So long as people like to dance there’ll be DJs A small proportion of them will do it full time - I can’t speak for them, but I do it part time, and for the love of it. Where I play the place gets packed and goes nuts, and I get to play pretty much what I want, to a crowd that loves it - I get a good hourly rate and a bar tab. That seems to be the template for friends I know that do it. The bottom line answer is that I love music, and sharing it with others who dance to it.

I’ve never desired the stigma of DJing being cool, so people’s perception of what equipment I use wouldn’t bother me at all. If the sounds I drop are the same, amd the equipment affords me more convenience, a greater variety of tunes, plus the added bonus of being able to easily record mixes, people thinking its a toy wouldn’t bother me at all.

And lets face it : No one will take you seriously if you step up with this thing. No matter how technically advanced it is, but it looks like a toy.

So long as there’s fairly decent audio output on it I’d happily use this instead of my 2x vinyl and one x CD deck + mixer. The added bonus of being able to DJ and mix down my own mixes to the HD makes it massively attractive. If you’re a turn-tablist then fine - I’ve managed to rock crowds for 10 years without learning to scratch, so I don’t see the interface being a problem so long as I can beatmix.

High hopes here… would pay up to £400-500 for it if it delivers what it promises - I’ll still buy vinyl for vinyl only releases, but the record player will stay at home.

But given you can get a decent laptop for $500, easy, it’s still possible to get more than this for less.

You left out the cost of the laptop itself. That ain’t cheap.

However, this is first limited to 2000 production batch. Supposedly they’re going to look a bit different and some exclusive goodies (probably a tshirt or something).

After initial batch of 2000 they’re going to mainstream it and it’s going to be cheaper.

All units of first batch have been spoken for (I have a reservation myself, I think 1200 something).

And now I’m having doubts about it as I’m getting new Denon HS5500, which is $950 (and you get way more bang for the buck on that one), so too much spending, plus not sure if I really would be using the pacemaker that much to justify $800.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/01/business_card_phones_home.html

As long as baseball cards still have stale gum.

Oh, and actually, slap bracelets were more my younger sister’s generation, but … well, I can still be amused by something like that. (Smacking your wrist = ensdless entertainment.)