What laptop do you recommend for a new college student?

I am going to college this fall (leaving in 1 week!) and I will be buying a new laptop for college. What laptop is best? I am particularly looking for one with a lot of memory, good wireless internet and (hopefully) less than $1,000.

The $1,000 price range is flexible but not by much.

Any help/comparisons between laptops you can recommend will be helpful.

Acer Aspire AS5736Z-4826 Notebook Intel Pentium T4500(2.30GHz) 15.6" 2GB Memory 250GB HDD

Acer Aspire 5741G Laptop, Core i3-330M 2.13GHz, 3GB RAM, 320GB HDD, 15.6" WXGA, Blu-Ray, ATI HD5470, Webcam, Windows 7 Home Premium