The Manliest Laptop Ever - Dell Rugged Extreme Review
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I don’t like audiobooks, and I use my phone’s case as a wallet.
phones are water resistant, not waterproof lol so many companies would get sued if they claimed waterproof lol
Didn’t like the audio book recommendation. If you’re prepping for, or just starting college, it’s good but not really the part of the “career” that really needs cracking imho.
and at no point did u say this is made for the military
I'm sure that rugged of a laptop are mostly used on construction sites or when engineers are sent to out to do field work. The "won't cause you to explode" one made me laugh though.
*Mid battle*
Soldier 1: Did you call for support yet?
Soldier 2: Windows 10 is updating
yeah that thing running windows is probably the biggest enemy of the people in the field
Windows 10 Pro allows good control over updates.
This type of laptop has been in military use for decades. Dell was able to meet all those unique specs because they've been making these already for so long. Military laptops don't run stock windows OS, and users are absolutely not authorized to attempt any manual updates to their machine.
@@Varadiio Moral of the story: Use Linux.
Thankfully the enterprise line of Dell laptops have Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification.
The moment when your table has more flex than the keyboard XD
Speaking of flex, *FLEX TAPE!*
Mom: go play outside
Me with dell latitude rugged extreme 7420: observe
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Lol
I would just get some arkansas soil on that then
mom: go swimming
dell latitude rugged extreme 7420: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
(casually approaches the laptop and dropkicks it)
MacBook Pro keyboard: breaks with dust
Dell Rugged Extreme: survives sandbox in the nursery
Macbook Pro roasted
Just becz Rugged extreme can't be roasted 😝😝😝
MacBook Pro: breaks with dust
Dell Rugged Extreme: breaks dust
@@2eewoihwuef671 don't buy shitty tech that breaks easily
Lets be real
You just wanted to make the intro
xD
Lol. True.
I bet that was the whole reason he convinced Linus to buy this or ask for this from Dell.
worth it though
I hope they are not claiming the intro as their own tho, it’s the MANtage by Barats and Bereta :)
Imagine being lost in the desert but having an rgb Keyboard
xD
Use the rgb as an sos signal
I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
pp n#rwy
It’s all you need to survive
My exact thought why it has RGB keyboard
Macbook = IPhone
Razer Blade = Razer Phone
Samsung Notebook = GalaxyS
Latitude Rugged Extreme = Nokia 3310
M T that's the smartphone version of nokia 3310 it's as close as we can get
Hotel = Trivago
ThinkPad = ?
Hahahahaha
Aaahahahahahhahaha .....pissed on the couch
We use these on helicopters at work. Anything else wears over time from the vibration. Especially HDD's.
We used these for line maintenance in Chicago to update FMS navigation data
use ssd
Just get SSD lol
Fascinating
@@prakharmishra3000 nothing will stay alive in these conditions. no laptop other than rugged ones will survive
Nice keyboard - A
It has RGB - A+
Deserved.
to be fair RGB could help with locating the keys in deep caves with no light at all. you know if you don't know the layout of qwerty off by heart that is.
@@caijones156 um... wouldn't a normal white backlight do the same thing xd
Display light will reflect from keys too.
@@siraj2cool Doesn't work all that well. I know from experience.. *retreats to mancave*
@@dr.martinlroberts1908 better to have options ( white light attracts bugs sometimes)
But with that heat dissipation configuration the review isn't complete until you overclock it underwater.
?
Watercooling without doing much :O
@@lucasrem They could overclock it (with bios mods) if the internal power regulation circuitry supports high voltages/current and squeeze alittle more performance without overheating concerns. That's assuming it isn't already undercooked/thermal throttling which would imply much better performance over factory stock.
It will probably die under water since the water resistance is only for water jets, not submersion
@@mika2666 More than likely but the water resistance could be increased with silicone gel. A modification like that wouldn't be easy on any other laptop (without an isolated and water proof brushless fan, that is). They could probably make this water resistant up to 1 meter but likely at the cost of easy internal access.
