Whos running traktor on a macbook air?

Hey these kind of questions usually go unanswered but I want to know whos got a macbook air? I think mines a late 2010 .. I has a 1.2 core 2 duo.. Its my aunts n im debating buying it off her. It seems to handle traktor as well as my 09 hp dv8 with quad core i7 .. Just wondering if anyone here has an air with a core 2 duo (not I series)... Are you happy? Any issues with traktor or maschine? Any issues with anything else? Pls lmk if this is a good decision.. THANKS GUYS!

 

I been thinking about going with a MB air. I don't have one but i believe from previous post it does work ok.

HD will generally be smaller. Also more than like your HP has 3 USB ports Macs only have 2 so depends on your setup you may need a USB hub.

 

A tip that I used:

check the RAM. Minimum 4 GB for TP2. I was on a Macbook Late 2007 with 2.2 ghz core2duo and 1 GB Ram. It was orrible, after that I upgraded the Ram and now is really good without problems.

 

Ok, so here'm my experience running Traktor Pro 2.5 on a MacBook Air 11" - late 2010. It's a BTO model with a 1,6 GHz C2D, 4 GB RAM and 128GB flash storage.

First of all: Traktor runs smoothly. It does not crash, it does not stutter, nothing. However, there's no big headroom; by that I mean that you cannot run a browser with a few downloads and many service programs in the background without Traktor beginning to struggle. Also I have not tried running Maschine or Ableton simultaneously - I expect this to max out the CPU pretty quickly.

Performance overall
When I play, I am using a Xone 4D as AI and mixer and a K2 as controller. No issues, even with complex mappings, LED output etc. I am not using key lock, so can't really say how that performs. I have no issues with latency.

Disk space
Although 128 Gigs isn't a lot, I don't use it all. I have a 5TB server as backup machine where I keep my music archive, videos etc.
So large amounts of data are being outsourced. On the Mac itself I keep the music of the current year and some evergreens. I don't usually play stuff that's more than a year old, so that is outsourced.

Screen / resolution
The resolution of the 11" is 1366x768. That ain't much
Thus I have my mapping set up that it switches views a lot. Browse mode (where the browser is maxed) and Play mode (where almost no browser is visible any mire and the focus is on 4 decks). Now I must admit that playing with Traktor when my external monitor is connected is a lot more comfortable. I personally love the 11" form factor, so I can make compromises on the resolution. Bt again, it is a compromise.

In a nutshell: The MBA (even the C2D) is a great machine for Traktor if you optimize your habits (running applications and services, data management and screen real estate management).

I love it!

 

Thanks... I have 2gb ram... If this is upgradeable ( like a pc) im all for it

 

I am thinking about using a 13 inch Air ...i am currently using a 13 MBP.

 

@coreycore: yes you can upgrade the ram without going to an apple store. search the web for guides or youtube, it's full of these

 

one great feature of the MBA 2011 with i CPU is the illuminated keyboard - don't know how many times it saved me!


I had alot of gooseneck LEDs before on my ASUS, but that was crap..