I'm still what you'd consider a newbie with PD but I did my first performance using PD and know I want to continue exploring it. One thing I discovered however is it is a hassle lugging around my desktop PC to run PD. I'm considering buying a laptop to make my life easier. I have a couple of questions around this and was wondering if anyone can help out. Right now I am running PD on Win98. Most new laptops come with Windows Millenium or Windows XP . Does anyone have experience running PD under these operating systems? Should I just load Linux onto the laptop with the other resident operating system and use that? Does anyone have a recommendation for a good soundcard that would connect to a laptop? I guess this would be USB. I use MIDI so the soundcard would have to have MIDI ports. I haven't yet but if I decide to output video using GEM is there a recommended laptop video card? Finally if anyone can recommend a specific model/ configuration they use I would appreciate hearing about it. The other thing I'm considering is keeping the desktop and getting a flat screen. This would help a lot although the laptop would be more convenient. Thanks for any suggestions/advice! Jim