Remember when all laptops were like this in the 90s lol
«This is the slim edition»
You are an OG 👍
But weak af compared to this
Legitti Or not, I don't think you had '90's laptops, they were mostly thick and heavy but broke if you sneezed at them, except thinkpads and toshiba satellites.
@@noth606 I have broken four Thinkpads in the past six years, and one of them was the supposedly MILSPEC T-440 model. I need something that can handle my 275 pound brother accidentally stomping on the screen.
"Around 60 millimetres of girth"
That's what she said.
About your best friend.
Edgar M your profile pic makes this comment even better
When you gotta game at 7 but be John wick by 8
They never said it was bulletproof dude! lol
r/woosh
@@aswinrajeev515 how is that a r/woooosh
@@water4774 Exaggerating beyond limits is a common humor style
i liked this one a lot :)
Wow finally a laptop that's safe even in Linus' hands.
nope linus will find a way to completely destroy it😂
no tech is safe in the hands of the God of Technodestruction
@@borischan5252 right😂 better hide all your tech when Linus comes around or you'll need to buy new tech😂
Probably still not Linus proof...*
But then, his weak ass arms will break
I work in a chemical plant and I'm surprised I don't see more intrinsically safe laptops like this. Yeah it's expensive, but large companies aren't afraid to pay a lot of money to not blow up people and their plants.
lol
They only spend a lot of money to not blow up people when it is more expensive to blow up people than it is to not blow them up
Seems highly aimed at the military, after they replaced all of the wheezy Panasonic Toughbooks with iPads in cases.
iPads in case? How much bribe did Apple pay to sweeten the deal?
Theres a lot of Getac b300
Well done Alex! Much improved and very badass presentation.
@gaz cold bro, i liked it too
5:15 how many nits of brightness. "EXCEPTIONAL" IS NOT THE ANSWER
@gaz if this video sucked, you know what to do 🤣😂🤣
I'm really loving the obvious leap in production quality recently, you can really see the work that has gone into it.
Keep it up, guys, you're doing a great job!.
@@LucqsQ what?
@@rdmz135 shut up with your dead ass meme
I use one of these every day for work. A coworker accidentally ran his over with his ford f150 and you can't even tell.
How does one accidentally run over a laptop?
@@cryptoboxcomics1048 mega gaming
@@cryptoboxcomics1048 it's an f150 thing, you wouldn't understand
When you get drafted to WW3 but you gotta maintain that fortnite streak
Hahaha 😂😂
@JC Denton i love salty ass ppl like you. Brings a smile to my face how sad a person can be.
@@marvinm4676 true haha i like them salty sprinkled with snow flakes
Marvin Mayo he’s not wrong that Fortnite sucks
The 12 year olds that have a "fortnite streak" (whatever that is) aren't able to be drafted.
"...crying openly to the Iron Giant!"
Dude. Been there.
Just when I forgot about The Iron Giant they had to mention it. 😭😭😭
I can imagine some dude working at an oil rig appreciating his rugged laptop with a full RGB keyboard.
You would be surprised.
@@lloydcc are you some dude working at an oil rig who appreciates his rugged laptop with a full RGB keyboard?
Kaustavmani Choudhury nope, I get to fix the computers they break though
@@lloydcc oooh, noice
Charles Lloyd hey, RGB is good at dark so that’s probably why they included it
I'm super pumped to see LTT review outdoor themed gear! Seriously! I've worked with gear similar to this in the past (running WinXP, and Win2k) and it's always been good to me...just really, really outdated and slow. I'm glad to hear it's still being made.
My personal opinion is that they made a serious mistake not including big, chunky rubber on the bottom edges of the laptop. If your in an unstable area, like a ship, boat, or earthquake/mudslide prone area, sliding is a constant concern.
