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[Pcpro]Dell playing rough with new toughbook

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LOL!

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Dell has announced the launch of its first ruggedised laptop, bringing it into competition with market specialist Panasonic.
Dell claims the fully rugged Latitude E6400 XFR is encased in a "ballistic armour" twice the strength of magnesium alloy, which offers the highest drop specification of any machine in its class at 1.2 metres.

It's also able to handle extreme temperatures between -33.88 degrees Celsius and 63 degrees Celsius, and capable of withstanding rain and wind gusts of up 70 miles per hour.

Dell claims the laptop has been tested to meet 13 military standards, which is handy considering that's the market it's aimed at.

Dell is also hoping to sell the E6400 XFR to first responders in emergency situations, and those who work in harsh environments such as oil and gas workers.

The XFR features an Intel Core 2 Duo, 14.1in screen and weighs in at 3.87Kg. It supports up to 8GB of RAM and users can select either a 120GB HDD or 128GB of SSD storage. It runs Windows Vista and has built in support for Wi-Fi, 3G and GPS. What's more, it's scratch resistant - so you won't have to worry about it not looking good after too much use.

The machine starts at £2,679.


Sauce: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/249289/d...toughbook.html
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But the real question is if I get dropped into a volcano, can I still check my email?
I expect this would be very useful to mountain researchers and soldiers in the field.
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But the real question is if I get dropped into a volcano, can I still check my email?
yes
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Is it just me or does this look like the laptops used by Jack Bauer and the field teams in 24?
It does kinda lol. It says in the article that it will be used by the military.
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yes
Ok well then I am in.
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Mmmm. Do want and need. Those of us who work "in the field" need competetive offerings with more durability.
Since when was Dell a part of the Trackpoint patent?
This would have been nice when I was overseas......deployed...
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Originally Posted by Ecchi-BANZAII!!! View Post
Since when was Dell a part of the Trackpoint patent?
They have used them on every model Latitude I have seen for the last 5-7 years.

Very nice notebook's, it would be nice if the posted maybe some pics of testing, like running it over, or shooting it.
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Wow, that site is just now reporting this? This was on Digg over a year ago. I would love to see someone actually carrying that beast around.
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They have used them on every model Latitude I have seen for the last 5-7 years.

Very nice notebook's, it would be nice if the posted maybe some pics of testing, like running it over, or shooting it.

That would be nice.

then they can use that super USB stick that past those tests
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For us that like specs.



http://www.dell.com/content/products...en&s=bsd&cs=04


900 bucks for 8 gbs of ram...thats nuts
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the most important question is: but will it play Crysis after being exposed to an EMP?
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