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Originally Posted by billyo
well i probably in the same boat, i have laptops and theres not much i can do about upgrading it...i could buy another one, but i dont wanna buy a pc, i got 4 of them, i bought these laptops to avoid carrying towers & monitors..
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Billyo,
It's seems that everybody wants new features ( Hoster User Requests ), but are not willing to invest the extra $$$ to get the computer ( Laptop or Desktop ) power to handle the future bells & whistles... If you remember, awhile back, I was pondering whether to go the re-furbished route in order to save a few bucks and get a usable backup laptop that would allow me to mainly test ( Beta Testing ) with, and see what direction that the new program features, as well as to wait out the initial OS Windows 7 problems and then invest in a newer laptop that would be a few steps ahead, when it comes to running Hoster with the addition of video, visualizations, photo slide shows, and other power hungry ( computer resources ) applications! Well, I jumped on a good deal, and went a little overboard ($$$) with a new HP laptop that should handle the Hoster of the near future, just fine. It was yours and Dale's recommendation that I heeded, when considering a used, refurbished, or new laptop purchase. I know that you are now doing this as a hobby, and only perform at private parties for friends, but I have added two new shows this month, making it a total of 5 nights a week... so the part time Karaoke that I used to do... has evolved into a full time business due to being laid off at my regular job in the Real Estate business, a couple of years ago... and Karaoke has always been more fun than contracts and escrows...
Long story short, as long as you don't wish to use all the features ( MTU allows you to choose whether to use or disable ) then so be it... Karaoke as a hobby is fun, and with all the gear that all of us have bought, sold, traded for in the past, another investment will make more sense, if financially, the Hoster user is in a position to be able to afford it... But from a business standpoint, it's important to stay one step ahead of your competition. The new features will help the mediocre host, and give the showman all the tools that we've been asking for, keeping us out in front of the fly by nights, that may or may not belong in the business...
