Dell Latitude XT stripped bare

Yeah, you know the deal with teardowns. So if you've been wondering at all what Dell's semi-rugged capacitive touchscreen convertible tablet looks like disrobed, head on over and check out one pretty naked Latitude XT.

[DrTigerlilly @ Apr 12th 2008 8:06AM]

y'all don't give credit to where you take pics or information from anymore?

[Tyler @ Apr 17th 2008 7:11PM]

If you click the picture it takes you to the original article

[Jagannath A @ Apr 12th 2008 11:10AM]

y'all dunno that the pic links to the source always ?

[YoYoYo @ Apr 12th 2008 12:37PM]

Or that there's a "Read" link? That's as much of a reference as anyone needs.

[nak @ Apr 12th 2008 8:25AM]

Where do I head over to to see it naked? Or was that it?

[Prithvi @ Apr 12th 2008 8:35AM]

Is it just me , or is the read link missing ?

[phoenix @ Apr 12th 2008 8:41AM]

Here I think:

http://www.gottabemobile.com/Dell+Latitude+XT+Gets+A+New+Screen+And+Gets+Naked.aspx

[mck @ Apr 12th 2008 8:53AM]

LOL. With this new layout, some of your posts look really really short. :P

[engadget @ Apr 12th 2008 9:47AM]

Click on the photo for the link.

[thelittleleaguecoach.com @ Apr 12th 2008 9:51AM]

she is so sexy!

[El Taco @ Apr 12th 2008 12:14PM]

what do you mean? There is a read link. Look underneath the first word in the article

[Ellianth @ Apr 12th 2008 1:32PM]

*throws the xt a towel*

go get yourself cleaned up. Filthy b****!

[RoboDan @ Apr 12th 2008 2:02PM]

Is it just me or is that a HORRIBLE design?

SSD under the battery? So when it overheats (or just heats up from charging) it increases the temperature of the drive, thus increasing its failure rate? Yeah, great call, Dell. At least you know you're getting more customers soon - but only because your old machines will break so easily.

I could go on and on about this, especially the positioning of the CPU/heat assembly, but I'll stop and go back to my well built ThinkPad that consistently runs cool :)

[Antimatter @ Apr 12th 2008 2:38PM]

yeah, you're the only one. Typical drives are designed to operate between -40C and 85C, which is well within the range of temperatures it should experience at that point in the unit. This is evidenced by the fact that the unit has been out for 5 months and no one is complaining about temperature or drive failures. The XT is another machine that runs consistently cool.

[Lein @ Apr 12th 2008 7:50PM]

Latitude XT isn't the only model they have that does this. The Latitude D420 and D430 both also have the hard drive in a similar spot, and those are much more popular laptops.

Yet you don't hear myriad complaints about it, and they haven't initiated a mass recall or such, so I would imagine the drives hold out just fine where they're at.

[Antimatter @ Apr 12th 2008 2:30PM]

The XT isn't semi-rugged; it's a normal Tablet PC.

[linuxamp @ Apr 13th 2008 12:13PM]

Reminds me of my first laptop disassembly. My boss shuffled the removed screws and threw in a few extras as a joke. Fortunately he knew exactly how to reassemble it.