What's a powerful, mobile college laptop?

KrisKapri

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Nov 26, 2013
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Next year I'm going to be going to college; probably majoring in business, and I want an extremely lightweight and thin laptop that also has a ton of power put into it. There are a few things I'm pretty picky on, such as:
- Light
- Thin
- ATLEAST 1080p screen
- ATLEAST i5 Haswell Processor
- Great Sound
- HDMI
- Looks good, feels good
- Capable of playing most games, not necessarily high settings, low is fine.

I realize that's a lot to ask for, especially in my price range... which is around $1500. What I've been looking at and have basically set my mind on is a MacBook Pro 13" with Retina Display, upgraded to 8GB of RAM and 256 HDD. http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/macbook-pro
This runs for 1500.

My question is... is there anything out there that is actually better or equal to this MCP? Or is this actually a fantastic college device that will satisfy my needs? Thank you for all the help.