I've only had one major problem with my Dell. And that is a nasty ****ing groundloop with various USB soundcards due to the fact that the shielding on the Dell (and the soundcards) is absolute shit. It was particularly mean with Final Scratch. If you hit that problem, Gene, buy an ungrounded two-prong adaptor for your machine. This isolates the ground loop for when you play out and, so long as the building and your circuit isn't directly struck by lightning, you'll have nothing to worry about.