Asus M70 Provides 1TB of Storage, Blu-ray

Asustek has announced the Asus M70 entertainment notebook, featuring a 17-inch display, up to 1TB of storage space, and Blu-ray support.

The M70 is based on Intel’s Centrino technology and comes with 65-nanometer Core 2 Duo T7500 and T7700 processors or 45nm T8100, T8300, and T9300 CPUs. The laptop includes the ATI Mobility Radeon HD3650 1GB video card (model M70SA) or Radeon HD3470 with 256MB VRAM (model M70SR), and up to 4GB of main memory. This notebook supports dual hard drives, providing 2×500GB of storage in the Asus M70SA model, as well as Blu-Ray optical drive option. The M70’s 17″ display has a high definition resolution of 1920-by-1200 pixels, and is accompanied by a 1.3-megapixel swivel web camera, mounted on the top of the LCD panel.

Asus Eee PC with Windows XP

The Asus Eee PC model 4G with Windows XP operating system preinstalled will be hitting the U.S. retail market in the first half of April, Laptop Magazine reports.

Asustek’s low-cost 7-inch ultraportable laptop with XP will be available at Best Buy for $399 starting April 9th, according to the report.

The Eee PC 4G with Linux OS also costs $399 at BestBuy. It includes an Intel Celeron M processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of Flash memory-based storage, and a built-in web camera.

ASUS M50 Hits U.S. Market

Asustek’s latest 15.4-inch entertainment notebook – the ASUS M50 with the Intel’s “Penryn” 45nm processor and NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS video card – is now available in the United States.

The M50 is offered as the Asus M50Sv-B1 model, featuring the Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 CPU at 2.1GHz and a HD DVD optical drive, and the M50Sv-A1 with the T9300 at 2.5GHz and a DVD burner. The both laptops come with the GeForce 9500M GS 512MB dedicated video card, which manages 15.4″ 1440-by-900 displays. There are also Dolby Home Theatre technology, Altec Lansing stereo speakers, 3GB of RAM, and a 250GB hard drive in the both models.