Extreme laptop needed, no clue where to start!

there's really no budget, money isn't a problem for me at the moment!

i'm thinking something around the 17in (if that's what your asking!)

anything that'll make movies and games look as good as possible

battery life will be anything between 5-15 hours, (longer if it can be!) and at least a few days on standby ( you know, with it being on but not used)

THIS WILL NOT REPLACE A DESKTOP. (probably didn't need to be capps'd)

GAMES I WILL BE PLAYING:
counter strike source
dead space
battlefield 1942
left for dead
FEAR 2

i'll be doing flash animations, creating little flash clips ( just funny stupid stuff)
and creating flash games, using adobe flash cs4
also be photo editing ( just basics, to copy and paste into cs4)
will be watching movies, music and online flash games


storage will be anything from 300gb to at least 500gb, if i can go higher, then so be it.

Mostly from newegg.com, thats the only site i know of to buy parts from!

i'd like to keep it as long as i can,

basically, i'd be using this laptop for when im sitting at my couch and to lazy to get up,
traveling,.. at other people's houses, at work, and anywhere else i can't take a pc

don't really have any brand preferences, or dislike any, ( i have no clue as to who makes what or who makes the best parts)

CANADA(woo hoo)

ordering online, being shipped from the states isn't a prob either, just to let you know.

5 hour battery life and powerful, 17 inch gaming notebook really don't go together. I'd be surprised if you could find something to fit those criteria.

cmon any ideas at alll?!
someone anyone help!!

hmm, interesting, im liking the hp HDX 18t premium, it looks nice, and from what i know about this stuff, but when i click on specs, it says i can choose my own parts for it, and this is where i am a dunce,
third, if you could, take alook over the parts, and tell me which is better, then i'd be extremely extremely grateful!!
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/ [...] 18t_series

and alienware, i've hheard of it, if you think it would be better for me, i have no prob shelling out 3k's !

^not necessarily true. Gateway's FX P-7805 has decent hardware (P8400 @2.24 and an 9800M GTS) for under $1500. Sager has a similar system with a blu-ray drive for just a little more and you can get that system with a 9800M GTX for around or just over 2K.

oh cool, well, the highest i could go up to with the alienware would be 5k, maybe 5 1/2, i'll check those out,
and i'll do more research into the HDX 18t, but really im leaning more to the alienware actually, i'll keep you posted!

that's interesting lost, is there a site i could look into that more?(both those laptops?)

Sager:
#1 http://www.sagernotebook.com/produ [...] =customize
#2 http://www.sagernotebook.com/produ [...] =customize

Gateway:
http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668231.php