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One word of caution on the SATA front:

Know that accidentally bumping the SATA card, cable. or drive while your laptop is on,
will FREEZE your system, and you will be told to hold down and restart.
Risky for shows?

I LOVE the attention span of this post...super cool.
Love the stories...
I have my Michael Jackson(RIP) story to tell:
His PA system was still sitting there on the island of Ko Phangan, Thailand, and it was New Years.
7000 + people, the sound system was OUTRAGEOUS.
So why was his PA system there ...

"So I can jam along with my Live set using guitar or my guitar-like MIDI controller, and while that is not as 'real' as jamming with a band, it is bang for the buck "better" because of the above. It sounds better than any band I've ever played with, with much less effort and more creativity and a ...

After reading ALL of these posts, I had another thought to what was stated above:

What does being a musician have to do with being an entertainer?

Granted, everyone here is a musician.
But are you an entertainer?
There is distinction! Can you be both?

Henry Rollins for example is an entertainer ...

and if you want a definitive answer, yes, playing a DAT and bouncing around is pathetic.

The hole in your argument, is that you have told us where YOU (as a musician) draw the line, at DAT machines. But where does the audience draw the line?
I think you make a good point discerning what is ...

It dosen't matter that you don't live up to what someone elses version of what 'live' or 'authentic' is. If YOU are getting YOUR desired results as a performer and artist (clearly two different things), then guess what, there will ALWAYS be some smart mouthed hack who will call you down. They ...

It's all relative, so it's all the same imo. The only difference is "believability" But, if one gets busted, then all bets are off and they'll go down in flames. You don't have to worry about that too much if yer the realish deal.

Faking it? hmm. Is an overdub faking it? Is 48 tracks cheating? A ...

Cudos to Angstrom for starting this thread!

I have been struggling with this myself. I think what is missing in this argument is "fun."

Standing in front of an audience with a blank canvass is not my idea of fun, or adrenaline, to me it sounds like the kind of thing I have nightmares about ...

No one has responded so I will add my two cents:

First of all, you can easily modify your MacBook with a 7200 rpm drive.
Go to www.ifixit.com and watch the step by step tutorials for your model.
I would recommend this, because you will see and feel a difference in the performance of your Mac ...