Almost any new laptop purchased today should work just fine. Speed, brand, or memory are not major considerations. You might look for a laptop that makes a claim such as 'multimedia', since it may have a better sound card than similar laptops.

I've found that the most limiting factor is hard disk space. As your collection of MP3 files grows, you will eventually use a lot of disk space. Choose a laptop with plenty of hard disk space - the more the better.

My original laptop is a Dell Inspiron 3200. It has 96MB memory, 4.7GB Hard Drive, and runs at 266MHz. I've used almost all of the available hard disk space on it. It contains 926 square dance MP3 files, and I still occasionally call with it.

My laptop (Dec. 2000) is a Dell Latitude C800, the top of the line professional model at the time. It has 256MB memory, a 32GB Hard Drive, and runs at 850MHz.

My current laptop is a Dell Vaio. The Dell had some sort of a random memory or disk corruption bug.