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Hi Michele, I don't know if you gave me enough of what I need to answer your question but I'll try... Multimedia files through a multimedia projector, eh? That's the part that's vague. Generally, get the best laptop - meaning the most powerful - that you can for your money. If your multimedia files are Director files, then you should know that multimedia developers (like me) have had problems getting Director audio to play properly through IBM laptops. This is due to the sound technology IBM uses. I think it's called mWave, but I could be wrong... I stay away from IBM laptops these days and, since there are so many other good ones out there anyway, if it were me, I'd stay away from IBM laptops for your needs as well. Good brands are Sony, Toshiba, Dell, Gateway and Compaq; I have a Dell. Clones are available too but, while I build my own desktops and servers, I just don't like clone laptops. If you don't mind, you can probably save some money here but, again, I'd be careful and selective about what I buy. You don't want it to fail in the middle of a presentation. What kind of multimedia projector? What are the inputs? Most any laptop has a VGA video out, but if you have a projector that you know you'll be using each time you give a presentation, then I would look in the Owner's Manual to see what inputs are available and which will give you the best quality - if there's a difference. Match that up against the video outputs on your laptop to make sure you can get a connection. Although it's generally true that "the more the merrier," I don't think you'll need 6 GB of storage, unless you'll need that for other things. You'll have to check but Sonic Foundry's ACID may save files in something like a MIDI format. If this is the case, then your looping sound files will be very small. And BTW, if you're using Director, it won't import ACID files. You'd do better to build it as a wave (which will take some disk space), and set the Loop property to TRUE in the Cast Member properties. I'd take some of the cash saved by buying a smaller hard drive (again, if this is all you'll use it for), and spend more money on RAM. You can't ever have enough RAM, especially on a laptop. If you haven't had a laptop before, be prepared to find it sluggish compared to a desktop of similar CPU and overall quality. RAM really makes a difference here. I have 96 MB on my laptop, but I'd prefer to have 128. When I had 64 MB of RAM on it, Windows 98 would load about 62 MB just on bootup. (Of course, it is a fully loaded laptop and I have a number of TSRs that run in the System Tray.) Point is, if Windows 98 feels like it needs that much RAM and I'm getting ready to show some flashy Director presentation, well, I'd just as soon add the Director stuff on top of that 62. Even with 96 MB, you can load a large Director presentation completely in RAM before it launches, thereby giving you just about the best performance you can get. Good luck, Kevin P.S. I'm pretty new to this list too, but just wanted to give you a heads-up that you aren't likely to find many ACID users here... yours is the first post I've seen. Most of the folks here (including me) are real musician types, or at least so we'd like to think... :-) > hi! I just subscribed to the loopers delight and have a question to post. > Can anyone offer me any advice on what type of laptop to purchace for > constructing loops and being able to output multimedia files through a > multimedia projector? I know that I need at least6g.b ofhard > drive and 64m.b > of Ram. I am a mac user but it seems it might be easier to go the > p.c route > for using acid and sonic foundry. Any imput would be helpful. > Thanks, M > www.hyperspacestudios.com >