as much as i might not want to, i imagine i'll be using some plugins until i get my all analog ultra badass studio built. i'm thinking that it makes more sense to go with the dell for now and get a powerbook in the future.

i've got a choice of either getting a dell latitude d400 (1.4ghz pentium m, 512m ram, xp home) or a mac ibook (700mhz g3, 640m ram, os 10.4 tiger) for $450. they both have onboard firewire and usb, although the ibook comes with an internal dvd/cdrw while the dell has only an external cdrom. i've nev...

i believe i've settled on an ebay refurb G3 800mhz 256mb ibook for around $330. pcs with onboard firewire seem to start around $450, and i've always wondered what working on a mac would be like.

thanks for all the replies. re: asus, what would be the most affordable option to come by one of these? in fact, affordability is a very limiting factor for me at the moment, so other suggestions as to affordable laptops with onboard firewire would be appreciated. i've always assumed that i should a...

i'm thinking about getting the bottom-of-the-barrell dell inspiron 2200 laptop with 1.7ghz pentium M and 512m ram. according to the online specs, it comes with 3 usb2.0 ports but no firewire ports. are there any downsides to getting a PCMCIA card with multiple firewire ports to use with an external ...