Getac, manufacturer of rugged computers for field-based applications, presents its new B300, a fully rugged laptop at a conference in Seattle, Washington.Getac B300 is daylight readable screen at 1200 Nit claims industry’s first. It is also the optional night vision function for use in any lighting condition with no battery life. Getac says they have developed a new technology (patent pending) which uses a micro-controller and an advanced software for the automatic setting for brightness and allow instant override with a dedicated brightness hot key.

B300 weighs 7.7 kilograms, comes with a 13.3 “TFT XGA display with optional integrated touchscreen completely. It is supported by an Intel Core 2 Duo Merom L7500, 4MB L2 cache processor that operates with 1.6 GHz and provides up to 12 hours of battery life on one battery. Standard package includes 512 MB of DDRII DRAM (expandable to 4 GB), 80 120GB shock-resistant HDD, and sealed ports and connector cover.

The GPS receiver is fully integrated, but this is an optional feature, as well as Bluetooth 2.0, EV-DO, GPRS EDGE, CMDA network. The standard function only in relation to the connection of 802.11b g antenna.

Security features on B300 are fingerprint scanner, optional smart card reader, cable lock slot and TPM v1.2.

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