Please Send Help! I need a M*cBo*k

[LucasM]

So, i've recently got a new hobbies - i'm attempting to do some DJ magic! I've been doing commercial DJing for a couple of months now, and i've had the opportunity to go behind the scenes in some clubs in my area and see how its all done! The work experance went very well, so much so, i've gotten myself a new weekend job!

 

Now, this is where i require the help from the LTT community. I've always been on windows, always always alway, my Gaming PC is windows, my Surface pro 3, is obviously windows, this means i haven't got the slightest clue about MacBooks, but i need to get a MacBook.

 

It doesn't have to be brand new, Second hand is fine, and will be a lot nicer on the old bank account.

 

Anyone got any ideas? 

 

Thank you for your much loved help, and wish me luck with using something from Apple! xxxxxx

~Lucas

Edited October 6, 2018 by LucasM
Pressed Enter and posted without finishing the post. memes.

[Guest Generallee]

Get a 2012 Mbp, slap an SSD and 16gigs of ram and you should be alright. Its what I used in my dj'ing days with a DDJ SX. Never let me down once.

[DrMacintosh]

Depending on what kind of audio equipment you are going to be getting will determine if you need a pre 2015 MacBook Pro which are equipped with Thunderbolt 2 or if you need a 2016 to 2018 Mac which are all equipped with Thunderbolt 3. 

 

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

If you're one of those "DJs" that just use the headphone out of their MacBooks, I will slap you. 

[Guest Generallee]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

If you're one of those "DJs" that just use the headphone out of their MacBooks, I will slap you. 

or worse, earphones

 

also 6000 posts n o i c e

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

2 minutes ago, Generallee said:

or worse, earphones

 

also 6000 posts n o i c e

At that point, you might as well just use a Netbook. 

 

Next celebration should be 6666 right? 

[LucasM]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

If you're one of those "DJs" that just use the headphone out of their MacBooks, I will slap you. 

Nah, thats boring! The club that i've been learning at has a pretty mad set up. Seaming as im clueless, i'm only allowed on the little set up:

• Some fancy custom speaker setup that was installed by a company in the UK who also put in some fancy lighting which the big boys use
• A Pioneer DJ XDJ-RX2 All-In-One DJ Controller which is hooked up into some fancy stuff which i don't really understand
• Other music and audio devices including a microphone so everyone can hear my voice break

[LucasM]

10 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Depending on what kind of audio equipment you are going to be getting will determine if you need a pre 2015 MacBook Pro which are equipped with Thunderbolt 2 or if you need a 2016 to 2018 Mac which are all equipped with Thunderbolt 3. 

 

 

I've looked at an early 2015 MacBook pro i5 8GB ram, but i would like 16GB if they come in that config,

 

Thanks for your advise, i won't look at anything older than a 2015/16

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

2 minutes ago, LucasM said:

Nah, thats boring! The club that i've been learning at has a pretty mad set up. Seaming as im clueless, i'm only allowed on the little set up:

• Some fancy custom speaker setup that was installed by a company in the UK who also put in some fancy lighting which the big boys use
• A Pioneer DJ XDJ-RX2 All-In-One DJ Controller which is hooked up into some fancy stuff which i don't really understand
• Other music and audio devices including a microphone so everyone can hear my voice break

I've literally seen people who call themselves DJs and all they do is plug their MacBook Pros in via Aux. and open up iTunes. The poser world Apple envisioned gone wrong. 

[LucasM]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

I've literally seen people who call themselves DJs and all they do is plug their MacBook Pros in via Aux. and open up iTunes. The poser world Apple envisioned gone wrong. 

Reminds me of the days when we would all put our songs onto a Spotify playlist and pump them through a beats Bluetooth speaking thinking we we're the kool kids