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Solved! Is this laptop out there? 15" med. gaming that doesn't overheat

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Looking to spend ~$1100 on a 15” portable system that meets the following criteria:

- i5 proc with a minimum of a 330 or 5650 card. Resolution at least 1440.
- Primary use is to play some first person shooter games and do some video editing
- Hard Drive at least 320GB
- Blu Ray (will be hooking to an external monitor only to watch movies)
- Above average integrated webcam, don’t care if it is 1.3 or 2.0 as long as it has a quality pic.
- Battery life >3hrs. Do NOT want a hot machine as it will primarily be on my lap
- In the USA, don’t mind ordering it online.
 
Nice ones, but they run too hot, especially the MSI...it didn't have a BluRay either. The Y560 was attractive but it's resolution was only 1366.

It's a tough find. Anyone else have any suggestions?
 
Does anyone know anything about the new Sony VPCEB series...quality of the 1900 display, battery life, webcam, etc??