Welcome to the good side of Video editing. Quite aside from being on PC, Premiere is awful, awful trash.
I do a fair quantity of editing (although it's more a sideline for me..can't do enough of it to pay all the bills sadly) and I bought the 17" + Production Suite.
I think I made the right choice. My renders are longer etc etc, but the upside of portability outweighs that for me. Mind you, I do travel a lot.
What you really want is...well both! But in the situation you're in (no premises, meet clients at thier location normally) I'd go for the PB.
Remember to factor in the cost of a few external HDs and an external Keyboard, Mouse and Display to the costing - you don't want to do long-ass editing sessions on the laptop screen, trackpad and keyboard!
I also highly recommend the Shuttlepro 2 or something similar. After Effects might be worth investing in too.
I wouldn't get any ideas about burning a DVD for people on the spot though - it takes much longer than I ever expect it to.
Hope this helps
Bryson
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