The company TabletKiosk has unveiled its flagship tablet PC, which they claim is the most powerful Windows slate to date. Called Sahara Slate PC i500, this 12-inch tablet is designed for professional use in the field and at the office, combined the power of an Intel Core i7 vPro processor and desktop compatibility of Windows 7.
Sahara Slate i500 features durable, sleek, streamlined design and packs a 12.1-inch (1366 x 768) LED-backlit, outdoor readable, FFS+ dual mode display that supports both digitizer (pen) and two different touch options, including traditional resistive and new, multi-touch capacitive screens. Specs include Intel Core i7-640LM vPro or Celeron U3400 processors, up to 8GB of RAM, HDD or SSD storage, along with all current connectivity options such as , Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and USB ports. It is manufactured with dual hot swappable, rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries, which allows users to essentially operate the Tablet PC “24/7 without any system down time.”
The tablet measures 300 mm x 220 mm x 24 mm and weighs 1.49 kg with two standard batteries installed. It can run Windows 7 (Embedded, Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate), openSUSE Linux 11, Ubuntu Linux, starting at $1,749.00