Video Editing Laptop

Hey guys looking to purchase a laptop for video production, gaming, and general college laptop use. Thanks!

1. What is your budget?
$2000-3000

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
17in

3. What screen resolution do you want?
1080p / Full HD

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable, college laptop

5. How much battery life do you need?
2-4 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)?
World of Warcraft, High
Skyrim, High

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Video Editing and Production using the Adobe CS5.5 Suite
Web Design through Dreamweaver

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
1-1.5 tb

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Micro Center, microcenter.com
New Egg, newegg.com
Doesn't really matter, I'll do TigerDirect, whatever works.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
At least all 4 years of college

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
BluRay RW would be nice

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'm open to anything

13. What country do you live in?
USA

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Would like to use external storage as well, possibly eSATA.
Would possibly use an extra monitor in the dorm room.

Thanks so Much!