hi guys, im on a very tight budget (about l100-160, 100 is ideal..tehrefore the emu0404, cause i like QUALITy too ), and i was thinking to get the EMU 0404 sound card. Was gonna use it for normal listening at home, through a good cmoy + A900 headphones and also home recording (guitar.) But then i know that i am going to leave my home in one and a half year's time, and iwill be using a lap top from then on.

Well, i just thoguht if there is a good soundcard out there that i could use on a normal PC at home now, then later on also use in a laptop?

would the 0404 work? on a laptop? or what should i use.

and yes i am going to be recording for the laptop when i go to university or something.

thanks!

You can't use internal PCI cards with laptops.

I would buy the 0404 now, and worry about a laptop solution when the time comes, in a year and a half a LOT can change, and new products will emerge.