[LAU] a question on Lenovo laptop

Hi, I know that there are tons of questions regarding to which laptop to buy, compatability...etc. so, 'sorry to add up but, I almost made my mind to buy a Lenovo laptop (G580 i7-3529M/8G/500GB), as there are too many models and I don't want to spend all my time to research... It's sold 699 euros here in Germany and the spec seems to be decent enough. (Honestly, for my music, it's 'too much'...but I also do some 3D, postprod things...) But only one thing that bothers me, is that on the website, they say its mic/headphone connection availability will depend on 'software settings'... http://www.mediamarkt.de/mcs/product/LENOVO-G580-i7-3520M-8GB-500GB,48353,3… what the hell do they mean by 'software settings'??? It might sound a bit strange for most of you but... I do not own external soundcard and I'm not planning to. I don't like the 'warmness' of most of the soundcard produces (because of its preamps, I guess) and it's easier to produce glitch sound on onborad 'shit' sound card. and even if I'll buy a external dsp card one day in order to have more in/outputs, I still want to have this quick and dirty option of onboard soundcard...you know what I mean..;) so, it'll be a disaster if I can't use built-in headphone/mic connections... Do you guys have any idea what they mean by, 'software setting'?? Do any of you own a lenovo laptop of this kind and had any issues with onboard soundcard, and some evil fucking windows configuration software concerning mic/headphone connection? I do own a old lenovo thinkpad and I never had any problem with onboard connections. I didn't need to configure anytthing, jack/alsa, straight-forward...but it's old T61 model and I assume that now it's a whole different biz... finally, if ever, some of you think that it's totally stupid decision to spend 700 euros on this machine, and you have better idea on what to buy, I'll be always thankful to your advices!!! here's what I use: Jack/ALSA Supercollider 3.4 (thinking on upgrading to 3.6 when new machine comes) Audacity Blender Sonic Visualizer FFMpeg Ubuntu 10.10 but I'll upgrade to 64bit 12.04 LTS when new machine comes. thanks a lot!! -- Jae Ho YOUN http://jaehoyoun.com http://advancedsituation.com/