NEC's rugged Shield Pro N22A will be the first of the company's rugged PCs heading outside of Japan. NEC hopes to sell 30,000 of them overseas in the next two years. The company says the laptop can tolerate a direct spray of water, can survive a drop from roughly waist-high, and will hit international markets by the end of this year.
NEC's Rugged Laptops to be Available Internationally
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