Help with choosing a gaming laptop?

So basically, I'm not looking for a laptop that will be able to play the newest games on max settings, I'm going to use it for casual gaming and graphic design work. I want to at least be able to play GTA IV with higher settings. My budget is about $1500. Here's the specs im looking for:

2.4 Ghz quad core processor

8-12 gb ram

2 gb dedicated memory

500gb - 1tb hard drive

I've been researching but I'm so confused. I was looking at asus, hp, and lenovo. I love the asus specs for their price, but the customer support for asus is horrendous and I never want to deal with them.I also heard they have issues with flexing keyboards and driver problems. lenovo's a good company but their specs are lower and are missing something I want like optical drive, 4 cores, or a numeric keypad. HPs, people dont seem advise against for gaming, because they overheat and arent well designed for it.

Does anyone have any recommendations? Btw, im looking to buy one in about 2 months, so if you know of something new coming out with those specs, I can wait for it.