Having trouble picking a lappy for college...

Hey guys, long time no type, having a bit of trouble picking a lappy thats decent for college and can last me for three years.

1. Budget: $600 to $750/800 USD (If 800 it has to have everything that would want)

2. A big plus if it has discrete graphics preferably nvidia as I already have and AMD/AMD system at home I want to try something different

3. The graphics will not be primarily used for gaming although I will; I want it for photoshop/ editing videos in sony movie studio HD platinum/vegas

4. It should have the new 22nm ivies as I heard the thermals are quite good and it has the 4000 IGP

5. Decent display? not really 1080P or 900P but more so decent color reproduction.

6. Are the quad ivies even worth it more than the sandy? or the dual core ivies?or should I say 2nd gen i5 and i7 versus 3rd gen i5 and i7

Here are some laps I had in mind;

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0388092

http://www.bjs.com/store/asus-r500vd-bs71-15-6-laptop-with-3rd-gen-intel-core-i7-3610qm-processor-with-turbo-boost-2-0-8gb-ddr3-500gb-hdd.147774869-.html

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230133

Does anyone know any websites that give college discounts; I know the major ones like newegg, dell, hp and the like but more "niche" sites?

If anyone can help...thank you!

$829.99 - Acer Aspire V3-771G-9875 Intel Core i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz) 17.3" 1600x900 screen nVidia GeForce GT 650M w/2GB VRAM 6GB DDR3 RAM 750GB HDDsuperclocked

Superclocked thanks for your response, the only thing I can qualm with is that lappy the display is GUARANTEED to be utter and complete ****.

Check out this review for the same laptop in the same line;http://www.anandtech.com/show/6066/acer-aspire-v3571g9435-the-value-proposition/5

the display is terrible, its the sacifice they had to make for the kepler and the ivy.

[QUOTE="superclocked"]$829.99 - Acer Aspire V3-771G-9875 Intel Core i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz) 17.3" 1600x900 screen nVidia GeForce GT 650M w/2GB VRAM 6GB DDR3 RAM 750GB HDDsamuraiguns

Superclocked thanks for your response, the only thing I can qualm with is that lappy the display is GUARANTEED to be utter and complete ****.

Check out this review for the same laptop in the same line;http://www.anandtech.com/show/6066/acer-aspire-v3571g9435-the-value-proposition/5

the display is terrible, its the sacifice they had to make for the kepler and the ivy.

[QUOTE="samuraiguns"]

[QUOTE="superclocked"]$829.99 - Acer Aspire V3-771G-9875 Intel Core i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz) 17.3" 1600x900 screen nVidia GeForce GT 650M w/2GB VRAM 6GB DDR3 RAM 750GB HDDsuperclocked

Superclocked thanks for your response, the only thing I can qualm with is that lappy the display is GUARANTEED to be utter and complete ****.

Check out this review for the same laptop in the same line;http://www.anandtech.com/show/6066/acer-aspire-v3571g9435-the-value-proposition/5

the display is terrible, its the sacifice they had to make for the kepler and the ivy.

Yeah, me too, I might just settle for an i5 or just wait. I would get that 17 inch model but its also very big to carry around...hmmm decisions decisions. Thanks man,

[QUOTE="superclocked"][QUOTE="samuraiguns"]

Superclocked thanks for your response, the only thing I can qualm with is that lappy the display is GUARANTEED to be utter and complete ****.

Check out this review for the same laptop in the same line;http://www.anandtech.com/show/6066/acer-aspire-v3571g9435-the-value-proposition/5

the display is terrible, its the sacifice they had to make for the kepler and the ivy.

samuraiguns

Yeah, me too, I might just settle for an i5 or just wait. I would get that 17 inch model but its also very big to carry around...hmmm decisions decisions. Thanks man,

Nameless thanks very much, I shouldn't have put so much emphasis on the photoshop/video editing portion of my explanation as it is not my major, just something I am interested in. so I am not really into the tablet PC's as much, especially a core 2 duo one. But is the best hope for a decent panel DELL, HP, APPLE? I know dell is the master of american IPS panels (do they outsource I dunno, well apple does) If so then I'll just go with performance and a crappy screen cause i know I'll be paying out the wazoosamuraiguns