Acturion's Victum Tablet 8 is the UMPC for soldiers of fortune

Thinking about heading out into some harsh territory, really getting down and dirty, or seriously roughing it? Well don't you think you should take a ruggedized UMPC with you, just in case you need to update your Myspace profile while you're gone? That's where the intimidatingly named Acturion Victum Tablet 8 comes in. The company, which is a specialized military and industrial vendor, says that the 8.4-inch, Windows or Linux rocking tablet is resistant against drop, shock, vibration, high and low temperature, rain, and dust and sand, which should make it the perfect companion on those cold, lonely nights. The Victum features a low-voltage 1.2GHz Pentium M processor, up to 1.25GB of RAM, a 40GB or 80GB hard drive, and 802.11a/b/g. The war-ready tablet gets a whopping seven hours of battery life, which we're pretty sure Jack Bauer will appreciate.

[Via Tablet PC Talk]

[StrangeBum @ Aug 2nd 2007 9:02AM]

Seriously...First FTW!!!..no...screw that. You get -1 internets for thinking it's still cool to say that.

Now..about the article at hand here. This looks pretty cool. No, I may not be a 'soldier of fortune' or anything remotely related to the armed forces, a ruggedized tablet seems to be the perfect thing to take outdoors with me for when I feel like doing sketches and things.

[601210 @ Aug 2nd 2007 9:13AM]

I'm quite sure "this war-ready tablet" has a war-ready price...

[Luis @ Aug 2nd 2007 10:37AM]

According to their site it's... "inexpensive"

[Woolly Mittens @ Aug 2nd 2007 10:09AM]

What genious figured "Victum" was an appropriate name for a combat-ready pc?

[shmah @ Aug 2nd 2007 12:36PM]

this is a german item. Victum is a name, not a translatable word. Victim translated into german is "opfer" not Victum. you need to do your research. it is better to be silent and thought a fool, then to open your mouth and prove it. so next time you mock a name, just remember yours sounds dumb in other languages too.

[Brian @ Aug 2nd 2007 2:49PM]

none of that matters if it's being sold in a country that speaks English. Perhaps you've never heard of what happened when Chevy tried to sell Novas in Spanish speaking countries. "no va" in spanish means No Go. Not many people wanted a car called a Nova. But we'd hope that since this is being marketed as a military thing the people purchasing them would be beyond making their decisions based on a name. Hopefully.

[Woolly Mittens @ Aug 2nd 2007 3:29PM]

smah? I assume you're going to explain this to each and every english language user? Indeed Brian, but it's not unusual for soldier to be a little supersticious. :)

[zorg @ Aug 2nd 2007 5:37PM]

So, should I refrain from naming my cable company "Cocks"? How about "Cox," is that okay?

And what about Dick Armey? Should we always call him Richard around soldiers so they don't get the wrong idea?

I'm not trying to belittle your incredibly relevant standard, just trying to figure out exactly where to draw the line.

[mewantphone @ Aug 2nd 2007 10:40AM]

Jack Bauer would need a 24 hour battery life.

[Jake Tobak @ Aug 2nd 2007 11:14AM]

Looks upside-down

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 2nd 2007 12:47PM]

That's just stealth mode to confuse you.

I like it.
And it would rock Ubuntu!

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 2nd 2007 12:45PM]

What they said. :|

[silverblackvoid @ Aug 2nd 2007 12:55PM]

oh man dats a UMPC for the GI's. im so diggin it.

[Jeremy @ Aug 2nd 2007 3:10PM]

Is this one of the first UMPC's to offer both touch and the use of a digitizer Pen?