Choosing MacBookPro for garage band and music applications.

Hi to all,
this is my 1st post
I'm looking to buy my first mac: the MacBook Pro.
With this computer I would like to install some music software (the main are Garageband, Finale and Band in a box) and connect my digital piano with an external fire-wire sound card.
I'm thinking for this configuration:
+13-inch: 2.7 GHz+
+2.7GHz dual-core+
+Intel Core i7+
+4GB 1333MHz+
+500GB 5400-rpm1+
+Intel HD Graphics 3000+
Is it good or is it too slow?
Is the 13-inch display too small?
What configuration do you recommend me?
Thank-you very much!

a bigger screen is ALWAYS nice, but I think you'll be fine with that configuration.
my only suggestion would be to keep an extra (equivalent) of around $100 for the future... if you record a lot of audio tracks you may find the slow laptop HD is the bottleneck. this is easily taken care of with a fast FireWire hard drive.

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