Questions about a laptop and adobe.

I just purchased a dell xps m1330 from dell, even though i know that isnt a brand new model, but that also gave me a chance to add the features I wanted and still stay undermy budget.
intell core 2 duo 8300 2.4 ghz
led screen
4 gig ram
250 gig hard drive 7200
9cell battery (not that matters)
This wont be my main editing and design computer since I have a beefy desktop for that. But there will be some light editing and photoshop use done from to time, so I was wondering what you guys think, if you recommend another laptop for around the same budget since Im still in the window to return/exchange it(that came out to almost exactly 1000 with my discount)  also it will be running vista, so if you guys have any recommendations to help adobe suite run better or well on vista, and just to let you guys know I did NOT get the graphic card with it since I read online that I wont really need it for my needs.
thank tyou so much

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