Why are the audio levels on a MBP so quiet?

I'm a musician and the MBP's low audio output has been problematic.
I've been using it as my main workstation at home in favor of my G5 desktop from 2003... and even as I'm running through my external audio hardware, my MBP's maximum volume is drastically lower than my G5. But in the studio, I can live with that; I don't need to blow my ear drums out anyway.
Performing live with my laptop is impossible though. My MPB gets nowhere near as loud as other laptops, even when I run through the same audio interfaces. Is there something I'm missing or this just a low quality soundcard that Apple ships with their new laptops? This is crazy. What kind of Pro laptop is this?

Open /Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup and select the output type, then alter the levels there and see how that helps ?

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