A laptop has some nice features, Gary has done such a good selling job that if I didn't own an MPP I'd probably use a laptop. But......... knowing what I know now and having owned an MPP for 2 years I prefer the MPP.
I use a foot pedal to turn pages and never use the touch screen at a gig. IT also has a feature called "record repeats and cuts" /"play repeats and cuts" that allow you to arrange multiple sheet songs in such a way that you never have to turn back a page, but instead just keep going forward all with the use of a foot pedal, no different from a sustain pedal on a piano.

If my MPP were to fail I can still use the proprietary FreeHand software that's installed on my laptop to view sheets stored on the MPP.

Whatever

Sorry Stephen, my last post was directed at Mr Diamond post, not yours..bad timing on the commit button
**************************
I agree with you Stephen, and I've only been using mine for about 2 weeks.But that's enough to know something is a keeper!! It's a wee ripper!!!
cya
Dennis

No question the MPP must be a great little gadget. My point is just that Virtmus pretty much does what the MPP does and you can do extra stuff on a laptop.

As they say, 6 of one and half a dozen of the other

Yes Scott, I agree, its pretty much what I have been saying, or trying to say, both things are excellent tools and do different things and some similar things. Its what suits an individual that matters. I think the OP has got a good choice to investigate...the E80 with its inbuilt capacity for reading notation, a laptop using something like Virtmus, or a notation/sheet music display device like the MPP.
Dennis

How about just memorize the songs

Thanks guy`s !!



Later,
Gary 

LOL, Yeah Donny there is that too!!

Hey Donny ,

Thanks for the link , maybe memorizing is easier !!

Take care,
Gary 