Hi there,

I just read some older threads on this,
but the computerbusiness changes quickly,
so I wonder what's the way it is now.

I want to update my audiorecording gear
and prefer a laptop with an external firewire
sound'card' while I'd like to be mobile.
But if it's to critical to my needs I'd
rather spend my money on a desktop instead.

The laptop I'll buy would be at least
Pentium 4, 3GHz.
What's important for the soundcard to me is
that it can be connected to firewire, that
the latency is very low (for multitrack recording
and VSTi's) and that the driver-support is good.
Ofcoarse the quality of converters is important too,
but 2 analog inputs and 4 analog outputs are enough.
I don't need digital in- or outputs and already have a
midiman midi-interface for COMport.

So my question is:
Is it a good idea to do multitrack audiorecordings
on a laptop? And is it nowadays possible to have very
low latencies on that machine? And what audio-interface
is recommended for firewire?

I can't find much good info on this on the net,
so I really hope someone here can help me on thisone.

Thanx in advance!

Frank