new laptop?

[emmylou]

Hi, I am thinking of upgrading my laptop, as my current one is sloooooow and hasn't got a lot of memory. I want to run photoshop cs5, indesign, and production premium for photo and video editing, would anyone have any recommendations as to brand reliability, and processor. I dont have a lot of money to spend..... maximum £500, but will go for the cheapest option fit for my requirements. I have seen an acer i5 4gb ram for £449 at pc world but not sure if i need i5 or i3 would be sufficient. Thank you in advance.

[mipo]

Hi,
I can confirm a good service experience with Acer in Canada.
Was a breeze to get a netbook repaired.

The i5 processor is for sure better.
But since almost aal new pc's are built using Window 7 /64bits.
Get as much memory as you can get, 8gb. should be the starting point for thta OS.