Echo Mona versus Motu and Digi001 Options

[Jhegg]

Does anyone know anything about using the Echo Mona soundcard with Mac Laptops. It seems like a really nice piece of equipment but I haven't heard much about it outside of advertizements.

What about Cubase for Macs since the Mona comes with CubaseVST?

I'm planning on buying a system for recording mostly myself and mabye a small flok/blugrass band. Mostly acoustic for now but I am interested in adding Midi and other digital stuff to my own recordings.

I'm unsure of what laptop I want/can afford either an Ibook or Tibook hopefully.
If anyone has had experience with a setup like this let me know.