Offering a full line of rugged portable computers

GETAC products have met the challenges of military, field service and sales force, public safety, utility, transportation, telecommunication, construction, heavy industrial, mining and refining applications for nearly 20 years. GETAC is a flexible supplier, allowing our customers to incorporate a variety of options and custom products to meet their unique specifications.

We are valued partners for our VARs and OEM customers. Our superior R&D capabilities and commitment provide customers with sophisticated, rugged portables that make us the complete supplier of rugged computing solutions for a mobile workforce. Our products are fully supported worldwide by our resellers and service providers. Our staff and partners strive to treat every customer and prospect as our most important customer, delivering the highest, most responsive service to each and every company. GETAC understands that the product life cycles of its customers are much longer than the computer industry technology cycles. To support our customers, we use the same mechanical design for a form, fit, and function support while continually enhancing the computers' processing power. This consistent support provides true cost-effective solutions while delivering the product support required by our military, government, and industrial customers.

Rugged portable computing products are designed to help people working in the toughest environment; however, some limitations are applied to the standard platforms to accommodate all different industrial applications. To better assist customers overcoming this problem, GETAC offers professional customization service. Our ProCustom team, consisting of over 50 experienced engineers in hardware, software, mechanics, and thermal, are available anytime to serve customers to build rugged mobile platforms that suit your requirements and requests without limiting to the standard features on standard products, and conquering your challenges at work even under extreme environmental conditions. [See GETAC ProCustom examples]

Backed by the manufacturing resources of the MiTAC Computing Group, one of the largest industrial PC manufacturers with total sales of over US$2.3 billion in 2005, GETAC delivers the most up-to-date mobile technology tailored to niche markets. Our worldwide production facilities and Six Sigma commitment to quality means we deliver the highest quality products on time and on budget. Our quality assurance system is compliant with MIL-Q-9858A and has been certified to ISO9001 since 1995.

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GETAC introduces compact E100 Tablet PC
At DistribuTECH 2008 in Tampa, Florida, GETAC introduced a compact, lightweight rugged Tablet PC slate based on Intel's ultra low-power A110 processor. The E100 measures 11.1 x 7.2 x 1.26 inches and weighs just over three pounds. The 8.4-inch touchscreen display is available with a 800 nit daylight-viewable option. Using a magnesium housing, rubber bumpers, shock-mounted hardware and extensive sealing, the E100 is ruggedness-tested to MIL-STD-810F standards. Geared towards field and customer service applications, the system is available with "mission boxes" for customized market applications that use RFID, barcode and magnetic strip readers or digital cameras. -- Posted Thursday, January 24, 2008 by chb

GETAC announces P470 Rugged Notebook
At the Government Technology Conference West in Sacramento, GETAC announced the P470 notebook computer. The magnesium-alloy P470 was created for mobile users who need a secure, full-feature PC in a sturdy yet compact and lightweight enclosure. The P470 has a 14.1-inch wide-screen display, is powered by a Centrino or Core 2 Duo processor, has a shock-mounted hard disk up to 160GB, up to 2GB of RAM, a configurable media bay, a fingerprint scanner, a Smart Card reader, and a large variety of wireless communications options, including 3G radio. The P470 measures 13.1 x 10 x 1.65 inches and weighs 6.4 pounds. Ruggedness specs include an operating temperature range between 32 and 113 degrees F, a 3-foot drop and MIL-STD-810F compliance testing. -- Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 by chb