The most important thing to remember when choosing any kind of recording equipment, is to make sure your recording devices are going to be compatible with your computer AND your computer's chipset. The good thing about Mac's, is the fact that problems are A LOT less likely to happen than they would on Windows. More than likely, you'll be recording through a usb, or ideally, a firewire connection. Make certain that the mixer will work with your firewire card or whatever you use to record through. When we bought our PreSonus FP10 mixers, it was 6 or 7 months before we could actually use them reliably. My laptop did not have the proper chipset, and recording had extreme problems...resulting in the mixers not even wanting to work most of the time. I also tried on 3 other laptops with no luck. In the end, we just purchased a firewire card that was compatible, (one of the VERY few), and installed it on a server (Big desktop).
It's rare that you will be able to replace the chipset on a laptop, as most of the chips are integrated.
It would be a huge waste of money to buy an entire motherboard just to replace a card.
To answer your question, see what the normal requirements are for your equipment and then aim a little higher.
There's nothing wrong with using a laptop to record, just make sure it's going to work before you spend the bucks.
Same applies with desktop computers.
Check your specs.
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I think I know much better than you ever will how Mettalica is. I used to play for 2 years in a Mettalica cover band.
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