Best Laptop Brand/model out there?

Ok so right now i have the dell vostro 1500, good laptop, but getting a little old and not good enough performance for what i want.

For my laptop Basically i want it to be able to run games smoothly.
Such as LOTR conquest, and Left 4 Dead. Also, i love to create 3D animations with Autodesk 3DS max, and i would like that to run smoothly. So basically an efficient model that has good amount of memory, good hardrive space, clear display, and big screen. So if you could give me suggestions on Brands and Specific models that would be awesome, Thanks!