I recently bought an Asus N53SV A1 with i5 chip and 7200HD. My thought was to get a powerful and fast laptop to handle as many needs as possible to avoid extra gear.

So far I have the following programs:

Siglos Karaoke and MP3 player
http://www.powerkaraoke.com/src/prod_siglos-karaoke-player-recorder.php

Notation Composer
http://www.notation.com/NotationComposer.php

This program scolls lead sheets in notation and/or lyrics. I use this to play over midi sequences and edit and create my own.

Music Reader
http://www.musicreader.net/

This is a terrific program that is taking the place of my MPP.

I need the music sometimes for lesser played songs.

VanBasco Player
http://www.vanbasco.com/karaokeplayer/

I use this for MidiKaraoke

VB3 Tonwheel clone

http://www.genuinesoundware.com/?a=showproduct&b=24

This is a terrific little program with tons of features, small size, and very easy on the CPU usage. The best I've seen.

Kontakt4 and Collossus libraries for great samples.

vArranger
http://www.varranger.fr/

The best sounding and easiest OMB out there.

There are so many ways to do things and we all do them differently. However, I thought it of interest to some of you to share mine.

Bernie