I am gonna buy a Windows 8 laptop, will Photoshop work fine now(March 2013)?

I am planning to buy a Dell Inspiron 15R : http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=ni15roms_ft_059e&model_id=inspiron-15r- 5521&c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1& but i am a little reluctant because i have heard that Photoshop doesnt work well on Windows 8. I cannot find a  Windows 7 laptop so i am stuck with it. So can someone advise me on this matter. I heard about the problems a little while ago so are they still there or did they fix them? Moreover I do not have a laptop or a desktop so not buying is not an option. PLEASE HELP. Thanks.

UPDATE FOR PHOTOSHOP CC
Currently Photoshop CC is known to work in Windows 8 without any major issues. However in general if you are planning on Buying a Photoshop Laptop I have some recommendations you should keep in mind:
Current operating systems and background processes plus a web browser can use as much as 2-3GB of Ram alone, Adobe Bridge can use a lot of Ram sometimes as well. While you can get by on 4GB I highly recommend 6-8GB as a minimum for working in Photoshop and closing all other apps including the web browser if at all possible.
Try to get a laptop with dedicated video graphics rather than shared. The new Mercury performance engine is designed to take some the burden off the processor and ram by utilizing the GPU and OpenGL
3D objects when rendered in Photoshop will take up a lot of processing power, make sure you have Dual Core processors at 2.0GHz or better, Quad Core processors are ideal though. I recommend the i7 and a i5 as minimum requirement.
More information is available on my blog post here: http://robertoblake.com/blog/2013/06/thoughts-on-buying-a-photoshop-cc-laptop
I hope this helps.

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