QUOTE(ajay67 @ Dec 16 2008, 10:56 AM)
hmm.. i gotta think back which is the best way for me..
the reason i wanted to go for the netbook way is portability. i usually bring my guitar, effects & keyboard to the jamming session which is quite troublesome. thus initially my idea is to leave the effects & keyboard behind & bring a smaller midi controller & laptop. my second option is get myself a smaller keyboard, & eliminate the need for a laptop altogether. what do you all think?
why you suddenly interested in DJ stuffs?

if you're into live performance, get a smaller keyboard, don't rely on a laptop. laptop will never provide the same reliability as hardware effect unit and a keyboard. laptop can go overheat, system crash, RAM unstable, some programs causing system stuttering, harddisk can go failure out of a sudden.
unless, you know your laptop really well. try to avoid extra programs like antivirus and stuffs like that. i know, you want a laptop that you can enjoy anytime and yet want to use it for performance, but you gotta be careful alright.
also bear in mind that your soundcard have to be able to operate in low latency (for live performance, 256 buffer is minimum, best is 128 buffer), and will cost a bomb on CPU processing. but good thing is you can record your stuffs at the same time.
think about it.