Hi. I just got my refurbished laptop yesterday. I got a gateway, yeah I know, I've heard the nightmares too, but it was the only machine in my price range that had the specs I wanted. AMD Celleron 1.86gHz processor, 1gig ddr ram, eighty gig hd, wireless, Ethernet, CDR/DVD combo drive, xp pro, etc. Now, onto my question. I want to use this with my Alesis firewire sixteen interface/mixer for on location work. However, I'll also be using this on the road without the mixer for non music stuff. Should I authorize jfw once I've installed the drivers for the Alesis or should I authorize it before? I want to get around having to use yet another two keys for one bloody machine. Any tips on this or am I stuck using two just like with my desktop system? Thanks, Cameron.