Recommend me some laptops, please.

I’m a bit of a laptop newbie so could you help be by recommending some laptop brands or specific products.

1_What is your budget?
Around £750
2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
Anything from 13 inch to 15.
3_What screen resolution do you want?
Not bothered, around 1280*800 but more would be nice.
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portability is a plus as this is really a replacement for my desktop.
5_How much battery life do you need?
Don’t mind.
6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
TF2 (medium settings), Bioshock(low-med settings), Football Manager.
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.)
Photo Editing, Low poly molding (3dsmax), Ms Office, and the general web and music etc.
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
Around 200 GB or more
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
I’ve been looking at the Dell studio 15 and M1330, but I want to shop around a bit.
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
2 to 3 Years or so.
11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them.
If possible I would like to get a nice clean and good looking laptop but its not that important.
12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Urrrr…
13_What country do you live in?
UK
I pretty much want a good all round laptop.

+1 vote for XPS M1530.