Vista - sound card for laptop ????

Here is a real dumb question.

can I buy an external sound card for my laptop?

Whenever I try to record any sounds from ( shoutcast, web streams, realplayer, etc ) the mic records all the sound from the speakers and the sound in the room.

I don't want to pay $50 for an mp3 recorder and all the ones I have tried do not record from the soundcard only from the mic.
I have read somewhere that it's an issue that is blocked from gateway.

attached is all the portable apps I have and the radio sure app.

radio sure works great ( no mic record ) I don't know how it's done but it records direct to MP3. however, many stations are unavailable. same with screamer. I use M.E.S.S.E.R. on my XP tower for years but it won't work on vista ( even if I run as xp sp2 )


thank you soooooooo much,

carmine

There are many around in USB format for instance

USB Instant Audio Sound Card for Laptop Desktop PC or Apple Mac Newlink

just do a googel search for USB sound cards

Thank you Echrada !!!!!!!!!!!!