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This ruggedised Getac P470 provides a good set of features, including a passive touchscreen and optional 3G connectivity. However, you may need to invest in an upgrade or two to get the battery life you require GPS.

When it comes to rugged laptops, Getac has some of the toughest of them all in its inventory. The P470 meets a range of standards for rugged laptops, and is most definitely capable of perfoming in the field as well as in the office GPS.

Design

Built into a tough magnesium alloy casing, the P470 is styled on the outside in slate-grey and black, with some eye-catching design indents on the lid section. An extremely robust carrying handle is built into the front of the system. This locks into a position fairly snug to the laptop’s edge when not in use.

A hinge keeps upper and lower sections of the laptop together, although the clasp on our review sample was not quite as solid as we’d like. There are various status lights on the front edge of the laptop that are visible when the lid is closed.

Features

The Getac P470 is built around an Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 processor running at 2.16GHz. This has 4MB of Level 2 cache and a 667MHz frontside bus (FSB). Our review sample had 1GB of DDR2 RAM, which is upgradeable to a maximum of 2GB. The graphics controller, which can dynamically utilise up to 128MB of system RAM, GPS is integrated in the Intel 945GM chipset, although an optional configuration uses the 945PM chipset and discrete ATI M62 graphics with up to 256MB of dedicated video memory.

The P470 comes with Windows XP Professional preinstalled rather than Windows Vista, and there’s no Vista option available at the time of writing. Microsoft Office Basic is also apparently included, although this was not installed on our review sample.

An optional extra, included on our review sample, is a GPS receiver. This is accompanied by a location viewer displaying your latitude and longitude, and — if you’re on the move — your speed, direction and altitude.

Tags: clasp, frontside bus, GPS Device, gps receiver, graphics controller, grey and black, hinge, intel 945gm chipset, latitude and longitude, magnesium alloy, microsoft office, optional configuration, rugged laptops, system ram, touchscreen, video memory

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Posted on September 16th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: GPS Device