Asus is created a bit of a stir at the moment with punting out small laptop after smaller laptop, but is set to return to something more substantial with a notebook that can store over 350 movies (long plane flights need never be boring again!)

The M70 sounds more like a weapon, but has enough storage that you need never think about buying an external hard drive ever again. Also, it comes with a Blu-ray player and 17-inch HD screen which, according to Asus, responds to ambient lighting to deliver "the best possible experience" and avoid eye strain.

As for the graphics, the lappie comes with a Widescreen Ultra eXtended Graphics Array has an enhanced Full-HD definition of 2.3 million pixels at 1,920 x 1,200 resolution. Sound-wise there is no let up - the device comes with four built-in Altec Lansing speakers and a subwoofer, and a dual-mode multimedia interface touchpad doubles as the tracker pad.

Making sure that all this power is properly delivered, the notebook has 4GB of memory and an Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 at 2.5GHz.

And just to make sure that you are fully aware of its multimedia capabilities, Asus is throwing in a Blu-ray copy of Batman Begins. And if you get bored of that, there is in in-built TV tuner.

Apparently, the unit will set you back £1600, but you can get your mitts on one for free with a competition at its askasus website.