The rugged laptop is a strange beast that forsakes some of the portability of a normal laptop to allow the rugged system to be used in environments where a standard laptop would not be able to operate. Dell recently introduced a new rugged laptop called the E6400 and last year unveiled the rugged D630 that met many military specifications.

Today GD Itronix has announced its own rugged laptop called the GD8000. The machine can be had in a 13.3-inch version that meets military specifications and offers capacitive touch technology in the screen. The manufacturer claims that the machine can withstand 30 gallons of water blown at 40 mph without failing and well as vibrations caused by a helicopter.

The machine also sports internally sealed ports for dust resistance. Other features include DDR3 RAM, a 1.86GHz CPU, and a 9-cell battery good for up to 10 hours of use per charge. Storage for the machine is to a 120GB HDD and 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Gobi 2000 mobile broadband are offered. Pricing for the machine starts at $3,800.

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