CyberDemon - that’s crazy hot. I have also had several-hour gaming sessions with my home MBP and the fans are fine (full blast). Never seen temps, but pretty sure they are not that high.
Also, Windows 8.1 has HD resolution support.
@NURB - the Cobbler’s kid has $3500 for shoes. He can afford some nice ones. =)
Unless someone is a professional renderer and not a designer, I don’t know why they wouldn’t want a laptop these days. To each his own!