Dell's Rugged New Netbooks

Anonymous Anonymous

#1 – 12:14 PM May 19, 2009

I had a snake with a ventless bottom, but it exploded.

Dillenger69

#2 – 2:59 PM May 19, 2009

Not bad, but you can get a similarly rugged design from HP with a 32gig SSD. I just picked one up with a 2 year accidental damage replacement plan for $600.

O_M

#3 – 3:08 PM May 19, 2009

...Someone at Dell is apparently about to be fired, because they're doing their job right in designing a netbook that looks like it won't break when you open the lid one too many times and/or fart next to it.

adralien

#4 – 4:13 PM May 19, 2009

After following the link and finally finding a picture of the front of the thing, I think this requires le mot juste:

"giant bezel is giant"

monstrinho_do_biscoito

#5 – 5:06 AM May 20, 2009

mmmm. astroturf on a laptop

dculberson

#6 – 6:31 AM May 20, 2009

Monstrinho, I kept looking over the comments thinking, "hmm! I don't see any astroturfing!" ... then I glanced back at the picture. Ha!

hohum

#7 – 6:50 AM May 20, 2009

The outer green part looks to be made of corrugated cardboard?!

Is anyone planning to make a netbook with an outdoor capable display like the OLPC any time soon? I really want something I can take to the park and write on, but the rubber keyboard and the overall fugly of the OLPC makes me very hesitant…

JJ

#8 – 4:27 PM June 8, 2009

Hantarg will be promoting rugged netbooks in one month, we're planning to sell online less than $399.00 with XP OS, spill-resistant keyboard, 1GB RAM, 160GB SATA HDD with shock mount anti-vibration protection, Magnesium Alloy for 3ft drop protection plus one year factory warranty. We'll call this "Obama" model plus another model has less featured w/o spill-proof KB & shock mount HDD, we called "Mate" at $349.00 includes XP OS pre-installed. Thanks