Seeking Advice on Titanium mac, Recording music, vocals Options

[lord]

Looking for a Suitable LAPTOP

I am a recording artist looking for a memory and storage intensive portable recording unit i.e. a laptop that can do the following :

·Able to record DJ and MC mixes onto the computer’s hardrive from a line connecting to my amplifier. Would that be Analogue to Digital ? Would I need analogue to digital software or a converter ?
·Able to record digital radio. I think I can do this if it takes a digital television and radio card. I know you can get one for PC but are they done for Mac notebooks.
·Able to record sky digital and terrestial television. I don’t want to spend money on a DVD player and a VHS hard disc recorder so I want it to be able to record sky digital programs onto the hard drive and for the DVD to be able to link up to the television for viewing.. Would this be possible ?
·Do I need to find the appropriate programs/software then decide which type of laptop to buy ?
·If so where can I get such information?
·Can anyone advise me on the suitability of the Titanium G4’s ability to fulfill the above criteria?
Thank you

[damann]

it sounds like this is ultimately a software solution.
final cut pro or premiere should be the answers to your questions.
recording the dj mixes into the computer only really require software like cubase,logic, performer, protools or one of the cheaper, less functional equivalents.
the computer will effectively convert analogue to digital, obviously an interface will do the job better, a motu 828 for instance.
as far as capturing tv/video etc there are some usb/firewire devices that can handle this and are pretty cheap.
buy some mac magazines, they all advertise the products you're looking for.
in short, yes, it can all be done on the g4 laptop.
hope to have helped...