Getac introduces its new flagship X500 rugged notebook computer. Designed to work in the most extreme working environments, the new X500 laptop incorporates Intel’s powerful Core i7 2.66GHz processor, Turbo Boost Technology reaching 3.33GHz, and 4MB of Intel Smart Cache. Getac’s X500 also offers a 15.6-inch, 1000 NITs QuadraClear high definition display and NVIDIA’s GeForce GT330M MXM GPU with 512MB VRAM, a multi-touch screen, MIL-SPEC connectors and an expansion unit that can support either two PCI Express cards or two full-sized PCI cards for extreme customization needs.

The X500 can be easily customized to add USB 3.0 ports, Fiber Optic connections, RS-485 or a high-powered WiFi booster. Configured with dual storage drives, the X500 can operate as a RAID storage system. The X500’s standard configuration is loaded with I/O ports and connectors including three USB 2.0 ports, one USB/eSATA combo port, two RS-232 serial ports, two PCMCIA ports, an ExpressCard, a SmartCard, dual RJ-45 ports, HDMI, VGA and a full-sized keyboard with numeric pad.

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