I'm also bummed that the back of the screen isn't thicker. They really should have enclosed it in thick metal crossbeams in an X pattern, or at least used some sort of geodesic pattern to encourage liquid movement, instead of a flat surface. Getting mercury, cloreoide, stagnant water, or any other number of kinds of crud sitting on the back of the screen is going to be a bad time for whoever uses it next.
I also think the latches on the IO covers are great...but they should ALSO include individual little rubber plugs for each hole. If you have this thing fall off the back of a truck doing 40 through the jungle and it sinks into a mud pit, it's going to be submerged long enough that I'd seriously worry about water getting in through any cracks or dents that might have formed from the fall. Stuff happens, and this really is a problem people deal with. Also, I've seen the hinges on those latches rust. I hope they have done something to improve longevity of the hinge mechanism.
I really wish they'd kill the touchscreen. It's a point of failure and confuses the non-computer guys when it fails. I know it's meant as a "backup" if the trackpad dies, but it's a subpar option for field work. Not sure about factory environments. The stylist will absolutely get misplaced and replaced with a pencil. (Yes, really. A pencil.)
Scrap the webcam. Security risk in software compromis3. Also another point of failure. I would unplug it from the Mobo, or desolder it if it was soldered on. Webcam is an absolute no-go.
Fingerprint reader is a nice idea, but the absolute first thing to break. Guys with grime covered hands get that all gunked up in a matter of hours. Don't bother with it.
Needs dual battery 40+40 hour swap out, like the toughbook, but ignore everything else about the toughbook.
Overall an excellent machine, and I look forward to using one. It's not for everyone, clearly, but it is an absolute life saver for people who are thousands of miles from family for months on end. It helps lonely nights feel a little bit easier. It helps doing practical work a little less of a headache, since it won't die without a fight (getting run over, blown up, or getting shot). People need computers in really, really harsh environments because of the way the world works. I'm greatful the market is willing to support those of us who have to put up with it, by giving us a reasonable solution at an affordable price point.
Looks like the replacement for the Panasonic tough books we used in the u.s. army.
WoW Finally a Laptop which doesn't break when you rage quit.
WoW?
World of Warcraft?
Haa, will it stop a 9mm?? =-p
For The Horde!!!!!
Zug Zug
I'll go recommend this to xQC
That happen when my connection slow
0:11 can we just take a second to acknowledge my dude Alex just ate a stick
I saw that and thought "oh, that probably tasted gross" lol
I hear it's a good source of fibre
@@flipflopken2579 Doesn't taste so bad. (Don't ask why I know.)
@@yattasuccess9212 How do you know?
@@anirvana I bit and tasted a piece of bark that I was about to cut and was curious on how strong my teeth were.
Just tastes like Concentrated Cardboard.
We use the 5414 version in our diesel shop. It's a really great laptop.
You know those bricks-for-laptops you see littering the place in Division 2?
That's what this laptop is.
These are definitely not meant for the average consumer, but I bet this is some military contractor's wet dream.
Yup this seems like it was targeted to get the attention of a military force
Has RGB and gaming capabilities, for when you need to pwn some noobs in overwatch in between airstrike calls.
Oyekanmi Fawwaz lmao
forgets hes not playing arma... oh shit
IF you gaming on the go with E-sport game... should not be worry... walking around also...
Top tactical facts
Justice rains from above
Its for the military, industrial field workers, first responders and field scientists. Also finally a laptop that can survive alex. Also is that bear ok after being hit by this thing.
Also, believe it or not, Field Techs in the IT industry (this includes Fiber and Cell Tower techs)
@Linton oh those are cell tower technicians they drop theirs fairly often.
When I saw the serial port I went "holy shit a serial port" out loud. They really had a very clear idea about what kind of market they're going after with this.
Would be an upgrade for the current DTADS computers
they all use toughbooks by panasonic, but yea same audience, i doubt will get that market easy
Love the intro on review! Such a cool laptop! Glad they're still making these ruggid beasts!
The virgin thin laptop vs. The chad rugged laptop.
