Typical price: £1,599
What is it: Multimedia laptop with 17-inch screen and 1TB of storage
What we think: The perfect companion for film buffs and file hoarders
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 7 April 2008
Tags: Asus, Asus M70, CPU, PCs, USB ports
We like:
Vast 1TB of storage; good performance; decent design
We don't like:
Ships with an HD DVD drive. Why?
You might also need:
External HD display
CNET UK judgement:
The M70 proves that laptops needn't be the poor relations of desktop PCs, particularly where storage is concerned. It's a well-designed, well-equipped system that will really appeal to those with large file collections
Full review:
Vying for superiority in the crowded desktop-replacement arena is the new Asus M70 -- the first laptop in the world to come with an optional 1TB of data storage. Yes, that's one terabyte, as in 1,000GB -- the equivalent of nearly 220 DVDs. It also uses some other very interesting components -- a 'Penryn'-edition Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB of RAM, and one of the new ATI HD3650 graphics cards. Continue Reading...
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