Hi all, i'm looking for feedback and advice on a new laptop it will only be used for college work and ffxiv:ARR. First up budget $1000CAD not much leeway on this point. Size i'm open to suggestions i think i would prefer to go to either extreme 17" big and heavy or 15"/14" ultrabook.

Maybe those that have followed information closer than I have might know the answers to this but will ARR make use of quadcores? (and the i7 HT technology?)

Will a 635M be enough to run ffxiv at 720p (this would fit the ultrabook options i have seen)

Branding in the past i've done tech support and Acer has always been the "cheap" brand and as such components tended to have issues so i would like to avoid unless there is a really good recommendation. Other than that i'm open to suggestions if the computer is available in Canada or from the US (only if its cheap enough to outweigh import costs)

thanks in advance for any help.