Hey man. How can i search for the
Anime girl cryin on ur profile pic in google??
walk in to my door please
Dell: Gets dirt all over keyboard > no problems, just hose it off and you're good to go.
Macbook: Gets a spec of dust under one of the keys > key stops working and you have to get the entire keyboard replaced, only to have it happen again...
for 5400$ you can buy like 5 macbooks
@@mrembeh1848 My 1500 dollar dell laptop also has a splashproof keyboard..
How about "Macbook: Use it in a humid room > 52 volts go through the CPU" th-cam.com/video/jahtu1_idVU/w-d-xo.html
@@Johanneslol11 nice :D which model is it?
Me: "Lmao tf why would anyone buy t-"
LTT: "It has an RGB keyboard"
Me: *I'll tAkE yOuR eNtiRe StOcK*
switch you and LTT and it will be accurate
@@wacknesium guess that works aswell
@Conor woooosh
I love the Barats and Bereta reference at the beginning :D THE MANTAGE is one of my all time favorites!
So a review that would be perfect for Linus. He can drop it as much as he wants without worry.
Oh yeah he has a tendency to drop things. So that means all the laptops he uses camera are Not His official laptop and that's why they bought this right?
Laptop for physically enduring applications.
HAS RGB
RGB make em stronger...
>With a customizable RGB backlight, you can switch between red, green, blue and white lighting, allowing the keyboard to remain visible but unobtrusive.
Promo line from their site :D
I think it's fine because it's basically free to implement since you already doing backlit keyboard, so why not. Maybe there's really situations where it's needed IDK.
I think RGB is there for instant visual laptop identification on site where there might be 2 or more laptops like this simultaneously and in low light environment. Or maybe because - why not?!
To be fair a lit keyboard might actually be practical in dark extreme situations
Some kinds of industrial eye protection don't allow certain colors through, so you can set it to be used while being safe on the job site
Glad to see that Dell is thinking about professionals in hardcore fields that don't require boutique laptops.
@Conor tbf you probably could too.
dell and HP have been making these for a long time. pretty sure they sell a lot of these to the military/police/armed forces for use in the field.
@@WTFZOMG they do. Especially the military.
I worked for a logistics company that worked on these all the time. We'd often get orders for like 2000 at a time.
Work for a defense contractor, these things are an absolute must on some of our production floors.
I use mine to drive my CNC, having destroyed 5 consecutive lesser/normal laptops in that workshop environment. I used to have to keep a spare for the inevitable failure. This thing however doesn't even feel it, its the perfect tool for the task and the performance is well up to being able to pop back into cad for example to tweak a part on the fly. Best laptop I've ever bought, worth ever cent.
"If you're a scientist or such crap." That line had me laughing out loud. LOL.
will the fingerprint sensor work if i have my gloves on?
Most likely no
@@hamizannaruto oh wow, that's so unexpected
@@arthie553 IKR!
These days, they all need to work with gloves.
try it with toe
They have Windows Hello.. aka Face unlock
0:55
Who's the laptop for? Field technicians, that's who.
also the same style that the military and police have used
Yes field technicians need RGB KEYBOARDS TOO
Oh it's absolutely for military to. Since the smart card system is how the military controls access to their computers.
Exactly...this would be perfect for HVAC - but ideal for Oil & Gas or Chemical plant work.
yup hd mechanic here, laptops like this are pretty common in my industry.
Finally you can work on your CAD project while fishing lol
Good for me and my homies on my fishing trip 👍
Finally you can play some call of duty while shooting some terrorists in the dessert
@@hoiman95 "Just like the simulations"
While underwater fishing*
you mean COD project right?
Loving the production values of this one and the one with James earlier.
I will be working in a Vessel, and this will be very helpful against the storms and cargo dusts. Thanks for the review!
Soldier: Hows the new PC
Other soldier: it has rgb, wow!
Godly Peeta could throw it at the enemy on demo mode as a new form of flash bang
@@TheMelbournelad they just gonna be like whoa look at this it has rgb. no suspicion raised.
