1. Preferred Brand
-not choosy, but i'm more comfortable with asus, acer, dell

2. Budget
-at most 3.3K.. cheaper is better,

3. Usage
-HD/blu ray movies able to run without lag,
-dota 2 run on highest setting, planned to play max payne 3 on decent setting..not a heavy gamer tho
-photoshop,file conversions
-heavy multitasking (chrome run on many tabs, with music playing & softwares run at same time)

4. Preferred laptop/screen size
-15" and below since im planning to extend the display to external monitor anyway

basically i'm looking for laptop that has processing power that perhaps can match a desktop..i've been using dual core amd turion laptop for past 4 years & im like blown away after borrowing my sister i5 desktop. so smooth n no hiccups when multitask.lol

thx