Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

If you got a Firewire port (also called an IEEE 1394 port) on that 
laptop (hope you did), I would go for the Firewire Audiophile. It 
will do your audio and MIDI in one nice package.
If you don't have a Firewire port, then go for the USB Audiophile. 
I've never used the Tascam, you may want to do some research on the 
Internet on it.

Check out www.homerecording.com, they have a decent message board 
that has plenty of discussions on soundcards and recording.

Hope you got WinXP Pro, at least 512MB RAM, and the biggest hard 
drive they could wedge into that laptop. :)

Bill

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bigcleverturnip" 
<bigcleverturnip@h...> wrote:
> Sorry to be annoying, but i forgot to mention something in my last 
> post about soundcards/MIDI interfaces...so here it is:
> I asked about buying sound cards and MIDI interfaces, but would it 
> be easier/cheaper to just buy the Tascam US 122or the M-Audio 
> Audiophile USB? Would one of those do the job of a soundcard and 
> MIDI interface?
> Thanks again, and sorry to be a nuisance,
> Ferdie