My maximum budget is ~$2500. I plan on using it for programming, animation, gaming, and a bit of graphic design. I have my eyes right now on a suggestion from a couple people: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232199
I have a lenovo gaming laptop with two GPUs in SLI and it's great, cost $999 when I bought it and it can play basically any game with a good framerate (no choppy lag), you should check them out and save some money instead of spending your max budget, then you can go buy a car or something..
You can purchase this laptop for you. I'd like a laptop too, I want this one. I'll PM you my shipping information when you need it.
Here are a few I found. It really depends how much power you want. I can't really justify spending over $1000 on a laptop. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...top_dedicated_graphics-_-34-232-132-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...2376&cm_re=asus_laptop-_-34-232-376-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ..._re=asus_laptop_nvidia-_-34-232-436-_-Product
