Lots of questions about Sound Cards and DJ'ing

Hello,
I am thinking about purchasing a MacBook. First some background. I play in a wedding/corporate band who occasionally hires a DJ to play in between our sets. Sometime I just bring out my Ipod and plug in to avoid this cost. Most DJ's we use bring out a laptop and just plug directly into our PA. I started looking into laptops so we could cut out The DJ cost all together.
In my research I found that Mac's seem to be the Laptop of choice for most DJ's. My question is about the sound card inside the Macs. Is it a good quality. Would I need to upgrade in order for it to sound good going through a PA system. What are the audio outputs for Macs? As I said before I sometimes just use my Ipod and that sounds pretty good but its hard to search for things etc. And which Macbook do you think I should be looking at. The Pro or the regular?
Thank you for your help.

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2. Sorry, not sure...
3. Again, not sure. You're taking a risk that the adapter is compatible.
4. Only you can make that decision. Just look at this and the other players and compare the features and price.
5. The in-built microphones are not great quality, and really only good for recording interviews and meetings, that type of thing.

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I see this type of question all the time.
It doesn't matter.
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You know when you get the song right when people hum it while walking, taking the bus, etc...
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can any one fican any one find the tech specs(manuel) for the sound blaster 5. SB0680
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does any one know what year this card was made also?
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The Audigy 2 is a fantastic sound card and would blow the socks off the 5.. Dan K. has a pack up on these boards that would let that card work with everything! up to Windows 7. Check it out right here.........//forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=39702
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Hello DMK,
Thank you very much for your answer.It is very helpful for me.
Can I ask you further about it?
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Maggie
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