We bought a slightly older version of this laptop at work, Dell Latitude 5414. We use it on research field work in the Arctic, mainly used outside on ships in rain and such. Our laptop is pretty abysmal when it comes to processing power and battery life. I believe its got a 2c/4t cpu. But the IPC and hot swapable batteries makes up for that :) All in all a pretty dope pc, but I guess I'll have to ask the boss to pony up for an upgrade :P
Also the instruction manual is pretty hilariuos. They try to sell it as a machine used for undercover military operations in the jungle or something. It even got "Disable all radio"-button, so you dont leave an electronic footprint when undercover.
You can also use it as a ballistic shield against the Colombian drug cartels.
9mm bullets ain't gonna do much.
This is a great review. It's informative, funny and features great visuals (sets, location and visual fidelity are excellent). More like this please 😀
Oh, and if I could give this a double thumbs up I would.
This is actually a pretty sick machine, nice to see something like this with more modern specs
this laptop is meant for military and terrain exploration use. sauce: packed shit loads of laptop like these in the force.
A military laptop with RGB? Sign me up!
Also for first responders.
Ambulance drivers, fire fighters, police, Homeland Security, etc.
No they use Panasonic laptops
sauce!
pls dont edit it
it is gold
What brand did you see used the most? Were these like... off the shelf laptops or custom jobs for the military?
So, this time Linus didn't do the review just becz his hands are not strong enough to uplift that Nokia 3310 laptop version
@@barongerhardt Becz it's still not Linus Proof
No he just would have dropped it more times than the rugged extreme can take
@@dhruvjat8150 But he still does reviews of other lappies. Just that he didn't lift Acer Predator Helios 500 becz he can't 🤣🤣🤣
His hands are way more trained than you'd expect but this comes from a good reason
@@rockapartie Yes you're right 🤘
Holy cow, the Mantage by BaratsandBereta! This is one of my favorite skits they did. OG youtube reference right there.
I use rugged laptops all the time on Diesel engines for diagnostic purposes. Not only is it rugged but these types of computers are just about the only computers with serial ports anymore. (A lot of the diagnostic hardware use serial ports for their connectors).
0:56 It's designed to not break when you rage quit.
Which you will be doing if you ever drop this on your toes
@@chocchip4172 You mean "cushion" the fall with your toes
It breaks anything else....
@@chocchip4172 if I'd drop my yoga laptop on my toes I'll be worried about the laptop. This is another different story lol
it's not just THICC, but it's 3x THICCKER! than a THICC laptop.
love that sentence.
he could have just said dummy thicc
damn boi he's thicc!
I have been working on laptops similar to these for the last 6 months.
We need them for our paramedics, and they are really tough to kill but easy enough to "break" if that makes sense. It will never stop running, but the folds for the ports, screws and bits and ends tend to eventually fall off or get lost. They are a lot of fun to work on though.
I worked for a year for study at the army. During that time we got to test some laptops that were supposed to go onto warfields. Was fun, driving with a truck over one with barely a scratch on it. Sadly didn't get to shoot at one, but it was supposed to be resillient against those too.
Yessss killer intro. Never thought I'd see a Barats and Beretta "MANtage" parody done with such high quality. Keep up the OG memes!
I came to the comments to see if anyone else recognized it.
Did someone say Brats and Berettas? Count me in!
I work as an automation engineer, and we use these in some of our factories. Windows 10 + a serial port is key for programming legacy equipment. The ruggedness of the computer is nice to have in a factory but not necessarily needed.
what is legacy equipment?
