筆者在假日整理Computex的照片時，發現還有兩、三個新聞沒有寫到，想了一下，覺得神基(MiTAC)的強固筆電很有特色，再加上在台灣也比較少看到強固電筆，決定說明一下。不過這筆電在台灣應該是不會販售的（或是說，也許是特殊單位才有機會採買）。

在現場我對強固筆電有以下三個想法：

一、堅固：在高度90公分的情形下，在開機的狀態下摔，都不會有事。
二、適用惡劣環境：具備防塵防水特性。筆者曾問在海灘使用有沒有問題（我的數個電子產品曾因為進沙，出了不少狀況。），他說在沙漠使用都沒有問題。
三、比看起來輕：展示的筆電中，也有比較輕量級的行動設備，其實拿起來不會太重。

至於消費性筆電，也有提到省電以及比一般筆電堅固的特性，但在台也是沒有販售。

[Toughbooks and Laptops from Getac]

Computex 2008 is officially over. While organizing photos on the weekend, I realized that there are still
some interesting news that I forgot to share with you on the weekend. Military-grade notebook is not something we commonly see, so I thought this super tough notebook from Getac is worth mentioning.

Some impressions I got from this tough little guy are:

1. Durablility: Even if you drop it from 90 cm high, it will still function perfectly fine.

2. Environment-proof: Completely waterprrof and dustproof. Need to go in the desert? No problem!

3. Lightweight: It is lighter than it looks.

This rugged tablet PC and Getac's other laptop products are currently not on sale in Taiwan.

Mitac 的 Rivendell 就像憑空冒出來的一樣，之前毫無消息。這台 8.9" 輕省筆電最大的特色，就是除了內建 4~20GB 的 SSD 之外還預留了空間可以放一顆 1.8" 的 HDD。上頭的 Webcam 是 1.3 mp 的。

Rivendell 預計八月底～九月初先在歐洲上市，台灣和世界各地都還要再等等。預計售價在 399~499 美元之間。

<Computex 2008: More Ultra-Portables – Mitac Rivendell>
This never-heard-of Mitac Rivendell just appeared out of nowhere. This 8.9" ultra-portable packed one interesting feature – apart from the built-in 4~20GB SSD, it also have space reserved for one additional 1.8" HDD. The webcam featured above the screen is 1.3 MegaPixels.

Rivendell is scheduled to be available sometime between August and September in European market. Taiwan and other world market have to wait a little longer. Price is expected to be somewhere around USD399 to USD499.