Well Samsung is a decent brand. Nice looking laptops, average build quality. If you MUST buy I Samsung and it's for university use. I'd look into the Q320. Decent processor, good battery life, discrete graphics, and most of all, small and light
Plus it looks decent and the specs will be more than enough for most things (Gaming, video processing, etc, not included...)
http://www.trustedreviews.co m/lapt...-4in-Laptop/p1
And I think it looks pretty cool too
Future Shop has the model for $1299. Which is a decent price for what your getting, I guess, but there are better deals out there.
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=FR
Samsung has been making laptops for years now, they just never arrived "officially" in the Canadian market. You could find them at some importers.