Finally caving---need a new laptop---suggestions, please? (PC)

Some of you may have answered some of my other questions…while my laptop was on its last stretch. I realized that I now need a new one as I am working on a borrowed one right now and I have all my files on the old one…backed up, don’t worry.

I would like to get another PC…I am looking for portability (not heavy) as I travel with it, reliability (I use it a lot for my work), plenty of storage/memory (as I have scads and scads of photos/artwork), a laptop that would be good for graphic work and a good sound system. I am leaning toward a Toshiba Satellite or a Lenovo Thinkpad. Money is an object. So, it has to be mid-range. I don’t use a desktop, this is it for me…so that has to be a consideration as well. It’s got to be durable.

Please send your suggestions…and if not for a laptop, then the programs/specs that I should look for to get what I need in a new laptop. Remember…I am not so computer-literate.

Thanks for the help….!