Compared to their desktop counterparts, laptop computers have typically come up short with the level of internal storage capacity. That’s about to change with the arrival of the Asus M70, the first notebook to come with a full terabyte of storage right of the box. In order to reach this major milestone, Asus outfitted the M70 with two 500GB Hitachi Travelstar hard drives. Yes, it’s not a single drive with a terabyte, but it’s the next best thing.

Now, you wouldn’t expect Asus to create the world’s first laptop with a full terabyte of memory and then equip it with a series of sub-par parts, right? Asus keeps the good stuff going with a large 17-inch WUXGA display, four (!) Altec Lansing speakers, HDMI output, and Blu-ray support, making the M70 a great entertainment-minded computer. This also means that it would be great for presentations and other business applications.

Rounding out the specs are a biometric fingerprint reader, Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Windows Vista, integrated webcam with facial recognition, and up to 4GB of RAM. There’s no indication regarding pricing or availability, but I’d imagine that the Asus M70 will fetch quite the pretty penny when it hit shelves.