I use a laptop and can't use my good ol' Emu8710 pc card in Windows
XP, wish there were drivers for it out there.
So I'm counting my cents to get some used Digigram VXpocket 440, which
does 24-bit/48hz audio.

I would like to know from users of this card:
1- Does it work with Windows XP ?
2- How do its converters sound, compared to say, a Creative Audigy ?
3- How many simultaneous tracks can be played/ recorded with the
VXpocket ? that provided I can eventually get my hands also on a
7200rpm laptop disk.
4- Is there any sweet spot in the amount od RAM that I could add that
is not a waste of money ?
I have 256, and the laptop accepts 512, 768, 1 Gig.
5- Could you suggest a portable external MIDI module to work along
with the audio-only VxPocket ?

6- Finally, which software would allow me to do the trick below :

- Dual boot Win98 / XP
- Start Win98 with the Emu8710 plugged (it's 16-bit/44.1 and also a
MIDI module)
- record MIDI tracks, using the sounds of the Emu8710
- convert the MIDI-driven sounds of the Emu8710 into separate
audio tracks (16-bit audio)
- remove the Emu8710
- Re-start in XP with the VxPocket plugged (24-bit/48)
- listen to the tracks recorded in Win98 while running
VXPocket in 24-bit/48hz
- record mic/line audio takes
- edit, DSP, and convert the mixed program to 16bit/44.1 or
16bit/48

Thanks for reading, I'd very much appreciate your opinions.