okay bought a new laptop to do some recording with - the internal audio in laptops is horribly substandard, so . . . .

want to go with a Firewire or USB interface. must be portable.

within my budget the choices are:

M-Audio Fast Track Pro
Tapco Link.Firewire
Alesis ilo 14
PreSonus Firebox
E-MU 0404
Lexicon Lambda
others?

any recommendations?