Up until that point I had been lugging my giant PC to my illustrious DJ gigs around town so I could run Scratch 1.1, I figured with version 1.5 released specifically for the new laptop the days of carrying that big ugly rig in and out of taxis were over. The next night I was playing a dinner reception for a group of bank execs in from the UK (call me the wedding singer, that's how it felt) and figured after a few hours of testing the laptop would be good to go. Well .... not so much.
In the first hour of the gig Scratch crashed twice, and the second time the laptop also went down with it. Fortunately at that point I was playing dinner lounge music, so nobody noticed me flip over to the trusty backup iPod while I rebooted the machine. By the time the post-dinner speaches were over the rig had crashed three more times - not exactly inspiring when you know you have to throw down a two hour 'party music' set which I knew would probably degrade into a Robbie Williams and Madonna set that would make even the frenchman blush. (did I mention that at least I was getting paid for this?)
Fortunately I had installed a cheapo software mp3 program the day before which enabled me to bypass Scratch entirely and limp through the evening unscathed, oh, except for the last half hour when the stragglers started requesting Bananarama, but I digress...
Has anyone had any problems with Scratch 1.5? I don't completely trust this laptop yet so I can't rule out the possibility that it's the machine. Either way, I guess for the time being it's back to lugging ol' faithful around again. Le sigh.