You can hit this with a SHOVEL - Dell Rugged Extreme 2022

[@__u__9464]

I work for an ISP and we use these in field service. They're really not bad. Best Laptop I've used so far (for applications outside the office)

[@SumriseHD]

@Ian Visser And the port flaps are horrible if you ask me. I'm just IT and don't actually use those, but just installing them they annoyed me lol

[@handlemonium]

OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE EXTREME!!!

[@wesleymercer4536]

Nice, we didn't have any for my ISP but I do see how that would be useful!

[@scottsmith2173]

I also work for an ISP and wish we were issued these. The laptops we get are so easily damaged working in the field

[@iwontliveinfear]

Yeah Dell Rugged laptops are the only thing you can count on when your pulling fiber in Florida in August.

[@AS-tr5cg]

Man...I deployed close to 2000 of these things working for LE. I have gotten four back that were shot and they survived. These things have LITERALLY saved lives with their durability.

[@MrBadlandabad]

LE?

[@hhaste]

@@MrBadlandabad Law Enforcement

[@caboose9843]

Wow, Dell can literally call their laptops bulletproof. big kudos to them

[@TechnologistAtWork]

@@hhaste I love when people use shorts for things that not known to everybody. So hard to type to law enforcement. Just type LE and assume people will know what you mean.

[@BeetleBuns]

@@TechnologistAtWork most people DO know what it means

[@kartdodger]

FINALLY!!! A laptop that suits Linus's needs!

[@handlemonium]

Not really, but if he needs something to drop while whipping around like the prankster douchy maniac he his while on camera? Sure.

[@arnavgarg69]

@@handlemonium overly specific but sounds like something linus would do lol

[@SyRose901]

Well, damn, if he were to use this, I would slightly worry about his foot.

[@arnavgarg69]

@@SyRose901 lol

[@adrianke77]

Dude it's only ruggedized not Linusproofed

[@themomaw]

That feeling when "The batteries can be swapped, and you can even tell how full they are" is a selling point. Except you owned a laptop in 2001 and it was totally normal at that time. People would look at you weird if you had a laptop that you *couldn't* replace the battery pack on. Because it's fundamentally stupid to not be able to easily replace the one thing that you know, with 1000% certainty, is going to be need to be replaced at some point.

[@megachonk9440]

Not many laptops let you hot-swap a battery pack while the unit is powered on and unplugged, because dual-battery laptops are very rare. Also, batteries don't normally need to be replaced often, so it's usually fine for a typical office laptop to need to remove a panel to get at the battery ever two to 3 years.

[@kebien6020]

I loved being able to extend my battery life by a lot, just removing the battery at 80% and using the laptop connected to AC as if it were a desktop (I didn't have a separate desktop pc so most of the time that was the laptop's role)

[@QueenSaffryn]

This is why I held onto my Samsung Galaxy S5 phone for so long, the battery was easily replaceable like all those older phone models were :(

[@tams805]

@@megachonk9440 Yes, most laptops weren't hotswappable back then. But there still were quite a few more that were, and they extended down into the normal business laptop lines, rather than being confined to very niche ones like this one.

[@legendp2011]

you can replace the batteries in most modern laptop as well. it's just not hotswappable

[@miksu103]

Your shovel did not damage it, I've bought six of these for work this year and most of them are not square and level when you place them on a table. Not that you notice it on the field. Also regarding the nine antenna cable board, it's an antenna switcher. Three input connectors (channels), Wifi, LTE and GPS. Two outputs for each channel go to the internal antennas and the dock connector on the bottom. The laptop can then switch if it is using it's internal antennas, or external antennas on the dock. Can be used to bring the antennas outside if you dock the laptop in a bunker with no reception.

[@royceCMR]

Kinda bad the quality seems random (some are not level). Sadness.

[@pedro4205]

@@royceCMR I think it would cost a lot to make something this chunk with extra care for fine details unrelated to functionality. Imagine the time cutting and sanding the aluminium?

[@miksu103]

@@pedro4205 That's what I think as well. No one is going to use these in an office anyway so it truly doesn't matter.

[@royceCMR]

@@pedro4205 oh agreed!! But for $4300+ i think they could factor it in - or raise the price and not be noticed by most clients. I figure most clients are picking this device over buying 2-3+ normal laptops and replacing when they break. That means they fully accept they are overpaying to KEEP the device working consistently instead of less to replace when breaks. At that point, price sensitivity is reduced - so leverage it!

[@nomad7317]

May I ask what do you work?

