Dell Inspiron 15R and Photoshop CS5?

Currently looking at buying a DELL inspiron 15R for my 16yr old daughter.  She is interested in graphic design and will be studing it next year so also getting Photoshop CS5.
Specs I'm looking at are:
Intel® Core™ i3-370M Processor (2.4Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache)
15.6 Widescreen HD WLED Glossy Display with TrueLife™ (1366x768)
4GB RAM
500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Intel® HD Graphics
Does this laptop have the necessary 'grunt' for photoshop.  It exceeds system requirement for photoshop CS5. but specs are usually slower than reality.
SHould i update the chip to an i5?  Intel Core i5 460M (2.53GHz/3MB cache)
or alternatively should I change the video card to a dedicated card option ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 - 1GB?
Thanks in Advance.

From my personal experience, I wouldn't go for an Integrated card. This is one of the most important components for Photoshop, so invest in a decent graphics card (ATI or NVidia). It doesn't have to be a really exepensive one - I have been using ATI Radeon with 256MB of RAM on my Dell Studio for almost two years and it still rocks! (even when I work with 3D in Ps CS5 Extended).
I would also invest in more RAM (this can be added easily - I bought extra 4GB as my Studio came with 3GB).
I wouldn't worry about the processor - I'm on Intel Core 2 Duo - and it works very very well, it's very quick which is very important as I'm training Photoshop.
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