Latitude XFR D630: A Laptop for Harsh Environments

Today, customers in the United States who are in need of a rugged laptop can order the Latitude XFR D630. It builds on the Latitude ATG D620 by offering new laptop technology in a chassis that's more rugged than ever before. It meets the Department of Defense's rigid MIL-STD 810F specifications that are aimed at products that are used in extreme temperatures, mositure, altitudes, etc.

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In designing the product, Dell worked to bring perfomance and durability together. Compared to many other competitive products that use older technology, the XFR stands out in terms of overall performance. It also joins the Dell Precision M4300 mobile workstations as one of our first systems that support the new generation of solid state hard drives. For those customers that opt for a traditional hard drive, the XFR D630 features shock-isolated mounting to help protect the hard drive, LCD and core electronic components.

So what makes it a rugged laptop? A sealed keyboard protects it from driving rain and dust; port covers protect external ports from the elements. it also features a display with a brightness of 500 nits—which makes it suitable for outdoor viewing. 

Also worth noting that we support integrated resistive touchscreen technology as an option for an extra $500 on the Latitude XFR D630. Brett McAnally from the commercial product notebook team takes you through some of the details of the system, explains the kinds of customers who we designed it for, and discusses what distinguishes this prouct from others in this field.

Pricing starts at $3,899. See www.dell.com/xfr for more info on this product.

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jervis961 said:

Looks like it makes a nice secondary weapon too.  I'd hate to get smacked with that thing.  :)

Very nice looking for what it is.  I guess since the touchscreen is only a $500 upgrade it kind of eliminates that for being the reason the Lattitude XT is so expensive.

jervis961 said:

OOPS!  I just noticed it isn't the same touchsreen technology as the XT.

Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger said:

jervis961: You're right... it's not the same capacitive touch technology that we feature on the Latitude XT.

I saw you corrected yourself before I could comment.I figured it would get confusing—that's why I bolded the word resistive. Still, I was afraid it wouldn't be enough. 

ethana2 said:

That much closer to the Ultimate Laptop ^_^

..just needs a waterproof webcam and mic, 8 or 16 GB SSD (why pay for capacity you don't use at those rates?)  Extra battery instead of an optical drive bay (external blu-ray/dvd/CD-burner drive)  shipped with no OS preinstalled or Ubuntu Hardy..

...OLED screen, stylus included, solar panels over the top third of the back of the screen, vertical finned aluminium heat sink up the bottom two thirds of the screen with a heat exchanging copper screen pivot of some kind...

...I think that's it...  I would consider that laptop nearly perfect.  Expensive certainly, but technically feasible.  ...has anyone made a laptop with 12 hour battery life yet?

IonOne said:

Does the XFR D630 had a fanless design ?

 

 

Ashe said:

Can you upgrade the vid card to an 8800m GTX....just wondering since we can't get an answer on the 1730 side???

Dan D. said:

Looks great but it takes forever to ship!!! I ordered mine in early March and the shipping date isn't until May 8.  If you need it quickly then avoid the XFR.  Sad but I even called and emailed to try to speed things up for use to evaluate for a large DoD project but no change in date. 

Dan

Bruno said:

Will it be available in Canada?

whatup said:

best computer ever

doc said:

Is anyone actually using one?  I, like Dan, have a ship date of late May.  Does it really take that long to build one of these things?  6g's should get you some kind of priority build status!

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