I think a lot of this is need, style, feel, cost. Whatever is best for your situation. Mobile use, club use, individual pieces or a controller. No laptop vs laptop? What are your gigs like, do you scratch, are you using a laptop now, I would need more info to help guide this. But, the XDJ-700s are very close to the 10000mk2s and less money. The DDJ-1000 is a rekordbox alone controller and VERY cool and a savings vs buying a mixer and 2 players. There is a lot of different ways to go on this IMHO....