My rig

A quick run down of the hardware and software I am using. The power of shaders is that you get to utilize the power of the GPU so you really need a computer with a separate GPU.

Sager NP6652 with 15.6” FHD 16:9 LED IPS Backlit Matte Wide screen (1920x1080)
4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core™ i7-4700MQ (2.4GHz - 3.4GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 750M 2,048MB PCI-Express GDDR3 DX11 w/ Optimus™ Technology
16GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory
128GB OS SSD
1TB Data Drive
Windows 7 Professional Premium 64-Bit
Ableton Live 9
Max 6.1.7
V-Module 0.9.1