Its usually compatablity issues between PC components & any hardware you might want to use with it (Audio interface's / PC Firewire etc...) sometimes things just wont work, if this happens with a desktop you can hunt down the problem & maybe swap a part but with laptops you arnt really able to do that + I cant really see a standard computer shop letting you have your money back becuase you cant get your music set up working...Originally Posted by stjohn
If you can find someone with a laptop and interface thats working really well maybe you could go with the same as them. I still think its worth the little bit extra to have a reliable no hassle system so you can get down to the job, but thats just my preferance, I hate messing about with PC trying to get them to work, not my idea of fun!