Recommendation on laptop and desktops capable enough for full Adobe suite

Question

To: Adobe Community
BACKGROUND:
I've been using Creative Cloud for about 1 year now, and many of the CS6 titles.  One thing this has exposed with my
laptop and my desktop is that they no longer have the memory or GPU horsepower to keep up with the software.  For
example,  Photoshop has many very GPU intensive features, and my sad little Dell Latitude D630 (yes, a 4 year old
laptop) doesn't even have a GPU that will work, and I can't really add one on for this sad little laptop.  I also have
a Dell XPS with 2 older nVidia GPUs, and I can use all the new features, but my GPUs sound like they are going to take
off when the processing gets intense.  So,  I'm looking to get 2 new systems (a desktop and laptop).   
I've looked at some of the higher end gaming systems, but I'm not really a gamer.  My preference would be to
get a laptop and desktop that have similar specs so my work can sync through my cloud account as I work on it.
Too bad this syncronizaton agent is out and won't come back until June 17, anyway, I digress.
I've been looking at some of these new Intel inspired systems, but haven't really dug into what GPUs they have.
For the desktop, I need to drive 4 displays.
QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY:
- If anyone has been in a simular situation, and have acquired a new high end system (desktop, laptop, or both)
to use the Adobe CS6 suite to its max, what system configuration did you go with?
- Make/model/price, and specs would be appreciated.
- If you are like me, you probably spend more time and energy researching a system than what it is worth, and compare
specifications, reviews, etc.  So my goal of this post is to see if folks that have done this research and are
very happy with what they acquired would be willing to share with others who want to make similar IT upgrades.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can contriute this info.  Yes, you would be giving away your homework, but making
others very happy in the process.
John

Answer 1

I suggest you go to the Adobe Hardware Forum and see what has been asked many times. Also consult the FAQ section there and look at the popular discussions on the right hand side. Lots of info there. Another source for some ideas may be Intro Part 1 and all of the following pages. Also look at Adobe Community: What PC to build? An update...
The basic information lacking in your post is available budget for the desktop and budget for the laptop. Without that info, it is impossible to suggest a high end system, also because you don't mention what kind of workflows you have in mind.
What is high-end for what purpose and with what budget? If the bulk of your work is with Illustrator and PS then high-end means something completely different than using mainly AE and PR. In the latter case the nature of your source material makes a huge difference. Editing 4K material and using multicam edits quite often means a completely different high-end system than single track HDV or P2 material. It can mean the difference between a $ 2K, $ 7K or even a $ 25K machine.
General advise: Don't buy from a tier 1 company like Dell or HP unless you have a big budget. If you want to save money, build it yourself. If you think you need to buy a system, consider a custom builder. (I have a high-end DIY system, I think, at around € 7K and getting a system with the same performance from HP would cost around € 25K).
If you want to get the best 'Bang for the Buck', BFTB, you need to build it yourself, assuming video editing is part of your workflow.