Laptop Advice

[WelshWitchPMD]

Ok I really would like to buy a laptop but I don’t want to pay a lot for it. It would not replace my home PC. I really want to use it when I go away so that I can upload my digital photos and burn them to a CD or DVD. I also want to be able to burn DVDs both + and - on it, too. I would also like to be able to put a program like Photoshop Elements on it without having too many problems.
Any ideas? Is there any brand or anything that I should stay away from?