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A desktop would be better, but I need something that I can move easily once or twice a month.

The Asus is the cheapest of all but I'm a bit weary about gamer laptops.
I looked at the Lenovos but I'd prefer a 17" screen, they're also louder and have a higher DPC Latency score.

After going thru hell with my Clevo P170HM using Windows 7, I'm looking for a new computer but I can't make up my mind !

My first choice is the Dell m6600, best bang for the buck, but I'm not a big fan of windows.
Second is the Mac mini server, SSD+HDD but I'm not sure how well it'll perform with ...

Thanks guys, I've tried all of your suggestions.
Disabling wifi didn't change anything, neither did the ASIO4ALL settings.
I've already ran DPC Latency checker and it is much to high, I'm used to seeing about 12-20µs latency, whereas I'm at 600-700µs, very surprising.

I know this has been asked a ton but I couldn't find an appropriate response in the forums.

I bought ableton, downloaded the latest version and it works perfectly with my 2007 iMac even with 100 tracks.
Many bugs but performance was great even with iTunes, Firefox, Transmission and a few other apps ...