The tough laptop was designed according to US military specifications and is being targeted at users such as military personnel.
The Latitude E6400 XFR laptop is really tough. The laptop can withstand rain and wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour, and can work in temperatures from -20 degrees Fahrenheit (-33.88 degrees Celsius) to 145 degrees Fahrenheit (63 degrees Celsius). It can also work for an hour at an altitude of 15,000 feet.
The laptop is also designed to withstand drops of around 4 feet (48 inches) when not operating and 36 inches when operational. The LCD screen floats a little bit within the LCD cover so it can take impacts and shock.
It is Dell's first entrance into the rugged laptop space, where it will compete against companies like Lenovo and Panasonic. The world's second-largest PC maker already offers semi-rugged laptops, including the Latitude E6400 ATG laptop.
The Latitude E6400 XFR is powered by Intel's Core 2 Duo processor. It has a 14.1-inch screen and weighs 8.5 pounds (3.87 kilograms) with a six-cell battery and a solid-state storage drive. It comes with a graphics card, supports up to 8GB of RAM and up to 120GB of storage on a hard drive or 128GB of SSD storage. It runs Windows Vista and has Wi-Fi, 3G mobile broadband and GPS antennas.
The laptop will be available starting March 10 (today) in US, Canada, France, Spain, UK, Germany and Italy. The cost will be around US$4,299.
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