Reply to Buying a new laptop for DJing/Production, looking for suggestions.

Waddup DJranking s? I'm looking to buy a new higher end laptop for production(with Ableton Live) and DJing. Right now I've got an Acer Aspire (i3 duo core 2.26, 4GB DDR3) which i'm pretty happy with but i've come across some money so I believe it's time to upgrade. Looking in the range of $1000 but could go up to $1500 if I find something perfect that'll last. I'm sort of out of the loop so I don't really know where to start looking and what companies to go for/avoid. Any suggestions? Oh ya....no macbooks! Allthough they're beautiful machines they're overpriced for what you get. Thanks!