that you turn bluetooth off when you gig as you always get someone playing silly buggers by trying to connect to it!



Anyway, this thread will probably degenerate into another MAC vs PC battle... :lol:

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Post by JahGuide » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:39 pm

I think I will get the iMac. I cant bring myself to pay over 3 grand for a laptop thats ridiculous. I will be using along with my C for production at home, when I get I will bring the iMac with me. Hell if I used to lug around a guitar amp and guitars etc, I sure can bring an iMac. I just wanted to get some feedback from some of you who do this. I wish they came in black.

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Post by D DAS » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:52 pm

yeah, get the imac. you will love it. spring the 100 bucks for the iligger though. very useful. unless you have a custim case made.

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Post by Dj-Grobe » Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:12 am

I recomend no make custom case!!

Custom case have the same cost of skb, or juts few dollars lower, and is really heavy!!!

The skb its created with military plastic!! not heavy, its absolutly durable, have bumpers for protect the latches.


http://www.zzounds.com/item--DAVSKB19P12

The price cits about the same of any good custom case.

Just need remove the popup aluminium support for mixer, its easy, and you have the best case for imac.


About mac or pc............well boys, i use windows for long long time with pc machines and this time APPLE guys start win the battle.... i no make reference to OS..........just make refernce to hardware!!

Why i should buy ugly PC tower, or Ugly notebook, when i can buy now, PC MAC (macs are now pcs) where i can run windows or OSX and have sexy design make me love the machine : )

Just for one reason, money........but example:

Tellme what notebook have, usb + firewire + bluetooth + wifi + camera + powerfull DUAL CORE 2, DVD, and super sexy design......at lower price?

Just APPLE macbooks.


Tellme, what desktop pc, you can buy, with dual core, 17 screen wide, big and faster HD, camera, blue tooth, wifi, all integrated on the screen, with great portability, compared with usual desktop, and usper NICE design and lower price.........

Just APPLE, with IMACS


If you use OSX , Windows, or any other OS, that its not important, you should use the OS you feel ok or where you not find troubles etc etc............abut hardware........well boys!!!..........APPLE really start rules. its amazing the high number of people around the world moving to mac, just for price related to product features (compared with price), + great design.

I stay waiting for M-AUDIO DRIVERS for test vista on my imac !!

Some guys tellme, why you buy MAC for run windows...........

I repply to all taht guys......WHY YOU BUY "MAC PC" FOR RUN OSX ? :)

Remember guys, all new macs are x86, intel PC insides, the only diference its the EFI.............the rest its the same, so you just need decide, what OS use......so dont ask on forums..... what is better? OSX? WINDOWS?

If you plain buy new computer, just buy MAC PC, and you can run XP and test, and OSX and decide : = )

Oh one more word.........i not work for APPLE, juts i think apple its at this moment the best HARDWARE solution :lol:
You decide if win, or if osx :)

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Post by DougC42182 » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:15 am

I have an Imac, but I have not DJed with it yet. I think I'm going to upgrade to Live 6 and get an Ilugger in the next few weeks though and maybe take it out for a gig or 2. I have the 17 inch intel with 2 gig of RAM, and it's just so much faster than my Vaio notebook. 20 pounds isn't too much to carry, and I personally think it's easier to damage a laptop at a gig than an Imac, lIke the other person on here said.

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Post by Dj-Grobe » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:19 am

Now using imac 24 :)

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