Rugged laptops are generally used in special industries or workplaces, such as aerospace, geological exploration and other fields. Rugged laptops need to have the advantages that ordinary laptops don’t have in order to adapt to the harsh working environment in the field.
It has high stability, safety, reliability, waterproof, dustproof, shockproof, anti-drop, and other features. It can work under harsh environmental conditions such as high temperature, cold and low pressure.
Rugged laptops typically use a fanless and seal design to prevent dust from entering the laptop to protect important data in the hard drive. The built-in anti-virus software can resist hackers intrusion and protects confidential data from being stolen. It uses a high-resolution display screen, which can clearly see the content displayed on the screen even in the sun.
As a modern tool, the performance and characteristics of Rugged laptops are constantly improving with the changes in the industry, and it will have better performance in the future.
In the following list, we will list all Rugged laptops currently on the market, along with their hardware specifications, features, advantages, and disadvantages.
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The list of Rugged laptops
Model | Screen | Hardware | Connectivity | Weight | Start Price |
Dell Latitude 5414 Rugged | 14.0″ HD Screen 14.0″ FHD Screen 14.0″ FHD Touchscreen | i3-6100U/i5-6300U/i7-6600U 2 x RAM slots (max 16GB DDR4 2133MHz) 1 x M.2 slots or HDD | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS optional, 4G LTE | 3.9 kg | $1299 |
Dell Latitude 5420 Rugged | 14.0″ FHD Screen 14.0″ FHD Touchscreen | i3-7130U / i5-8350U / i7-8650U HD 620 / UHD 620 2 x RAM slots (max 32GB DDR4 2400MHz) 1 x M.2 slots (PCIe NVMe Class 40) | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS optional, 4G LTE | 2.22 kg | $1359 |
Dell Latitude 5424 Rugged | 14.0″ FHD Screen 14.0″ FHD Touchscreen | i3-7130U / i5-8350U / i7-8650U HD 620 / UHD 620 2 x RAM slots (max 32GB DDR4 2400MHz) 1 x M.2 slots (PCIe NVMe Class 40) | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS optional, 4G LTE | 2.5 kg | $1429 |
Dell Latitude 7212 Rugged | 11.6″ FHD Touchscreen | i3-7100U / i5-6300U / i5-7300U / i7-7600U / i7-8650U UHD 620 / HD 620 1 x RAM slots (max 16GB 1866MHz LPDDR3) 1 x M.2 slots (PCIe or SATA) | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 4G LTE | 1.28 kg | $1860 |
Dell Latitude 7214 Rugged | 11.6″ HD Touchscreen | i3-6100U / i5-6300U / i7-6600U HD 520 2 x RAM slots (max 32GB DDR4 2133MHz) 1 x M.2 slots | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS,4G LTE | $3399 | |
Dell Latitude 7414 Rugged | 14.0″ HD Touchscreen | i3-6100U / i5-6300U / i7-6600U HD 520 / Radeon R7 M360 2 x RAM slots (max 32GB DDR4 2133MHz) 1 x M.2 slots | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS optional,4G LTE | $3399 | |
Dell Latitude 7424 Rugged | 14.0″ FHD Touchscreen | i3-7130U / i5-8350U / i7-8650U HD 620 / UHD 620 2 x RAM slots (max 32GB DDR4 2400MHz) 2 x M.2 slots (PCIe NVMe) | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS optional, 4G LTE | 3.45 kg | $3499 |
Panasonic Toughbook CF-54 | 14.0″ HD Screen | i5-6300U / i7-6600U HD 520 2 x RAM slots (max 32GB DDR4 2400MHz) 1 x HDD | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G LTE, optional GPS | 1.91 kg | $1699 |
Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 | 13.1″ XGA touchscreen | i5-7300U / i7-7600U HD 520 2 x RAM slots (max 32GB DDR4 2133MHz) 1 x M.2 slot | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G LTE, optional GPS | 3.9 kg | $3599 |
Getac V110 | 11.6″ HD Touchscreen | i5-7200U / i5-7300U/ i5-7500U / i7-7600U HD 620 1 x RAM slots (max 16GB) 1 x M.2 slot | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, optional 4G LTE, optional GPS | 1.98 kg | $2599 |
Getac S410 | 14.0″ HD Touchscreen 14.0″ FHD Touchscreen | i5-8250U / i5-8350U/ i7-8550U / i7-8650U UHD 620 / GTX 950M 4GB 2 x RAM slots (max 32GB) 1 x M.2 slot or HDD, Optional 2nd Storage (onboard) | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, optional 4G LTE, optional GPS | 2.2 kg | $1249 |
Getac B300 | 13.3″ XGA Touchscreen 13.3″ FHD Touchscreen | i5-8250U / i5-8350U/ i7-8550U / i7-8650U UHD 620 2 x RAM slots (max 32GB) 1 x M.2 slot, Optional SATA 512GB / 1TB SSD | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, optional 4G LTE, optional GPS | 4.3 kg | $2699 |
Getac X500 Server | 15.6″ FHD screen | Xeon E3-1505M HD P630 / GTX 950M 4GB 32GB DDR4 expandable to 64GB SATA HDD 500GB, Optional SATA HDD 1TB | 10/100/1000 base-T Ethernet, Optional GPS | 8.6 kg |
How to choose a rugged laptop
There are many laptop brands in the market at present. In the following section, you will learn how to choose a rugged laptop.
1. Brand
Because the Rugged notebook requires very high quality, it can not affect normal use in a certain degree of vibration. We should choose famous brand products, because their products are usually more advanced, well-structured, and also have a set of perfect testing standards, so they can effectively ensure the quality of laptops.
2. Performance
Rugged notebooks should have more powerful performance than ordinary notebooks in addition to being shockproof and waterproof, so consumers should choose hardware specifications that meet their work requirements, and at the same time, try them out to see if they can meet their expectations.
3. Screen
In order to ensure that you can purchase a satisfactory Rugged laptop, you should also pay attention to the screen of the laptop, be sure to choose the size that suits your needs. Besides, you should also ensure that there are no bad spots on the screen.
In addition to the above three tips, you should also consider the scalability of the laptop. It must have a variety of common ports.