Home recording studio

ryanmusic, thankyou for researching and posting all the questions I had. I am shopping around for a laptop for vocal recordings, video editing, photos, gaming and college for my daughter. What is important is speed, memory, performance, portability and long battery life. Our budget is below $2000. I know Asus is highly recommended, is this the best? What Operating System is recommended and accessories. I would like to purchase something and receive ASAP. Her birthday is nextweek. So what ever I buy needs to have all the bells and whistles. Is there a laptop with a midi keyboard to learn how to play piano or other instruments, with very good sound and speakers?

You're asking for it all, which just isn't possible.

First, what programs will your daughter be using for editing and gaming? This will determine what OS and hardware she needs.

There are no notebooks with MIDI support. You need an external device for that (which you should have anyway if she does any type of serious recording).

Notebooks do not have good speakers by definition. They're just too small to get good drivers and cabinets in there. You will not find any notebook that even approaches a reference quality audio system.

Still, I really can't recommend you anything until I know what she plays. You don't want a top end machine to play Starcraft.