Laptop PC spec to run kJams for Windows

[KJ-G]

Hi All,

I had a bad crash at a gig on Saturday night. This has highlighted my exposure to hardware faults and it's time to consider a complete backup system as a matter of urgency.

Dave's close to releasing kJams for Windows, so it looks like a really reliable laptop PC might make a more cost-effective alternative as a backup machine.

Can anyone please recommend a spec and brand that will do the trick and be reliable for running kJams and some DJing software for filler music?

Another issue is that I have a large collection of songs ripped as zipped Apple Lossless files. Is there a practicable way to convert these to mp3s for the backup system?

Thanks in advance

- G

[dave]

i would not expect kJams for Windows to be as solid (same frequency of bugs) as for Mac. if i were you i'd get another mac.

you can convert to mp3 using kJams. set mp3 as your encoder (install LAME if necessary) then select your songs and go "special->convert to mp3"
note this will COPY your songs to your kJams library folder. if you want it to happen in place (eg: on your external drive) then you need to set a secret pref.

[KJ-G]

Thanks for the advice, Dave. I'm still deciding what to do hardware wise.

If possible to do so, can the files be copied and converted to another drive altogether e.g. a blank one, whilst leaving the existing Apple Lossless files in place on the original drive? I had a really bad experience converting in place when I went from wav to Apple Lossless.

Thanks,
- G

[dave]

yes, just set your "kjams music" folder to the new drive, the do the conversions, they'll all be copied as they convert, originals left untouched.

[dave]

kJams for Windows will be ready THIS WEEK!