Analog to midi?!

[nonohmic]

Hey All,
Been playing clean bass for a few years now and looking to start playing some drum and bass or breaks etc. Had a look at pedals etc but the general consesus out there is to spend the money on putting the bass through a laptop and utilising plugins.
Where do I begin? I have a laptop but it may not be powerful enough.
What is the minimum power I'll need to get over latency/ tracking problems?
What is good software to use?
Interface?
Etc etc etc etc etc etc.
Any help would be brilliant,

Cheers.

 

[Kojak]

well it will still be roughly impossible to get that bass to sound like a dnb bass. Now house you could do, but dnb will be almost impossible without a sequenced synth.