Im just starting out, what do i need, help please x

hi there everyone, im incredibly new to photoshop, so much so i dont actually evan have a copy of photoshop or any other design program to tell the truth, im a artist and i want to try and get into design based work on my pc, i have had a dabble with my friends photoshop on his computer and really enjoyed it, i evan had a go with a tablet he had,
basicaly i want to know what program is best going to suit me and would i need to buy a complete package or would one program be enough, i dont really know how it all works and to be honest i can get by with computers in general but im not exactly a whizz kid, what i can say is that my computers running on windows vista processor is intel celeron e1200, 1.60ghz, 1gb ram and its a 32 bit operating system and yes i did just copy and paste all that from my system info window
am i going to be able to run photoshop well enough to do the kind of stuff i want? do i need to invest in a better setup? i just thought this would be the easiest way to get a straight answer
cheers
hopeyboy

Here the 2-year college allows people to come in & register for just ONE course. Total cost for Intro to Photoshop AND the software was less than the non-educational software. The ED. package is the same as the full commercial at a lower cost.
Bill
hello again, well basically i work with multimedia images ie, images out of magazines newspapers stuff i see on the tv etc etc and then i make paintings about it all, cutting and pasting and multilayering, if anyone wants to have a quick look http://oryeah.blogspot.comis my would be website, but im also interested in character based design work and poster design so really thats what im aiming to get out of what ever program is better suited to me, creating posters and prints, a course at college or uni would be ideal but i can barely afford the software let alone another education ( ive already studied fine art for 3 years and it was very expensive )
thanks for your comments though but if anyone else can make suggestions id appreciate it
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