Gift Your Brother A Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Laptop This Xmas

Is your brother an adventure-freak? Then he deserves a laptop which is solid and rugged, that can be equally adventurous like him. The Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Rugged Tablet PC can make a wonderful gift for your brother this Christmas.

Want to know more about this notebook? Then here goes. The Dell Latitude XT2 XFR holds the record of being the first rough and tough notebook PC with a touchscreen. It has been designed to deliver high performance under extreme conditions. This workstation can withstand falls from a height of 3m, dust, rain, sun and high as well as low temperatures. The keyboard has been rubber sealed for preventing dust from entering it. Thus it seems ideal for letting people stay connected when they are mountaineering, rafting, camping in the woods or sun bathing.

This notebook has a 12.1” capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. This display even has multi-touch capability. You can use natural gestures like pinching, tapping, rotating, zooming and more while operating on the screen. The Intel Core Duo ULV SU9600 1.6GHz processor has been employed along with a 1GB DDR3 RAM. The RAM can be expanded up to 5GB as well. You can choose from a 64GB solid state drive, a 128GB SSD or a 160GB SATA hard drive for storage. The laptop is equipped with the Intel GMA 4500MHD processor for graphics processing. The Windows 7 OS forms the software platform of this device. In case you wish to, you can also downgrade it to Windows Vista or Windows XP.

Internet connectivity can be had either by using wired Ethernet, or WiFi, or even mobile broadband when you’re travelling. Being Bluetooth complaint, you can link this mobile computer with other gadgets wirelessly. There are other interfaces on-board too, like 3 USB ports, out of which one can serve as an eSATA port as well, an ExpressCard slot, an SD card slot, a VGA port, a headphone jack and a microphone jack. You can opt for an additional hard drive or a DVD drive too. This workstation can also be integrated with GPS for helping you with navigation.

This portable PC weighs 2.45kg, a tad on the heavier side. But what lesser can you expect from a notebook that packs in so much. There are battery options too, like 4-cell, 6-cell and 9-cell for powering up this machine. You can choose the 9-cell one for getting maximum juice from your laptop. This notebook comes in a black case. Dell is planning a silver one with an integrated 3MP camera too. The Dell Latitude XT2 XFR 12” Notebook comes for a hefty price tag – £2121. With a discount of £124, the laptop deal costs £1,997.