@@user-rd3jw7pv7i legacy equipment typically refers to industrial automation equipment that was 1. Installed a long time ago (usually 1990s or early 2000s) and 2. Is no longer supported by the company that produced it. Depending on the year the device was produced, it can have any variety programming ports. Serial is common with many 1990s devices. One of the biggest challenges when programming one of these “no longer supported” devices is actually not the lack of a serial port since a dongle is easy to come by. Usually the old configuration software support is the biggest hurdle. Sometimes the configuration software can only run on older operating systems like Windows XP. Since windows XP is ripe for cyber security attacks, most IT admins won’t let you keep a spare XP laptop for programming purposes. This forces engineers to utilize virtual machines embedded inside of a protected operating system like windows 10 with software like VMware or HyperV.
At this point you might ask yourself, why not just replace the legacy equipment if it can no longer be supported? Short answer is factories have a hard time justifying the purchase of new equipment when the old equipment is doing the job. If too many devices become obsolete or legacy on one machine, factories will typically do a full controls upgrade. That would involve replacing all electrical and controls devices but keeping the mechanic systems in place. Alternatively, sometimes it is more feasible to find a way to reconfigure some random device that was produced in 1998 rather than replacing all electrical controls on a machine. At the end of the day, these factories are not machine companies. They sell the products that these machines produce. Cost justification for specific purposes are done on a case by case basis.
Maybe more detail than you asked for, but no one ever asks about my job and I’m excited to talk about it.
@@michaeljcarn Whoa that's amazing sir, I've never heard of something like that. If I may ask, do you work more on the software or hardware side of these old machines?
@@user-rd3jw7pv7i I get to work on both! I get to design the control system, select IO, design a network for the devices to communicate, and then write the software to control it. Usually we use PLCs for machine control if you have ever heard of those. It’s a really interesting field if I must say so myself. The downside I would say is the extensive travel, and working in a manufacturing environment can be stressful. Although the travel can be a positive depending on who you ask.
Considering that this is designed for field work (oil, logging, and other outdoor industries )and Military application., it is very good for those.
It's roughness was tested by Linus Drop Tips!
Is the screen SCRATCH RESISTANT
Drop Tits
It is so rugged but it still has a headphone jack.
_glares at apple_
Man! He's becoming a much better and more comfortable host for these vids. Happy to see him
wow. possibly the best start to an LTT video that i have ever seen. And great content as well. I would definitely use this if I was mining oxygen in the middle of the arctic ocean!
The intros are getting weirder and cooler by the day.
When shit gets weird, the weird turn pro
not a fan of this one tbh
This is a reference to OG internet culture. Barats and Beretta made a video called MANtage and this was a near word-for-word parody. I loved this.
It's interesting to see a serial port in laptop in 2019, but it is widely used in industrial equipment, so it makes perfect sense
Yep just like VGA, where you think it's dead, but so many things still have it.
When I worked at CAT they used those serial ports all the time. The USB adapters are all chintzy
I use serial ports every day connecting to routers and switches! :)
@@kinomora-gaming - ME too. Cisco . Just programmed a bunch of Cisco Catalyst 2960- 48 and 24 port routers for 5 VLANs ( EIGRP) for a printing company.
4:55 "Hello, Dell customer care. How may I help you?"
"Hi, this is Mark Watney..."
I use on of Dell's core i5 rugged laptops daily in my job. I'm a field utility locator and have been for 10 years. I have to say we have had many laptops come and go. Toshiba Satelite pros, Toughbooks and so on but the Dell has been my favorite so far. This thing sits on a desk in my passenger seat and gets beat to death daily going up and down dirt roads and utility easements but has been the most dependable one I've used in my 10 years of doing the job.
"I don't need it , i don't need it
I definitely don't need it.
"I NEEEEEEEEED IT"
I am such a slut for clumsy, industrial design. I am seriously considering buying this as I only own a desktop.
RIP credit card
@@iwiffitthitotonacc4673 I'm constantly tempted by older Panasonic rugged laptops with the screens that flip around and fold to work like a hella thicc tablet.
I'd buy it if it didn't cost TWICE as much as my high end desktop. Massive batteries, swap-able hardware, tons of ports, a BluRay player, AND it's durable as hell? Sign me up!
