$1400 will get you a pretty decent laptop. I don't know what you mean by outstanding graphics. you can't get outstanding for $1400, but you can get good. Don't buy from a store. Don't get an Apple, they are way overpriced. You should probably get a Dell. Asus and Acer are usually god but hard to customize. Dell is having a great sale right now. Can you spend a little more?
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DYCWHN3&s=dhs
this starts at 1400. I think you should upgrade it a little bit. It would be 1550 the way i want it. That gets you a faster hard drive, bluetooth, a higher def screen, and a bigger battery. It has 3GB of RAM!