[@hackman460]

One of my first jobs was hardware replacement for Dell laptops. The old rugged laptops were a nightmare to open up and put back together. A very specific screw sequence which if you missed one it wouldn't go back on properly

[@alicesmith2636]

I like the fact it has hot-swappable batteries, that would be a cool feature on normal laptops as well Just keep an extra battery in your backpack and take it out in the middle of a meeting or a lecture or something

[@muazqamar]

Yeah it was awesome when all the laptops used to have them. RIP

[@tagrtw]

Almost every laptop used to have them back in the day.

[@ducksfolif977]

How would u charge the other battery tho? That always confused me when people bragged about having extra phone batteries with them, cuz then u gotta worry about the other one being charged

[@tabs8231]

@@ducksfolif977 charge one, take it out, charge 2. then you can carry battery 2 around until you need it a week later or whatever. plus swappable battery means you can buy and replace them yourself instead of taking it to a repair store / needing tools

[@potatoes5829]

@@ducksfolif977 I mean, charging the extra batteries would be nice, but having extra capacity would be useful regardless

[@twinsen_rus]

I just love it that not that long ago Alex was very shy while hosting these videos and now he just runs in with a shovel and starts attacking the laptop without any introduction :D :D What a way to go! :D

[@PrinceAlberts]

We use laptops similar to these on aircraft carriers because they’re pretty much indestructible, EMI resistant, fuel/oil/waterproof, and are field repairable. They’re totally worth it when you need dependability on mass scale.

[@arnox4554]

What's the specific brand you guys use?

[@PrinceAlberts]

@@arnox4554 It’s been a while since I’ve used one, but we had Dell computers on my last deployment. I don’t remember the model number, but they were heavily ruggedized.

[@utubekullanicisi]

The 1600 peak brightness of the MacBook is only when watching HDR videos (and not all HDR videos, but Dolby Vision ones), and it's only for small sections of the screen (i.e area where the Sun is shining in a video). The sustained all-screen brightness for HDR is 1000 nits, and in SDR mode (normal use) it only goes up to 500 nits (like all previous MBPs since 2016). Though, there's an app called 'Vivid' that uses some hacks to get the 1000 nit mode working in normal mode (with sacrifices to color accuracy), so comparing that with this Dell laptop would be an interesting comparison.

[@icopyjokes]

The lack of swappable RAM is because it uses LPDDR4x, which has to be soldered and can't be socketed (this does allow for the higher than usual transfer rate).

[@icopyjokes]

@Ian Visser According to Wikipedia LPDDR4x is 2133MHz aka 4267MT/s (which is what Windows reports as MHz), so I assume the chips can reach that natively.

[@michaelf.2449]

I imagine it also doesn't hurt that you can now claim it's less susceptible to freezing the ram and reading the data in a psychical attack.

[@thekiddshow]

@@michaelf.2449 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@flyingtentacle7631]

@@michaelf.2449 Wow, did you read that back in 1635 and never forgot about it? That hasn't been a thing since ddr2.

[@miscl_anon]

@@flyingtentacle7631 at least for "freezing the ram", i kinda imagined that they meant literally ice forming on the socket contacts and causing it to fail

[@NeonVisual]

Technically you can hit any laptop with a shovel.

[@raf42]

My roommate had a similar laptop, and he loved to freak people out by cleaning it with the spray nozzle from the sink, while it was on.

[@thethingthatshouldnotbe3035]

That's hilarious, thanks for making me laugh. xD

[@aquilafasciata5781]

That’s worth the purchase price alone.

[@pww4293]

I just remember that indian soap opera scene where wife innocently wash husband laptop in a sink with running water lol

[@jovinprime]

Lmaooo I remember watching that with my sister and mom as a kid it's from Gopi bahu

[@AdarshMeher-xe9dl]

why?

[@xscreaminghand]

I have to say, I use the previous model at work as a technician for an ISP. Ever since we updated to Windows 11 the touchscreen no longer works with gloves on or even the stylus acts up sometimes.

[@rahbabchowdhury4504]

Yea i think its a windows thing, if you see a video on the "ShortCircuit" channel, they had win11 and touch wasnt working

[@arnox4554]

lol Modern Windows strikes again. I bet if I slapped a Debian Stable based distro on it, it would work flawlessly.

[@TheRealWoofer]

Alex is definitely one of the best hosts at LMG. He personifies the Canadian spirit and energy level and he never takes things too serious, but enough that we still get to learn about the subject. Well done with that shovel, sir!

[@Arbiter099]

He's come a long way since he started, without compromising his style either

[@uwuLegacy]

Send it!