These kind of things are what I would expect in a normal laptop, not some paper thin, minimalistic walled garden crap that copies Apple's shitty design philosophy.
@@dasauto7346 That's what I bought a little while ago, lol. You can get one up and running for around a 100 bucks. They came with Win XP, but a Linux install works fine. I have no real reason to check email in a downpour, but it's fun.
It's nice to see Brandon having fun:D
Great job.
Field scientist lappy... Great for heaps of field situations. I knew these things were out there, but i didn't expect to see LTT review one.
We use these to have all our TO's (technical orders) at our finger tips for the F16, F15, and F117 and probably heavy's too. Contractors use them around base too so they dont have to worry about breaking anything. I dropped one off a B4 stand once by accident and nothing bad happened.
Asst: "Doctor, we're finally getting radar signals from the ocean, it seems like an underground city but I'm not sure, can you run the numbers?"
Doctor: "I can't"
Asst: "but the laptop was supposed to hold up to this storm"
Doctor: "Yeah, but windows is updating currently"
Asst: "..."
Doc: "..."
U S E L I N U X
I've been running Linux on Toughbooks for over a decade. :-)
Chaitanya Singh
Sorry we can’t launch the nuclear missile against Godzilla the computer is busy installing 1903 2 months after it was supposed to be released.
Built for Tough ?? That was dramatic intro, totally unnecessary and I love it.
We use these in my job in the military, they still get broken lol. Specifically the tabs for the ports on the back/sides, and we had problems with screws working their way out and ended up removing a bunch of them with the entire rear frame and putting glue over the essential ones.
My company use these, well, this is the newest model which we are testing now, but the previous ones, the only issue we have is the CD/DVD drives die easy as they are probably the weakest link in the armor. The previous handles were also a liability as they could easily break off. The new design actually improves both features. Our techs work on diesel engines for trucks and heavy equipment like front end loaders and generators. We also work with natural gas engines which are highly volatile when being worked on to the point we need special bays that minimize sparks. These were the only ones at the time when we started using them, that were approved for this use.
I evaluated that laptop against the Panasonic Toughbook CF-33 offering and we went with the Panasonic which has a great screen at 2160 x 1440 and capacitive touch screen that works with gloves and will work wet.
I'd like to see you evaluate the Panasonic soon.
I’ve actually encountered a Panasonic Toughbook in the wild years ago. I’m surprised that Panasonic still makes them.
I use a CF-20 everyday.
I feel that Panasonic makes the ultimate rugged laptops
@@Ebalosus They sell ALOT of them and the margin on them is crazy high. I wouldn't be surprised if they are one of the best selling laptops by unit numbers.
@@thefamilyman Panasonic actually was one of the first to make them. *I* would have chose them but my company went the other way because we also have normal laptops for other uses as well and it was cheaper to go with Dell, also, panasonics were also, at the time, rated for Natural gas work.
I currently use the CF-31 everyday... The CF-33's removable screen/tablet feature is actually a nice option, for what most of us use them for... SO might have to pick one of those up.
Love the effort for the scenes you guys put in.
Loved the 10k PC and shooting this in the wild ?
Its just awesome ! 🥳
That was an amazing review! Nice!
you earned a like for the intro ;D
Is the RGB so you can still type at night while hiding from Zombies? :O
@@user-ll1vm2kv4n
Dell Rugged Extreme (Rare)
Weapon Type: Blunt, Melee
Damage: 69
Headshot Multiplier: ∞
@@user-ll1vm2kv4n Grants water walk
Immune to freeze
faster healing at a poke center
You forgot that these things are widely used in Law Enforcement, pretty much all cop cars are outfitted with a rugged laptop.
Forgot the sidearm? Bludgeon the perp with this
Spot on. I work for an IT company that takes care of several local governments and I have installed many of these (7414s) in patrol vehicles as well as a handful that aren't installed but stay with investigators and command staff. You never know when you're going to have to flop this thing out on the trunk (boot) of your car in the rain to look up some info before you try to pull some criminals out of their meth den.
