Looking for a new laptop preferably close to 1599

1_What is your budget?

<1600 maybe 1650

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

14-17 inch

3_What screen resolution do you want?

1440x900 or higher

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

A portable laptop that is powerful enough to be used as a desktop replacement

5_How much battery life do you need?

>2 hours

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)?

Crysis on medium BF:BC2 on high settings (maybe medium) call of pripyat and some old games like age of empires 2 and 3. Mostly light to medium gaming

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)

Watching movies surfing the internet heavely and playing games

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?

Anything over 320gb is overkill to me honestly as I rarely exceed 50-60gb basicly i will take the lowest hdd capacity

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?

2-3 years i will use this in college

11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

At least a dvd-rw but a blu ray player would be nice but not a necessity.

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 like hp and asus a lot. I hate apple more than anything in this world, but am considering a macbook pro 15 i5 for $1550 slightly used. (i dont hate there products just the people they tend to attract  

13_What country do you live in?

USA

14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.

I am considering the macbook pro 15 i5
core i5 at 2.4ghz
320gb hardrive
4gb ram
256mb vram
1440x900 display or 1680x1050
9 hour battery

and the hp envy 17
core i7 at 1.6ghz
8gb ram
1gb 5850
1920x1080
2.5 hour battery (6 cell) with a extra (9 cell) battery free

I need a new laptop because my asus g73-a2 died on me and i got a refound