What Laptop to get... help please?

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Alright, so I'm planning ahead for Christmas, and was asked if I could have a laptop, what kind would it be. I'd really enjoy one very much, but what to get?

I'm an artist, and I scan my pictures to online. I like to edit them as best I can. I'd love if I could use photoshop. I don't own any, nor have ever used it, but I see and hear that it works wonders! Also, I do photography, so if that helps narrow down specifics.

I plan on going to college for graphic design in video games, so I need to get my computer and graphic editing skills in my work up to par. Any ideas? I really want to have the ability to put photoshop on it, and to have access to wireless internet. Also, I like to listen to music, so I'll need to put my Zune software on it as well.

Help much appreciated. Thank you!! !

I know that everyone I knew from high school who want on into art-related fields all got Macbook Pros. Very nice machines; MacOSX kind of has the niche for graphics, videos, pics etc and the graphics car on the Pro is VERY high-quality. They have about the same wifi chipset as everyone else, and it won't give you any trouble unless you try to install Linux. (shout-out to Fuzzy! ) Also, OSX in general won't give you any trouble- no need to worry about security issues of any kind (I have never used an anti-malware program in my life and my MacBook has never once had a computer virus) and it is extremely stable- no crashes. Plus, if you find the Mac OS not to your liking, it is easy nowadays to install Windows on a Mac via Bootcamp, so you can still run all the same programs that Windows has.

Toshiba makes a quality notebook computer. If you're doing photo editing, I would suggest a dual core system with 1-2 GB of main memory, and a quality graphics controller that has separate memory, instead of using main memory for graphics.

I currently have a Toshiba that I got nearly 2 years ago. It has a dual core CPU, 1 GB main memory, and a graphics controller that has either 64 or 128MB of vram. This computer also has an SD memory card slot as well.

Another graphic designer? cool good luck man

my vote for a mac or a toshiba

Really, focus on battery life, that should be the priority when getting something like this.