Best Mac for working in Photoshop CS5?

I currently have a Macbook pro from 2004, I've recently updated to Lion and cleaned out my computer to have around 145GB free space. It has a 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and 2GB Memory. I work extensively in Photoshop CS5 and have problems with it running very slowly and sometimes crashing. Upgrading and cleaning out my computer have had no effect so I'm thinking about upgrading to a newer computer, either a macbook pro and an iMac. I really don't know much about hardware and I am not sure what I need to look for to make sure the computer will run Photoshop faster. I am assuming the processor would be the most important? Can anyone help me out in reccomending which model I should go for? And what specifically will make my computer run Photoshop fast? Thanks so much !

Your problem stems form upgrading CS5 to 10.7 without first checking, CS5 Photoshop has issues in 10.7, it's being rewritten and there is a CS6 Pre-release that works for 10.7.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
GO back to Snow Kitty 10.6 for now on a DU Zero Erased drive under 50% filled, wait it out until CS6 and works on a new 10.8 machine released after this summer, make your hardware software RAM decision then, likely 15" or better.
10.7 is 64 bit like 10.8 will be, so little changes to 10.8 CS6 will be needed to work.
How to revert your Mac to Snow Leopard
clone your Lion drive to a external that way you can option key boot off of it less you forget something
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