[@flvffette]

he looks very canadian

[@MStrickkk]

"Smacks a computer with a shovel, uses a crowbar to open a cardboard box" Personifies the Canadian spirit.

[@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936]

@@MStrickkk AvE shed a tear on the opening.

[@forrest225]

I do love a rugged laptop. Used to use a toughbook at a previous job as a maintenance tech. Was super handy, the whole place was run off PLC and having a laptop enabled us to run just about any peice of equipment for diag or testing.

[@Aaron-zl5gq]

I work for the county and our sheriffs office uses these and our public works department uses them , and imo they’re hands down some of the best mobile rugged devices on the market , the fact they can pretty much have a workspace anywhere in the field is huge for them , we have 200 of them 0 issues so far and some of the parts like the HD etc are super easy to swap out if they fail.

[@TrojanManSCP]

What didn’t get mentioned was the importance of the SSD. The old Toughbooks’ Achilles’ Heel was the hard drive and mechanical shock. This generation looks like a huge improvement all around.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Wish more companies would build their own takes on rugged laptop tough books to increase competition and drive prices down

[@heroninja1125]

Acer has their competition against this. Theres two versions, the thick toughbook like one with hot swappable batteries. And a smaller notebook version that is basically just a waterproof drop proof notebook laptop.

[@michaelf.2449]

Honestly the price isn't an issue for the people who actually need this.

[@ex0stasis72]

@Ian Visser It's kind of ironic because isn't Dell known for some of the best desktop monitors? I suppose they figured they gotta be economical on one of the features that their core target market wouldn't care too much about, color accuracy.

[@matthewjbauer1990]

@@Snowman-wr3cp The problem with Miltope is that their laptops are VERY expensive and the newest one they have uses the i5/i7 9 series. If you want a laptop geared for ruggedness and specs, check out Getac. Getac is basically the Panisonic Toughbook but the specs are better, and all Getac does are rugged devices.

[@seanonraet8327]

Is the market for these big enough?

[@kinoromantic]

Looks like it's definitely useful for military applications, police and rescue work, as well as in any extreme places (think north pole and middle of the ocean boat rigs).

[@the_undead]

I would imagine these are used basically anywhere that a laptop breaking is a legitimate concern but there needs to be a laptop for some reason or another

[@kinoromantic]

@@the_undead Honestly, doesn't have to be any lower for the amount it offers - the usability aspect beats Komodo, and image quality at least equals it. Built in NDs - check, timecode options - check, full size XLRs - check, no crop except for 4k 240fps super 16 mode, duraluminium body, not one but two SDI outs, SSD recording + dual C fast slot + SD, usable somewhat tiltable screen, excellent menu layout. I weighed this camera against the Komodo and I honestly couldn't think of any reason to go for Komodo except for brand name. If we're talking V Raptor then we have something that equals 12K in usability aspects, but it's FOUR times more expensive and accessories are mentally expensive.

[@kinoromantic]

P.S: As a freelance DP I'm finding it difficult to justify super expensive camera to clients more and more and I've even debated getting a 12K because law of diminishing returns and what you actually get for your money price/image wise couldn't be any lower. But I will say this - despite the features of the 12K and the astonishing image quality and sensor sharpness, clients still bite 12 or 15 year old RED Scarletts and Ravens because of the brand name. Standing there and attempting to explain to them that you have a newer technically equal in every way camera is pointless. Most want RED because of it's name, but I don't actually care because it's I who uses the tool and not a guy in a suit.

[@derrickgott007]

I’m a telecommunications Lineman and we use Toshiba Toughbooks. Sometimes we have to take them up to the line with us, and I’ve dropped mine , with the screen open, from 45 feet up and nothing happened to it.

[@jpbuilds6167]

Wow

[@harfgarflarf]

Panasonic, not Toshiba.

[@GuillermoHernandez-mu5mj]

Panasonic discontinued the line. Big sad.

[@mercedesplay_more_kof8488]

My stepdad was at a convention back in 2003-ish when they were doing a presentation for these laptops. Apparently the guy presenting it threw it on the ground then started jumping up and down on it, then gave the next portion of his presentation while standing on it. Finished by opening it and showing it was still chilling in Windows XP and working fine. The one from the presentation had a swivel screen that you could flip around like some 2-in-1's. A thought for younger viewers, this predated the proliferation of SSDs. There was a disk drive in that bad boy with some real fancy tech to keep it from getting messed up by flipping it around. I think they retailed for around 3k - 3.5k iirc but it's been 20 years so I don't remember too well.

[@Micromation]

Laptop made for Linus. He can drop it as many times as he wants.

