Would i need to buy an audio interface for the machine you may have suggested taking into account i,m running a mac in my studio and doing all external audio recording via that and the laptop is for live playing and composing and arranging while i,m travelling.
I think its time to become bilingual
. Ive always been mac upto this new purchase. exc my Atari mega 4 st days that is 
ahhhh ! those were the days