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 I would recommend a good Asus laptop.  Dell's in the Latitude line are usually good too but avoid their Inspiron lineup.
 At around a $1000 you can get an Alienware (which is owned by Dell) but they treat you like a completely different type of customer...they "LIVE" for their customer service.
 
 (Edit:  Oops I guess that is a $1000 US, not Canadian, sorry)
 
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290g Peninsula Display, 425g total volume.  Setup Jan 2013.
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