From Mac Mini to a portable.......

Now I've got used to my Mac Mini and am loving the change from Windows.
I would like to know which laptop to go for? Without double posting in both laptop forums, thought I'd ask here as quite a few of you are Mac experts and I only really use this forum!
I will be using it to keep photographs I take at bike race meetings, convert them from RAW to JPG using Photoshop.
So, which one shall I go for? I'm not too bothered about getting one with a huge screen as I've a spare 15" TFT should I wish to take that.
I was thinking, 1Gb RAM, 100GB drive and from there I'm a bit lost! iBook or Powerbook?
Would like to stay less than a £1000 but would go over but don't want to go too high!
Thanks in advance!
Carl.

The current iBooks are really nice, and will handle abuse a tad better than the PowerBook (although it's pretty darn sturdy too). One thing worth noting - iBooks only do video mirroring, so if you want to be able to hook it up to a second display (and actually use both screens), go for the PowerBook.

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