[@iaxyz]

He couldn't. The floor would break! 🤣

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@iaxyz the Nokia version of the issue

[@ftm_5392]

Far more affordable than the GETACs that we've used for 10 years. I like the construction of these much better as well

[@tobimai4843]

I just love stuff which is not built for consumers. You just see that that thing is NOT built for best profit/unit like consumer stuff, but for actually being REALLY good

[@trowawayacc]

Yep this is the kind of shit i need. Forget the sleek shit. Give us repairable reliable stuff.

[@justbob333]

no no, your confusing it, consumer goods are built for mass market smaller profit with greater sales, these commercial products are built for maximizing profit per unit as they will sell far fewer. (starting price 4300) taking advantage of the difference between business purchases vs consumer purchasing. Business with buy many of them, use it as business expense, can lower tax burdens plus all sorts of other accountant stuff . plus they need them to make money. Consumer is gonna penny pinch with limited funds.

[@doofus7518]

@@trowawayacc lol i'm the complete opposite, i love thin and light things and don't care about ports

[@pilsplease7561]

I had a laptop that was formerly used for a us missile launch system, they wiped it out but just having the hardware was cool.

[@johnfelt1089]

Should definitely try running water through that sealed cooling compartment to see how it affects performance. It’d also be cool to see if performance changes at all at the extreme ranges of its temp rating

[@trainer2653]

10:42 I have the 5424 rugged, didn't work after a small bump on the bottom, the ram module is designed to make contact with the bottom shell on that model. So 1 misplaced hit and your ram stick will die. Took out the dead stick and then the laptop works. Looks like the ram has been moved on this model.

[@feather-duster-cat4307]

We use these in my emergency/critical care veterinary hospital and love them! They've been soaked in water, peed on, thrown off tables, running over by gurneys...you name it- they are tough little things!

[@JohnA...]

Having worked with "tough books" in the military I can say they were annoying to deal with... but they were designed to be sturdy. These are far smaller than the ones we had a decade ago.

[@jose152171]

Don’t worry we’re still struggling with those tough books and their finger sized track pad

[@martinh2783]

@@jose152171 Don't forget the striped down windows xp and under powered cpu trying to run really heavy bft programs with more seconds per frame than frames per second.

[@TheHammerGuy94]

I swear, these are used for UAV drone strikes.

[@edwardwood6532]

Would you rather have a tiny disposable pc that is really light where a spare (two of them) could be easily carried that is lighter then one of these? Or a brick that won't break?

[@michaelf.2449]

@@edwardwood6532 I think in this military situation you don't get "spares" if it goes into the field with secured data on it then it's fucking coming back hell or high water.

[@zahmbiend6575]

Truly another class of laptops! I've used one of their older models, and the screen was so bright I started wearing sunglasses when using it indoors (we had Linux installed, and the brightness slider was difficult to get to), but you could easily see it even in broad daylight. We use a similar model from Panasonic for cattle farming, and the laptops commonly get covered in manure during operations. They keep working, and you can just wipe the screen off with a wet cloth and keep going. In so many industrial situations, the color accuracy or sound quality doesn't really matter, as long as you can see and hear in the bright sun or near some noisy machinery, and it doesn't quit as soon as it gets caught in a rainstorm or dropped in a puddle. Also, in that sort of environment, the $4K+ price tag is well worth it when you consider the amount of time and money that would be involved in repairing or replacing something less expensive.

[@randomunimportantperson]

Alex's energy is so amazing. Shortcircuit videos with him are absolutely awesome.

[@HShango]

Agreed

[@u6uggg6hguiuggy]

You can also use this as a blunt force weapon and ballistic shield if you want.

[@everypizza]

😂

[@destinyhero4795]

Remember everyone, reload is faster than charging. -Dell, probably

[@Kaiju3301]

Knife the laptop.

[@RageTasticc]

That first 20 seconds of the made my day

[@Neoxon619]

Given Alex’s loyalty to Dell, it’s nice to see him try one that could *maybe* last a nuclear winter.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

It will barely last a strong fart

[@SlenderHime]

And those nuclear winter is getting closer and closer

[@ShadowRubberDuck]

Alex’s mind: It’s perfect engineered, but no alcantara!

[@joshuacheung6518]

@@marcogenovesi8570 the "farts" that I've seen ruggedized laptops go through include, but are not limited to, Falling off the back of a truck at 30mph. Being left in a 2 inch deep puddle for 3+ hours. While running. Found later by being run over by another truck. Final tally of damage: cracked screen, scuffed case, bent panels and a couple lost screws but otherwise functional. Admittedly it wasn't a dell, but you must have a strong ass if you can fart harder than those.

