I would say you go for Asus U46SV-DH51 ...14" HD (1366 x 768) LED, Core i5-2430M processor (2.2GHz), 8GB DDR3 SDRAM, 750GB 5400RPM HDD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 520M 1GB GDDR3 VRAM, Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) ....9.6 x 13.1 x 1 inches and 8 pounds...the best thing is, it costs only around $900...half of your budget ...if you wanna know more abt mobility laptops you can check out the link in my signature down below..cheers!