I have an old computer and would like to get a new laptop and load my AVID to the laptop. is this going to be a big deal? also I would like to use an external hard drive with the laptop can i load AVID to the external harddrive from the old computer and transfer it to the new computer. or just use the AVID CDs and load it on the laptop. I kind of like the way it is already set up on the old computer. im not very computer savey. thank you in advance...

Just install it on the new laptop. Install the applications to the system drive, and use the external drive for your media and render directories. You don't mention what version of Liquid you're runniing, and there may be issues when trying to re-activate associated applications like HFX Pro and TDK Pro. If installing on Vista or W7, there's a procedure published at the top for how to do this. If you've problems, let us know.

Good luck.

A word of advice:  Before you buy your new laptop do some research here about processors and graphics cards.  There are some very powerful laptops out there today but you can't assume that any one of them will run the Avid software.

Good luck

what would be the minimum graphics card and type of processor you would recommend?

 i am using Liquid Pro 7.