Need suggestion for new laptop

1. What is your budget? No more than $700

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? between 13" to 15.6" (preferably 14" ).

3. What screen resolution do you want? HD screen greater than 1366

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable

5. How much battery life do you need? at least 5 hours

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? No games

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) Photos, movies, word processing, virtual machines, photoshop, Video editing, MS office, MS visual studios

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? at least 250 GB

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Any website in the USA
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 5 years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? DVD-RW

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons. Any reliable brand

13. What country do you live in?
USA (New York)
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I travel a lot so the laptop must be durable and reliable. Also, it can not be too heavy or bulky. I will be using it mainly for virtual machines, Visual Studios, Photo shop, Adobe Premiere and MS Office. It must have close to 5 hours of battery performance or better.