Graphic design Laptop Help?

im about to take online classes for an out of state art institute for graphic design and this is the information they gave me after reading these requirements what laptop would you suggest?...

As a general guideline students should not have computer specifications less than a Pentium III CPU, Windows 2000 or XP, and 512 MB RAM or MAC G4 or G5 processor, Mac OS X, and 512 MB RAM.

Internet Connection

56K or faster Internet connection is required for online courses, however broadband is strongly encouraged.

Browser

Courses offered online are best viewed using

Microsoft Internet Explorer v5.5/6.0 (PC)

Safari 2.0 (MAC)

Firefox.

Software:

Adobe Acrobat (full version)

Microsoft Office (including MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, and MS Outlook)

Norton Antivirus

Digital Design Diploma, Graphic Design BS, Graphic Design AS

programs that will be used:

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Flash

Adobe Dreamweaver

Graphic design Laptop Help?security

MacBook Pro http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

Will run ALL of the apps you have listed although you won't need Norton's

New users guide to Leopard

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/macosx/

Graphic design Laptop Help?trojan