Mav, our dude is trying to use it for recording and film editin, i dont think he'll be carrying it on a ramp, trying to patao some chick with a laptop, even HP has pretty descent looks man. Oh yeah, slowersea, even i used to have recording studio back home, so u might want to buy USB audio interface, m-audio or e-audio, 4X4 or 2X2, i'm thinking of buying tascam 16 x16, its just $399 and send it home.