Anodized aluminum doesn't fit in to the quote. It's more expensive than ordinary aluminum but not as expensive as titanium. It's stronger than ordinary aluminum and similar in durability to steel. It is not as light as ordinary aluminum because the cookware tends to be thicker than aluminum pots.
In short it middling of all three adjectives. I use it and love it. It cleans out really well. My 8" fry pan is non-stick as well but it's only big enough for 1 or 2 pan fish. (2 sets of GSI cooksets and 1 GSI fry pan)
The annodizing process itself is not adding significant thickness to the aluminum (~.005" thick at the most). As for strength, the anno will only increase scratch resistance, and the weight gain will will not be measurable. The only reason an annodized pan would be stronger/thicker/heavier is because it was built that way, the annodizing would have no effect.
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