Good gaming laptop for under $1500 but preferably around the $1000 range?

A mac of some sort if you want a laptop. A macbook or a macbook pro would be the best for you. Id go with a desktop if you can though. I am building one now for video editing and im only spending about 400 for it. Its got quad core 3.2ghZ, 4gb of ram, and integrated graphics cards are fine. The only reason not to get one is if you need some really high end stuff.