it sound pretty sweet. You can mic up the MacBookPro to any PA system and it sounds great. I download backing tracks I want to solo over and add to Mainstage2 application and Jam along with it. Obviously if you are Jamming with others in a band, I would go with the standard amp/pedals scenario. There's plenty of pre-amps to choose from, but I would say it's very dependent on what kind of music you are gonna to be playing. Question, you jamming with others in a band? Or you more of a solo artist looking at home studio recording type person? I will be doing a bit of both I guess. Mostly solo. However, I haven't played my guitar in a few months since I have exams and don't really get time to play the guitar. and the fact that my guitar is broken also factors in. However, I am not really good on Electric which I am trying to pick back up. Thanks for the recommendation to get a Mac, however I really dislike the feel of Mac coz I grew up using Windows PCs and they are much more simpler to me. I want the miniITX because it is the only type of Motherboard which would fit in the Bitfenix case. I want the computer to be mobile because I don't have much space in my room and I want to be able to carry it around. I already have a netbook which I got for free