your answer is most appreciated, AJ. I will go on for - say 2 months - joining the software world and will buy a reasonably priced notebook for only that. From what I´ved heard nfrom the groove agent demos I especially like the old drumstyles to maybe mix them with other sounds and some hiphop elements. Sounds weird? Sounds good! Thanks for yoiur help, guys. I will let you know how I go along with it.

Best regards

Heinrich