New rugged laptops from Dell and trained to be tough

One of the most demanding Rugged users is National Geographic explorer and first ascent climber Mike Libecki. He has completed more than 80 expeditions, including adventures to places no human had previously set foot. Like his trips to Peru, French Polynesia, Greenland, Nepal, and India, Dell Rugged went with Mike on his latest journey to China, and more importantly, helped bring him back. In this video, Mike trades a taste of expedition life for a look at the completely re-designed lineup of Dell Rugged notebooks and explains why his gear absolutely cannot fail.

Rugged is purpose-built, designed and tested to the point of failure, and trained tough to deliver uncompromised performance for demanding customers like Mike and McLaren. Now Dell is proud to announce the newest members of the Rugged family: the Dell Latitude 7424 Rugged Extreme and the Dell Latitude 5424 and 5420 Rugged notebooks. No two Rugged PC customers are the same, but they do have something in common: the need to combine end-to-end security with Dell Latitude reliability and manageability, wherever they’re working and whatever they’re doing.

Withstanding hard hits is merely table-stakes, and just surviving the elements is not enough. Customers expect Dell Rugged PCs to advance and provide improved capability and experience. So these new notebooks deliver easier viewing, indoors or outdoors for greater usability, rain or shine, thanks to brighter (1000-NIT) and sharper full high-definition displays with better colour gamut. And with this new generation of notebooks, customers can work with zero down-time thanks to intuitive, hot-swappable dual-batteries packing a combined charge that can last more than 14 hours.

If optical drives are your external storage method of choice to back-up and offload data, the 7424 and 5424 offer an optional Blu-Ray burner for data density. Fewer discs equal less work. And for users who need more portability, the new 5420 is up to 22% lighter and thinner for increased accessibility without giving up Dell’s classic rugged versatility.

With each new Rugged notebook, you’ll get improved security and quicker log-on through ‘Windows Hello’ facial recognition, and greatly-improved performance thanks to the latest generation of Intel quad-core processors, workstation-class AMD graphics chips, huge storage options and a beefy new active cooling solution to keep it all under control in any environment.

And because connectivity is so critical, these Rugged PCs are available with next-gen Cat16 4G/LTE. We are also excited to share that we plan to soon support FirstNet with Band 14 access as an available option for Dell’s Rugged line, so first responders will be able to depend on connectivity when they need it the most.

Ready to take a look? Head over to the Dell Rugged page on Dell.com to find the configuration that solves your needs.