@Forrest Gump your dad has a toughbook .. this laptop is too expensive for a patrol car. How do I know? I have a toughbook in my patrol car..
@@J.O.. These are pretty much in the same price range as Toughbooks. While Toughbooks are the biggest selling rugged laptops out there Dell has been making some gains in the business. One can spend a cool grand on a decent docking station and peripherals for rugged laptops so often they will stick within the brand to get an extra generation out of the docks.
@@J.O.. Local Sheriffs have these Dell Rugged models.
I own a utility locating company, and all my techs have these baby’s. We are out in the thick of it, any weather type the Midwest can throw at us, and also we are in all sorts of dig operations and not so safe terrain so being pretty sturdy is great.
This would actually be pretty good for construction site use. I work on job sites all of the time and a lot of the general contractors, superintendents, developers, etc, carry tablets and laptops with them on a daily basis. Usually they’re caked with dust and dirt on the outside so god only knows what the inside looks like. I could see this making sense to anyone who frequently visits or supervises construction sites and needs to have a laptop with them at all times.
00:55 "who is this beast actually for ?"
Switches to Linus 😂
oh yez i get it XD
he throws s*** around ahahahah!
and after the LTT intro "still not Linus-proof" lol
Most important feature :
_RGB keyboard_ LiT aF
This will be a nice upgrade to the Panasonic Toughbook 31 I am currently using daily at work. The "CF-31" I use is getting a bit old, and at least there is another "option" to go with if I so choose. Since Panasonic has been the only one (that I can remember) that has produced a Field Service Technician laptop in the last, well forever... Thanks Dell, for at least including a keyboard that does not suck, looking at you Panasonic.
Peak of new-cast Linus Tech Tip videos
Props for actually having the Iron Giant play whilst David was crying
>be in the middle of a war
>ssd breaks
>soldier calls dell
>5 minutes later a box literally drops from the sky from a UAV carrying the ssd that has everything preloaded
why not send a moab on the enemys position instead????
@@rodrigofilho1996 that requires some calculations sir. please wait while windows updates
Love the new experimenting with intros, such good production quality & really adds to the video ! :)
The company I work for uses them for our field technicians working on the power grid. The ruggedness comes in real handy when the thing accidentally gets run over...
There is also a rugged docking station option ... if you could upgrade the screen, webcam, cpu, ram & the usuals it would be just what Im requiring. Cant find them 2nd hand here in Australia (dont think they were released here) so thats a bummer. Back to the drawing board to "hulk up" a regular lappie with bent metal & rivets
Damn I could feel the hair on my chest growing just clicking on this vid.
They say it's rated for - 29C but in my experience with other rugged laptops, both Panasonic and Dell I've found that they often work in colder than that.
Once you much past - 35C they'll usually turn on but the screen will be blank so if you need to carry the computer between sites in your coat to temporarily bring the temperature up to display worthy
they are rated lower than their capacity
Yes, ratings are where things are expected to reliably work. In order to achieve that, there needs to be a safety margin on top of that. Typically the limiting factor for computing devices in cold environments is that the liquid crystals in the display freeze and the battery loses efficiency. Heating elements address both of those issues.
Great job Alex
i recall working on those for setting them up for actual combat deployments.. those were rated to b Airdropped and combat ready
This is obviously built for the military to replace the hundreds of thousands of Panasonic Toughbooks slowly dying.
If it was for a replacement, they already made a Dell latitude 12 for that job
@@FlameOnTheBeat Getacs are garbage compared to the Toughbooks IMO.
Moleman: I need the most extreme laptop you have.
Dell: how about the Dell Rugged Extreme?
Moleman: No, that's too extreme.
Then you want the rugged, the 5424 model.
4:20 I'm like: "THROW IT IN WATER" 😅
Lmao
I've been using the Panasonic toughbook using Windows XP in the Army, I hope that these new Dell laptops could replace them.