Asus M70 review

What you need to know

Reviewed by: Rory Reid

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...