What are the advantages of MacBook Pro for digital DJing?

What is better with a MacBook Pro? Especially for using Traktor Pro and a USB-Control-Device (Behringer BCD 3000)?
(just thinking about buying a MacBook Pro...)

If you are thinking about digital djing on the mac, this might help:http://guides.macrumors.com/DJing_on_the_Mac

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