14 DAY TRIAL // Mobile computing systems are generally designed to withstand shocks, drops and such like, since being mobile comes at the price of safety. Usually, most mobile computing solutions vendors and manufacturers are integrating some sort of additional safety measures for the line of machines that are designed for extreme operating conditions like excessive heat or cold, mechanical vibrations, shocks and so on.
While most companies produce their own more or less rugged laptops and notebooks, there is a company that specializes in that particular field. Augmentix Corporation works in developing rugged computing solutions for demanding environments and it announced its latest product, the Augmentix XTG 630, that offers Intel and DirectVue technologies, coupled with a "military-standard, mission-critical mobile computing system based on the award-winning Dell Latitude mobile platform", according to the company's press release. "The Augmentix XTG630 redefines what customers can expect from fully-rugged computing systems, "said Stephan Godevais, President and Chief Executive Officer of Augmentix. "By leveraging Dell's award-winning Latitude systems and applying Augmentix rugged engineering expertise, the XTG630 delivers measurable benefits to our customers including a common Dell IT architecture, superior quality and reliability, and next-generation performance in a highly-secure and fully-rugged computing system," Godevais said.
The new XTG laptop comes equipped with the newest Intel mobile processors and a 14.1 inch widescreen LCD display with DirectVue technology, together with security features. Among the chief features of the new XTG there is the Augmentix Armored Protection System (APS for short) which includes a dense magnesium exoskeleton, over-mold protection system the QuadCool thermal management system. As the XTG is based on the Dell platform, customers already familiar with the Dell systems will have no trouble adjusting to the new laptop as it features the Dell Latitude D630 and ATG630 software image. The XTG comes with Intel's Core 2 Duo processors that reach up to 2.4GHz in speed and use an 800MHz frontside bus and 4MB of cache memory. The GMA X3100 graphics chipset offers superior performance at a lower energy cost.
The 14.1 inch LCD screen with DirectVue improve readability in direct sunlight conditions as it can reduce glare and reflectivity while increasing contrast. Security options were taken very seriously when designing the XTG laptop as the machine includes smart card reader, biometrics fingerprint reader and multi-level password, while an integrated microcontroller provides hardware level cryptographic functionality. Pricing ranges from $3,200 to $3,500, depending on configuration, while customer support is online 24/7 making depot or onsite repairs.