General Dynamics GD8000 Review
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General Dynamics might be best known for building M1 Abrams tanks, Stryker armored personnel carriers, and the fabled F-16 fighter...
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General Dynamics might be best known for building M1 Abrams tanks, Stryker armored personnel carriers, and the fabled F-16 fighter jet, but once in a while, it cranks out a laptop or two, as well. This week, the company’s computer arm, Itronix, released the GD8000 rugged notebook. And if the company’s other products are any indication, it can take a beating.
Like rugged competitors from Panasonic, the GD8000 uses a magnesium shell that’s been sealed tight against any number of environmental woes, from the relatively tame dust to far-more-hazardous hurricane-strength wind and rain (it had to survive 30 gallons blown over it at 40mph for four hours to meet the get the elusive MIL-STD 810F rating). It will also survive falls of 42 inches to the hard ground.
