A hardy and powerful fully rugged laptop that's ideal for the great outdoors

Decent protection, but terrible usability issues courtesy of a woeful keyboard

Before Intel released its low-voltage Atom processor, there was only one Intel chip to power a device like the Getac E100 (£2233 inc. VAT) and that was the A110 low-voltage solution. The fact it can be found in this ruggedised Tablet PC, designed specifically for the fieldworker, highlights the rather slow turnaround of business platforms. The design is a slate device with a numeric pad and navigation buttons on the right-hand side of the 8.4-inch screen.

Getac specialises in laptops and handhelds for extreme environments, so it comes as no surprise to find the B300 (£3834 inc. VAT) to be fully ruggedised and designed with the fieldworker in mind.

When it comes to building laptops for extreme conditions, there are only a few manufacturers with the relative know-how and Getac is one of those companies.