One Hell of a Tough Notebook : General Dynamics GoBook MR-1

Forget what you’ve heard about those Panasonic Toughbooks or even what Lenovo claims their Thinkpads are capable of. If you need a laptop that will take a licking and keep on processing you need to buy it from a company that also builds tanks.

General Dynamics–the company who also made tanks and aircraft engines–just launched GoBook MR-1. With about 1/4 the size of a regular laptop, it is built to military specifications : dust and rain resistant, designed for all weather conditions and can even survive 26 drops from a height of 3 feet as per military standard 810F.

Inside the MR-1’s small form factor (4.5 inches x 6.1 inches x 1.4 inches) you’ll find a 1.2 GHz Intel Core Solo U1400 processor, up to a 6 hour battery, 80GB solid state hard drive (SSD), 1 GB of RAM as well as WiFi, bluetooth and GPS. It also includes a touch screen with DynaVue technology making the display completely readable even in direct sunlight.

The GoBook MR-1 should be officially available sometime in September of this year starting around $4,500. And I assume it comes with a pretty good warranty too.

[ via Oh Gizmo ! ]

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