Need a Laptop Backup? Dell Inspiron 11z i3 $299 @ Dell

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I would prefer my backup to be better than or at least equal to my Primary Source. My Gig Laptop is configured by Custom Order. I won't buy anything "off the shelf". As a matter of fact, all my machines in the house has been custom ordered. For me to have to revert to a backup. I would have to be extremely comfortable with that Backup.
 
OMG - the only difference between what you did and this, is that Dell has pre-configured it.Your custom configured laptop is no different that what anyone can order off Dell....Do you think they put "special" parts, just because you ordered it from the "business"section? If I remember correctly, yours is an older Inspiron 1525 circa 2005 or earlier. The laptop Steve list above would outperform it in every respect......
 
This one won't win a speed race, but it will run most DJ software and DMX software, though I would expect very basic graphics. It's a closeout machine at a low price in case someone needed a 2nd unit (would also make a nice netbook replacement).
 
Papa Deuce said:
You prefer your BACKUP to be better than your main? Huh.......... You think strangely Canute.
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At this time there are certain factors that come into play. It is not official as yet but my Pioneer MEP will soon be my main DJ System and the Laptop with Software my Backup. DJ wise, my MEP does everything my Laptop and DJ software does except for the 4 decks. However the MEP has two drawers for CDs and an extra port for another Flash drive or HD. so both units have their pros and cons.

The Pioneer is always ready to go while the Laptop has to be installed, turned on and booted up before playing. My Laptop is older but still works great (I have upgraded it since it was purchased) as it is only used for DJing. It lasted this long because I had it custom built by Dell as a business machine. Ipicked the Onboard Sound Card, Video Card etc. I never got any Pop ups , Manufacturer advertising etc on it when i purchased it. (I told them i would send it back if it did).
 
You MEP turns on automatically????? Who "installs a laptop? I set mine on the shelf and turn it on....and your laptop is no more special then anyone's else despite your illusions of grandeur....

And other the playing 2 cds, your MEP doesn't come near to all that a laptop can do, even at 3x the price......
 
ahoustondj said:
My Laptop is older but still works great as it is only used for DJing. I never got any Pop ups , Manufacturer advertising etc on it when i purchased it.
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If it's only used for DJing, you won't get any pop-ups since it never sees the internet...right?

None of my gig laptops have ever been on-line - never, not even once!

They have a sole purpose.
 
With 2Gb RAM, you won't see any difference between win64 and win32 (even with 4 there will be minimal). For $50, it may be worth a look at the HP, though I haven't been impressed by the AMD Vision processors.
 
steve149 said:
With 2Gb RAM, you won't see any difference between win64 and win32 (even with 4 there will be minimal). For $50, it may be worth a look at the HP, though I haven't been impressed by the AMD Vision processors.
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I'm iffy about the AMD processors (heat issues) but the pavilion has excellent heatsink design throughout the unit. My main unit is a Pavilion with an intel pentium and it's been flawless. When I bumped ram from 4gigs to 8 it made a huge jump in performance. I like the Dell unit but I've already got several HPs and would like to stick with something that's compatible with my current power supplies, otherwise I'd probably jump on that Dell.
 
I'm also partial to HP (I worked there for 23 years), but have been getting good deals on Dell laptops lately (even with the HP employee discount I still get).
 
I have a Dell, an HP and an ASUS. All i-7's, all running 64bit W7, all with 8G of RAM. LOL I never have any problems. Why short yourself on horsepower?

Best,

Paul
 
If you don't need it, why pay for it .. I run an i5/4Gb Dell and it's plenty. My backup is actually a P4 machine and it runs the same software just as well for DJ purposes (I don't do internal effects).
 
USDJ said:
Why short yourself on horsepower?
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I have to agree with Steve's last response. On the surface, it sounds good, but...

You can drive a Ferrari at 40mph all day long too, although it seems kind of pointless. You obviously have great machines, but unless you're running video or multitasking, you'll never really benefit from having the extra specs. I would love any one of those machines for personal use (lounge/gaming), but my work laptops are strictly for running audio. It is in this regard that more is less.

I'd rather buy two lighter duty laptops for the price of one workhorse and put the savings towards another toy. ;)
 
steve149 said:
If you don't need it, why pay for it .. I run an i5/4Gb Dell and it's plenty. My backup is actually a P4 machine and it runs the same software just as well for DJ purposes (I don't do internal effects).
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I hear what you're saying but Win7 64-bit with 4 gigs is a very real difference than having 8 gigs in the same box. As cheap as that extra 4 gigs are I'd spring for the upgrade.
 
I haven't seen it as an issue. I run a CPU/Mem utilization widget on the desktop and with PCDJ, iTunes (background music), and JustKaraoke running simultaneously, I rarely go over 50% memory utilization. No doubt an extra 4Gb would help in calc intensive applications or video apps, but for audio playback (which is all the laptop is used for), it doesn't seem to be needed. I run Win 7 64bit.
 
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