I've been a part-time DJ / KJ since 1993. My nickaname, "Doc," was given to me by an old friend years ago because I was a paramedic with aspirations toward family medicine as a career. As I continue on my path, I keep spinnin' and VDJ is one of the best tools in my arsenal ;)

Wed 14 Jul 10 @ 12:17 am

I had a drastic crash (lost four years of data because my backup is corrupt - tried to backup my failing lappy to the existing backup file...BIG mistake because it crashed while I was doing it), so my son (thank God for him) bought me a new lappy, which I now owe him for BIG TIME!! It arrived at 11:30am on Saturday, and we had it set up and tested just in time for a Saturday night gig...WHEW!!
Here's what we got (don't hate, money's tight):

• Toshiba Satellite L645D-S4025 - YES, it's freakin' purple...I Like it :)
  
• AMD Athlon(tm) II P320 Dual-Core Processor, 2.1GHz
  
• 3GB RAM
  
• 2 USB 2.0 ports, and 1 eSATA/USB combo port
  
• ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series, 256MB Dedicated RAM, 1366x768 native resolution, with external VGA connection (no HDMI)
  
• DVD/RW Multi-layer drive (very cool)
  
• Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
  

Hell, I'm tempted to increase the quality settings on this bad boy! I might even be able to use master tempo advanced settings on it! We'll see ;)

It was easy to transfer music/kiaraoke to the C: drive, where it will stay for now, because I had a western digital hdd in a firewire enclosure and put it into my desktop to transfer files over a network, which only took about three hours via LAN cable, as opposed to 7+ hours via wireless (no firewire on new lappys, I guess).

I then used XML Marker (freeware) to convert my external hdd local database to a usable dastabase for my C: drive installation (just used "replace all" - worked like a charm).

If anyone has comments about my new 'puter, post on my wall, or PM me ;)

Sat 27 Oct 07 @ 11:45 pm

My friends call me "Doc." I have been a part-time DJ/KJ since 1993...What I have afectionately decided to label "back in the day," when we used those enormous Pioneer laser discs, and for audio, we have always used CDs...Until I discovered Virtual DJ, that is ;) Man, those things are heavy when you have alot of them!

When we first started, we played mostly bars, but soon shifted to private events, which we continue to do now.

Although I still don't DJ full time (not that I wouldn't like to), the extra money it brings in sure helps. Who knows...Maybe some day I'll take the risk and go for it.

Feel free to find out more about DJ Doc and his company at: http://www.doctordjct.com

My specs:

• Toshiba Tecra A4 S211
  
• Intel Centrino mobile M processor (1.6GB)
  
• 2 GB RAM (PC2700, 333mHz)
  
• ATI Mobility Radeon video card (64MB, dedicated)
  
• Music stored on external firewire drive (160GB, 7200RPM)