Best scan resolution to start with?

What is the recommended resolution of a scanned photo, to get the optimum results from Photoshop's editing (using PSE 3.0 on a Mac)?
My scanner software seems to default to 150 for photos, although I can adjust it higher (when I remember to do that).
Should I be starting at 300 dpi? That is usually the recommended resolution for getting the best prints out of iPhoto.
Thanks in advance.

Thank you for the prompt reply. I just sent in a 5" x 7" portrait to a developer after having scanned it and worked it up a bit in PSE 3. THEN I remembered (too late) that it was scanned at 150. Both the original and the new request are 5x7, so I will be interested in those results. Between your advice and the results of my lame test I'll likely be bumping the scan resolution next time.

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