This seems to come up a lot -- people complaining about laptop performers, software-based production, etc. This is where the dub vs mnml thread seemed to be going.
I don't want to start another debate, or another repetition of the same people launching the same mortars over the wall at each other, but I want to say this (perhaps again): 1. Judge the results, not the technique. 2. The theoretical 'futurism' of techno would almost demand embracing of new technology. 3. You can make crappy dance music with a 909, 808, 303, SH101 and a MPC60 too. You're just out $10k more on hardware than you would be with your laptop and cracked copy of fruity loops. 4. Why give people points for making virtue of a necessity, if the results don't measure up?
