I've decided to buy a laptop as my desktop is running XP Pro and it's getting increasingly harder to meet "system requirements" for software.

Can any of you members tell me if a musician has "special needs" regards specs.

One of my concerns is the sound card. I bought a special card for my desktop, but I understand it's integrated into the motherboard on a laptop and it's not top quality. Will that affect how I hear my mp3's?

Also I want to install a top of the line music editing program. I looked at the screens at my local store and can clearly see the difference between a 1080 and a 1900. I want to see my "notes" as clear as possible if I'm doing editing.

Basically, can you think of anything I should know as a musician before I make my choice?

Thanks

Mark