Hello everyone,
Thankyou all for your helpful advice & comments. I can see that the laptop would possibly be the more appropriate way to go for my needs at the present time as well as catering for the future.

What laptop specifications would you recommend for:-
(a) Stereo Recording from the L & R outputs of my mixer.
(b) Multi-Track Recording from my mixer.

Would both situations require a similarly equipted machine?

I notice that some of you mention that you record to Acid Pro & then use Sound Forge for editing & effects. I was wondering about the reason for this. I have installed Sound Forge, Cool Edit Pro, Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 in my home computer.

I have noted all of your comments & these will help greatly in my decision.

Thankyou once again,

Yours In Music
Alan