Re: NEW laptop computer suggestions...
Resolution and Lightjockey are both Windows-only, so I'd stick with a Windows machine unless you really like the Apple UI. While Apple has some good hardware designers, there are quite a few non-Apple machines that are every bit as good.
Dell makes a solid mid-size and full size laptop in their business line (you want the Dell Precision or Latitude series - their consumer stuff is junk), and Lenovo has done a nice job continuing the Thinkpad tradition with the X and T series machines. In general, the cheap consumer machines are junk to be avoided.
Unless you are doing heavy computation, virtually any modern processor will be just fine (although I'd probably go with an i5 so that the machine doesn't go out of date as fast). Spend your money on the RAM (4Gig is a pretty typical amount these days) and an SSD if you don't need vast amounts of storage (the SSD is as much for durabiltiy as anything else).
