~1000 CAD Laptop for Programming

[Confusizzled]

I'm going to go into programming in college next year and need to upgrade my laptop. My budget is around 1000 Canadian as the title says (I can go a bit over but not too much). I don't need to get it until December technically but probably aiming to get it around black Friday for better deals. I know the 8th gen intel processors are out but does anyone know how that compares to the HQ processors on gaming laptops? I don't mind if the laptop is a little heavy either but i'd like for it to have at least 256 SSD. Other than programming I would just do light gaming (overwatch probably the most intensive) and do some light room editing every now and then. 

 

 

[Heknon]

From what sites?

[Crunchy Dragon]

If you get a laptop with a Coffee Lake Core i7-8700HQ processor, it'll probably perform a little bit better than a Core i7-7700HQ or 6700HQ found on an older Kaby Lake or Skylake(respectively) laptop.