I have a netbook. Runs fast. It, like my Vista box supports my old creative mp3+ player, there's one on ebay for $40.00 I like the fact that it has rca line out and line ins, is usb, plug and play ie. no drivers, though it's old and unsporrted mine has worked with 4 different computers I have without problem. It also has a headphone jack.

If you use the line in and the headphone jack recording is a snap with the Dxi synth. Sadly, that dxi won't work with vista, but the mp3+ box does, and without problems in all my apps.

The netbook runs band in a box from the external hd almost as fast as my new quad core hp with vista. If I was using it for gigs I'd shut off the wireless internet though.

I often use it to run band in a box where it sits on my accoustic piano and I futz around.

John Conley
Musica est vita