$1500 Laptop

With your budget, pretty much any laptop will be in the "high performance" category. I would suggest looking at MSI, Sony, Lenovo, Sager and possibly Asus units for quality and would avoid HP (although rumoured to have improved quality), Dell and Acer.
Look at what is available through your typical vendors but look also at customizers like CyberpowerPC, XoticPC, iBuyPower and others.
You should have little to no problem finding a unit with the proper whistles and bells for your wants.

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Look for ultrabook with GT 650m.