I'm not too picky, but I'm looking for it to have a decent processor (at least dual core), around 4gb of ram, and a non-integrated graphics card. I would like it to have a decent resolution but I don't want it to be too big either. I was thinking below 16in for screen size. A decent battery life would be nice but it's not a necessity.
My budget is around $1000 but I don't want to spend all of it unless it's a great deal or something. I just need something that will run Photoshop smoothly and be able to run some games (and not necessarily graphics intensive games.)