Another "what to buy" question.
OK folks, here's a good one for you. The lease is up on the second laptop, and the cunning plan is to buy it, and optimise it for DJ'ing. John did this for the old one, and what an improvement. Staggering. This machine is pretty old and low powered though, so I'd like to relegate it to backup if possible, and also since the newer one only has three USB sockets, making it the main playout on the VMS will mean I don't have to use a hub to use it.
So, then I'd need to get a new one, and the question is: What? :confused: Experience now shows that it will be used almost exclusively for web browsing, and perhaps email. Use as a playout will be extremely unlikely.
Price ceiling excludes most Apple and Mac products, we're around £350 maximum. I'd like full size USB connection, but that's not absolutely vital. So, do I go for a full size laptop which I know and love, downsize to a smaller and cheaper Netbook style, which still has all the features except a CD drive, or can I manage with the seemingly ubiquitous tablet style machine? I've got to say that cost saving would be nice, and I'm sort of leaning towards a tablet, simply for the portability aspect. I have a Nokia Lumia which can surf the web, but it's more than a touch cramped for this.
P.S. I accept that I'll have to bite the bullet and accept Windows 8.
Contenders:
laptop
netbook
tablet
Over to you, all advice welcomed, short deadline though. Must be PC World. Ta.
Dear Lord, what have I done?
Technologically advanced, or what? I've tethered the tablet to the phone, and I'm typing this on the M$ Surface 10.6" 64gb tablet. :eek: 21st century or what? Now I can hold my head up with all those posers who have one welded to themselves at all times. :D:D