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At a fundamental level, it's an ordinary enough notebook PC, modestly powered by a Celeron processor, but the works are wrapped in layer after layer of shock-resistant foam, rubber seals, watertight covers and die-cast magnesium alloy.

Just in case anyone were to doubt the veracity of Itronix's various claims, the company subjected the GoBook to a truly barbaric set of tests drawn from the US Army's MIL-STD 810E specification, which is used to assess the hardiness of kit it may adopt for military use.

The process involves things like spraying water at the notebook from all sides at a rate equivalent to a monsoon-style rainfall, and dropping the machine repeatedly from a height of three feet onto a concrete surface.

700Mhz, 20Gb HD and touchsreen, more than happily runs X-Nav and Ozi-explorer.

Few marks on the case but works perfectly. Complete with mains charger.

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