Laptop/external soundcards

[eyeswithoutaface]

got about £900 or there abouts to get a laptop, controller and soundcard, looking to spend around £500 - £600 on the laptop but i can stretch the budget slightly if need be. Any recommendations?

been looking at this

http://www.dv247.com/invt/27465/

[eyeswithoutaface]

was also looking at this http://www.dv247.com/invt/33410/

[eyeswithoutaface]

and this rather beautiful looking thing http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/36008_l.jpg

[eyeswithoutaface]

http://www.dv247.com/invt/36008/ thats it

really tempted by this, looks great and does everything il need

[dan the acid man]

the last two links are the same, out of those, i'd go with the emu, im not sure what the pcmcia interface is like these days, not used it for years, but i cant't see there being a problem.

Edirol cards come highly recommended too in this price range, obviously, if its firewire, just make sure the laptop has a firewire interface

[tOM B]

I've just got an edirol and there seems to be some kinda glitch when running it on a dual core mac with live 6. It just pops and crackles at me. Apparently someone else has the same problem and the guys at support are trying to sort it out?!? Just to give you the heads up

[eyeswithoutaface]

thanks for the heads up mate

still not sure what to go for