i need some technical help!

i have NO computer savvy at all..basically its this..

i have 2 home 2 the uk from nz and pack all my wordly goods up and ship em back 2 new zealand

ONE THOUSAND CDS...will cost me loads 2 ship..now(bear with me)i was at a party and this guy was djing from a laptop..top sound too!!wow!if only i could do that!

is it possible to buy just a laptop to whack all my cds onto or do i have 2 buy a proper computer(with those big stacky yhings???)...

now stop sniggering at my ignorance and tell me !!!!

I'm not sure how the DJs do it, but I would think that the format would have to be MP3 to fit a lot of songs on because WAV files are too huge to be doing something like that. So, I'm guessing MP3s and a decent sized hard drive to store them all onto. Laptops nowadays should have enough disk space to accomplish this.

WHOOOOO.....

IMAGINE YOUR TALKING TO YOUR GRANNY!!

how can i physically put my cds on2 a laptop..what do i need..how much will it cost etc

wav shmav!!!

That's what my computer is- a jukebox. I've got 1,103 complete albums stored on my harddrive. I've got the computer conceted to my stereo. Having my entire music collection on my computer is great for parties- all the music is at your fingertips.

jonylawson said:

pop the cd in your drive and extract the tracks. won't cost anything.

jonylawson said:

HEY! All my grandparents are dead!



heheh...well, they really are, but anyway....

All you need is a CD drive on your laptop and a program to extract the music off of them. Go to download.com and see what they have there. I use a program called CDex, myself.

My files are stored on an external harddrive (as MP3s @ 192kbs)- so I can unplug it and take it anywhere. You could do the same with a laptop.



some of you here may have seen the inside of my harddrive

so i can go back 2 the uk and as opposed to bringing ALL my cds back..i should buy a laptop and pop em in2 ?

thats possible?

jonylawson said: