I'm studying graphic design and a laptop is a must for me. Even though the school has computers for me to use, they are crappy azzed e-macs (for 1st and 2nd year students, everyone else gets to use those sexy G5's on 21" screens). ...
I'm not really sure about mixing software. While I haven't tried it, i'm sure you could get a cheap mixer 'Numark dm1050' (just one example, one i have). Hook up your Laptop to channel 1 and a cd player to channel 2. Why? because you...