So this fall I'll be starting college and I wanted some advice on what laptop would be best for me. I will need it to last four years and it doesn't matter what brand, processor, OS, or anything my college supports it all. Personally, I would like to stay away from Macs, but it's whatever here is my requirement/wish list.

Budget: Around $1000
Processor Speed: Pretty fast, nothing less than i5 or an equivalent, 2.3 GHz and up
Screen Size: nothing really big, since I would like portability so anything from 13.3 to about 15/16
Battery Life: 4 hours and over would be great
RAM: 6 or over
Hard Drive: 500GB and over
*Webcam
*Backlit keyboard would be cool, but not necessary
*Something that's thin and light since I'll be taking it to and from classes
I was actually looking at a custom Sony VAIO, I'll post the specs underneath and you can check it out and tell me what you think. Thanks in advance!

Intel® Core™ i5 2520M processor (2.50GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 3.20GHz
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Black
13.3" VAIO Display with LED backlight (1366 x 768)
AMD Radeon™ 6470M GPU (512MB VRAM) hybrid graphics with Intel® Wireless Display technology
500GB Hard Drive (7200rpm)
4GB (4GBx1) DDR3-SDRAM-1333
CD/DVD Player / Burner
Standard capacity battery

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