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one thing you might want to look at getting is a pair of headphones with good isolation (i use the 'extreme isolation' ones but i know there are others). It is helpful to get as little acoustic bleed as possible when you are trying to position a mic... the more you know what the mic is 'hearing' the better.
another thought i had is that i would use the fact that you have a small setup with a laptop to your advantage. for recording drums you can hook up with a drummer and find a nice big empty room somewhere... school, warehouse, parents on vacation, rent a room cheap... whatever... and have some fun playing with what kind of sounds you can get.
i have done this with a laptop and it can be an economical way of getting decent and unique drum sounds.
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