Looking to buy a laptop

1_What is your budget? $1000-1500 aus

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15" +

3_What screen resolution do you want? no exactly sure

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? im going to be using it for uni, it will be my full time computer since i can't take my desktop

5_How much battery life do you need? enough to last at least half a day anymore is a bonus

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)? maybe the odd CSS, COD2, COD4 (medium-high graphics)

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.) Video editing, movies, email, surfing web, torrenting

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need? at least 320 but the bigger the better, id be using external hdds once the onboard one is full

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
I was looking at www.Umart.com.au, only becuase its close to pickup from

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop? 3-5 years

11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them.
I would be running xp prof

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.i don't know much about laptops but id like to stay away from HP and mac
Reasons- Hp I've heard a lot of bad things about them like overheating , there desktops are overpriced and crappy quality
Mac, can't stand the mac interface


13_What country do you live in? Australia

Any suggestions will be great, thanks