Another vote for the Thinkpad here. I've known far too many people who have had Dells (with problems) to reccomend them to anyone.
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IMO, IBM is the only company that makes a truly quality notebook PC. You'll pay a little more, but the quality is a step above Toshiba, Dell, etc. I'm assuming you can't get your vinyl program on a Mac, but they are good too - pricey, but really good. All the other software you mentioned runs on them.
Another consideration: do you really need a notebook? If you can get away with a desktop, you can save a huge amount of money. Notebooks are cool, but they're much less reliable, and cost way more as well.
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