[Deeter]

Thanks- It took a little work but I like the outcome. I first tried Parallels Desktop but the memory allocation seemed to be causing problems with Hoster. With Bootcamp everything was functioning properly but I only allocated 50 Gigs to my Windows partition so, with everything else I have loaded under Windows, I couldn't fit my KMA files on the partition. It was so close but no cigar, so they are on an external drive and that makes me a little nervous but I can't help that.
Next issue was getting the sound quality out that I wanted. I tried two different USB sound devices - a iMic and a Audio 2DJ. The iMic was DOA and the Audio 2DJ had a "crackling" that I could not get rid of- and it was only present in Hoster- not in WMP or Winamp. Weird. Anyway, the final solution was splitting the audio headphone out into RCA cables through the hum-reducer and into the mixer. It really seems that the "default" audio out on the Mac is higher quality than the PC laptops I have owned?
After the sound was satisfactory, I struggled with getting the video split. One of the monitors is a Sony 52" Bravia LCD tv and the other is a 20" LCD panel for the singers. Using my VGA powered splitter that worked fine with the Sony Vaio I could not get it to work with the MBP- either under Windows & or Mac OS. It would see either of the monitors plugged straight in, but nothing plugged into the splitter- either one at the time or combined. I ended up getting a Y-splitter and plugged the monitors in and everything worked- one of the cables is a 75' one and there seems to be no appreciable signal loss.
Hopefully, this will help anyone else considering a Mac for Hoster. It can be done and so far so good..........