I can say that, if you can, avoid Intel ATOM stuff at all costs. It's simply too underpowered.

Any other processor will be better than that one. But then again I'm not sure if there are any other in "netbooks".

as Pontos said, netbook are cheap but underpowered (eee, aspire one, ...)
maybe you should look more about a subnotebook, like a Toshiba Satellite T130, Thinkpad Edge or Packard Bell Butterfly.
while they arent as powerful as fullsized laptop, they should be enough for image editing, and some model have up to 4Gb ram which should be plenty enough, and their prices are only a bit more than netbooks, they are a bit bigger though.

one very important point point is, reflective display are a pain in the ass when using them outdoor, so if you intend to use it that way you should look for a model with mate (anti-glare) display.

Thank you very much - i'll include subnotebooks in my searches, then ^^ And thanks for the tip about the screen =)

Gateway made one for a while with an AMD dual core and ATI HD3200 graphics. Was still a net book and was only about $400 at Best Buy. My local Best Buy hasn't had it in stock recently, but you may check online. Was the only netbook I saw with an AMD chipset, let alone dual core 64bit. It also was able to support 4gb RAM. It ran as good as my full size laptop (same Graphic, just only had 2gb ram installed and a bit slower AMD) I believe it had a 10.5 inch screen. Worth checking into at lest. I wanted to buy one, but they havent had them in stock lately, so I may end up trying to order one.

I'll keep an eye out for this, too - ta ^^

Definitely, cause it was quick for a netbook. ^.^

I'll definitely keep this in mind then - is the same true of all Intel's processors or do they just suck and miniaturizing them? =P

No, Intel CPUs are fine, they just went overboard with the ATOM stuff >_<

Keep in mind these things are called Netbooks, so they were intended mainly to surf the web, not a game or photoshop :P

True dat xD

If I had some idea of price range, that would be a great help.

I know that for their price, generally hovering right around the $1,000 (cheap for a laptop), ASUS laptops are VERY powerful machines...

Probably somewhere around the $400 mark - I don't want to be spending too much, but if you can find a great deal for more than that, I might try and save up for it =P

Sorry Mordenheim, but a thousand ANYTHING doesn't sound cheap from where I'm sat (the UK). :-P

Anyway, for picture editing you're going to want a middle-speed CPU and plenty of RAM. A half-decent graphics card/chip's not a bad idea too.
Avoid Intel GMA graphics chips, if you can find a UMPC (slightly bigger than a netbook) powered by an AMD processor you'll be doing well.