CJ, I got the SONY VAIO T-350 P about a month ago. It's got a 10.6 XBrite display, it weighs 3 pounds, and it's almost small enough to fit in my pocket. Windows XP, wireless, 512 MB, all the goodies. DVD-R double layer drive too.
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...puters_TSeries
I paid about $1900 through a company called California Computer.
All the chicks at Starbucks sweat me cause my laptop is sleek and stylish.
This would carry you well into college. Think of all the conversations with coeds that would be already started for you by the VAIO. I hope you don't end up at an all boys school. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Good luck makin' your pick, dude.
JV