Laptop + MPC1K... PLEASE HELP

Hi there. I am quite confused about going for a computer setup or an MPC.. I like hardware alot so i would like to go for the MPC but i just bought a new iBook so i was wondering if maybe i could use both in harmony? I know i can record into my computer for a mixdown and burn to cd, but say i go away on vacation and i take my laptop and my midi keyboard in my bag... can i still like bang out beats and then export them to my mpc? Or will that just be a waste? Can someone please help me out and give me some suggestions on how this can be done, or what you would do?
Thanks for your time
Maks

maks wrote:but say i go away on vacation and I take my laptop and my midi keyboard in my bag... can i still like bang out beats and then export them to my mpc? Or will that just be a waste?

Try everything you just mentioned NOW while you are home so in the future you will know your capabilities when you are traveling..

My "out of town" setup is a laptop, MBox, Oxygen 8, Reason 2.5(along with every other recording app. I own), Shure SM57. I basicaly just use this setup as a scratch pad, anything I want to keep, like basslines etc., I just sample and load up into the MPC and redo the drum programming and sequencing in the MPC.

Thanks guys

I really want an MPC but i feel it mite be a waste of a laptop, even though i use my iBook for many other things.
I mite get a midi keyboard and maybe a copy of reason?
That should supply me with some powerful tools to make some good samples then put them into my mpc.

Cheers