Cassp,I use the G70 for playing with and without midi. The laptop is used for playing along with my singer. I use MidiComposer to make a lead sheet with chords. The midifile then plays the song, minus my parts, and scolls the lyrics for her at the same time, and melody notes for me. Sometimes I use CD&G Karaoke files with Power Karaoke Pro software when I need audio. I can work around this if I have to.

I hauled my old IBM Thinkpad with Windows 2000 Pro out of my closet, and am testing it. It is ten years old, but may do in a pinch.