Pre-newbie help! Computer guidance needed so wanted to ask the pros (you)

Hi all,
I am a jewelry designer - have been for over 25 years (pencil to paper) and want expand my knowledge and learn Illustrator and Photoshop. I want to come out of the dark ages regarding HOW I design to become more efficient AND hopefully increase my marketability. I need a new computer so figured now was a perfect time to ask the experts in this field as to what system would be a good into place to start. Laptop preferred so I can learn wherever I am. I figure by the time I am doing well, it may be time to upgrade.  Cost is a factor but I realize I am going to need to invest a little more on the front end to get the proper equipment.
While I am here, where is a good place to start regarding which illustrator to go with.
I thank you in advance for your help. 
Jill

I am a designer for a larger Mfg company - not just someone who tinkers in her own studio (although that part is the best).  Hand drawings can be scanned in and traced.  It is a way to get a more accurate diamond weight and estimated metal weight to determine whether it is what is wanted BEFORE it is given to our CAD team.  All of which are imperative to fit within certain price point targets. Details (scroll thickness, wall thickness, prong details, etc) are made much more clear for the CAD operator who may or may not have any design background.  It will also allow me to start with one element and take that element to make a pendant.  Then copy that exact element to lay out earrings (maybe flip for a left and right).  Then copy further to lay our a bracelet....whatever it may be.  Any tweaking that I want to do can be more automatic then re-drawing everything in order to compare.  .
In addition, computers (illustration, Photoshop and certainly CAD - typically Rhino/Matrix in the US) are mainstream - unlike when I started.  Not as many people hand draw so I am lucky in that regard. Certainly not as many people carve and cast wax as they once did to make a model.  The CAD is loaded into a 3D printer, cast and voila - a master model.
I may or may not want to move to higher caliber companies as I continue to develop my career.  Many of the larger companies I casually have my eye on ALL require Illustrator/Photoshop of their designer.  Some actually say that CAD is encouraged but not necessary.  Seems backwards to me but.....what do I know//
That's basically it in a nutshell.  The schooling I am not really concerned about.  I am looking for guidance on a suitable system that I will need at home (because I need a new computer anyway) that would allow me to have what I need eventually loading these systems on and learning what I hope to learn.

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