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Asus M70S: media machine handles HD at a high price.(REVIEWS: LAPTOPS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)

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| September 01, 2008 | Servianov, Serguei | COPYRIGHT 2008 SX2 Media Labs LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ASUS' MEDIA-CENTRIC M70S delivers top-notch performance, great HD capabilities, and a full terabyte of hard drive space--at an appropriately large price.

With its 17-inch display running at a native resolution of 1,920x1,200 (capable of showing 1080p HD video at its full resolution), the $2,399 M70S looks the part of a media machine. We were impressed with the screen's clarity and brightness, and HD Blu-ray disc playback was quick and effortless.

The rest of the M70S is just as eye-catching, except for the full-size keyboard, complete with a 10-key pad, that's on the plain side. Tapping the system's touch pad twice on its upper-fight comer will activate a blue backlight with a range of media-control buttons under it. The touch pad is a unique addition, though we found ourselves accidentally activating it many times during Web-surfing sessions.

The M70S gets a lot of mileage from its 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo T9300 processor. It scored well on our productivity and multimedia benchmark tests; more impressive is the ...

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