Mac Book Air 13" the right device for occasionally editing photos?

Hello!
I am owner of an iMac 24" and know I want to replace my three years old thinkpad. Mainly, I am using my iMac for editing photos. With the MacBook Air I also want to be flexible to edit my photos also during a holiday or in the train etc. Do you think there will be a problem to work with RAW files with the processors of the MacBook Air? And is there a big different between the 1,86Ghz and 2,13Ghz processor that would make any big changes on editing photos? I am working with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.

MacWorld did a comparative evaluation of the October 2008 MBA with 1.86 GHz processor and the Mid-2009 MBA with 2.13 GHz chip. Their conclusion was that that 1.86 CPU was actually FASTER than the 2.13 in most applications.
http://www.macworld.com/article/141296/2009/06/macbookairmid09.html
They speculated that the 2.13 chip was being throttled by Apple to control heat issues and that's why it tested SLOWER than the (supposedly) slower 1.86 part.
Have to wait for testing of these new MBA units to know if the same thing occurs. But, for the Rev. B and C MBAs, the 1.86 part was actually faster in real world use!

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