Dell Latitude XFR D630: “Ruggedness” At Its Best
What’s quoted above in the title has been done with the new Dell’s Latitude XFR D630 which is designed to be operable in extreme conditions, this tough chassis ‘toughbook’, qualifies US defense departments’ MIL-STD-810F standard, proving the products’ sufficient ruggedness to survive in extremes.
This rugged notebook can survive in such harsh conditions as altitude, humidity and temperature and any other natural extreme that could happen. Arrangement for shock preventing mounting has been made to protect the LCD, hard drive etc. The sealed keyboard prevents water and dust from getting in and rubber-made covers protect the external ports from the elements. Thanks to the brightness of 500 nits that enables a user to continue with his/her work even in direct sunlight on the 14.1-inch display.
Brett McAnally, director of the Dell Product Group said:
The Latitude XFR D630 represents a tectonic shift toward simplicity in the ruggedized laptop space.
He further added:
We are taking a multidimensional approach that focuses on simplified deployment, service and durability without sacrificing performance. Major competitors focus their efforts on ‘rugged’ only.
The notebook’s standard configuration include a 2GHz Core 2 Duo processor, a 512 MB RAM, an 80 GB hard drive and a DVD/CD-RW combo drive and Windows XP, and could be customized to have a 2.2GHz processor, 32GB and 64GB solid state drives (which makes this notebook more durable in terms of data), a DVD burner and a resistive touchscreen. Via the ExpressCharge technology, this notebook has an edge over others that it’s batteries gets charged to full approximately 30 minutes earlier. Also included in the laptop are 802.11n WiFi support, GPS and a thermal management system for the RAM and processor.
The notebook has the starting price of $3899 and goes on depending on configuration. Will be offered in two colors: Black and Desert Tan. Measuring 2.6 X 13.9 X 10.2 inches and weighing about 4 Kg (or 8.81 lbs) .
According to Michael Dell:
Since these products are built to take a beating, they do, with all too predictably painful results. How do users, often in remote locations with service techs nowhere in sight, return broken systems for maintenance as many vendors demand? Quite simply, at high cost, That is a fundamental issue Dell aims to correct with the new Latitude XFR D630. Delivering laptops that can and do go wherever employees must, no matter what the demands, could also help Dell’s Latitude XFR D630 become a veritable Humvee of laptops, making it synonymous with environmentally extreme computing.
In my opinion, this tough-guy could be considered as the ‘terminator’ equivalent of notebooks, because I don’t see as much rugged a notebook as this one is. Also, performance wise it is 23% better than Panasonic’s CF-30. It will be true to say that durability and performance are combined into one.
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August 4, 2008 at 6:31 am
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