[@neondemon5137]

@@marcogenovesi8570 You speak from personal experience?

[@nangld]

I'm a regular person, but given how often I spill coffee, get under a rain and drop things on a floor, this laptop can be a good investment. So if I ever become a rich regular person, then I will get such laptop. And it doesn't require a phone for internet connectivity.

[@AndrewAHayes]

I once had a Compaq laptop around 1993 that was fitted into a lightweight flight case, it was a rugged model to start with, it had these latch type fittings that released the monitor and keyboard from the flight case, I think it was a military model, I used it to run MIDI sequencing at my bands gigs, it was built like a tank!

[@idontknow8196]

i work in the IT department for an oilfield company. We send these out on offshore rigs all the time. they take an insane beating! only complaints ive ever recieved is that they get slow after a few years. as would any laptop.

[@kumaIndigo]

In the past 6 years my dad has had a new laptop every year because he always "somehow" manages to completely destroy each one. The man just doesn't take care of his stuff (e.i. throws his laptop around everywhere, pulls the laptop by the charging cable, and just somehow manages to destroy the chassis). In the past 2 years we've gotten him thinkpads because after some research I found that they were said to be some of the sturdier laptops out there, yet he still managed to break one each year. Currently he doesn't have a laptop, and since the day I found out about these rugged laptops I have genuinely pondered whether we should just bite the bullet and get him one and see if the man can somehow break this laptop.

[@Chuck_Huckler]

Do it, and report back to us in a year from now!

[@pickleshanks]

@@Chuck_Huckler For science!

[@jonathanthomas2449]

Do it!!!!

[@CliffordChang-v8c]

Do it. If he can break that in a year, I'd be impressed.

[@stephen1r2]

The usb-c charging port will be the weak point here unless you can fit one of those magnetic adapters

[@Sparky5869]

OMG at 3:02 I thought they had put a scorpion.jpg on the left side of the screen in editing for some reason... I was so confused until I saw the trackpad had the same image and remembered that dbrand exists 🤣

[@YouAreBreathing]

It's so rugged, Linus can use it as his work computer.

[@MatthewNelson104]

I was a contractor in a previous job and they gave us these to work with. Was nice carrying it around like a top secret briefcase.

[@Garci96b]

My dad worked overseas for a while in extreme conditions and the only computer that worked without an issue at his site was his Toshiba. All the toughbook style computers had issues.

[@khaosf.b3505]

One thing I love about our workshop laptop is the fact that's always covered in dust and some how hasn't over heated

[@marcm.]

A little correction, the degree operating in Celsius or Fahrenheit is wrong in the negative... It makes sense that it would be negative 21 f but not what is mentioned as c, which is not the same as a Fahrenheit stated. So someone got it wrong, with the range of degrees because neither the Fahrenheit negative nor the Fahrenheit positive corresponds to the negative or positive in c

[@undefinedbhvr]

Theres actually a single intersection between Fahrenheit and Celcius, -40f

[@88porpoise]

@@undefinedbhvr which is why he can easily say for sure that the ranges are wrong. Both temps have to be on the same side of -40.

[@Crabm38]

I am an engineer in a military-focused company, and we use these in the field while field testing our equipment. That many IOs are actually standard in most military hardware. I always thought "rugged laptops" were primarily designed for us because they are very durable (the military has stupid requirements for sand, cold, water, heat, etc.), and they have lots of primarily old and "simple" IOs.

[@the_undead]

From what I can tell, military or military related applications is the designed intent of these laptops, however, it just so happens that there are many other industries that would love something with similar capabilities to what the military needs in a laptop

[@ThisWillCharacter]

I can hit anything with a shovel, that doesn’t make this laptop special. It’s just that not everything survives when I do. This laptop looks useful as this is a problem I’ve been having recently

[@Acidic_Person]

I murmured “ouch” when he placed his finger on the xps’s trackpad😮‍💨

[@speeed1652]

The none user swappable ram may be a security measure to prevent physical breaches, although I'm no Dell technician.

[@NeuraSynx]

ram is volatile memory

[@DigitalJedi]

@@NeuraSynx and it is still vulnerable to physical attacks. Typically ram is chilled to slow the discharging of the cells, and is them placed into a reader where it can be dumped.

[@Pratik_Baravkar]

Also Ram can come loose if droped so Soldered would be good alternative

[@lands1459]

@@NeuraSynx yes but you can freeze it which will cause the ram to retain memory for a short period, allowing someone to dump the contents

[@RandomTheories]

of course you are not, otherwise you would try to sell me warranty 😏

[@alexhelvetica]

I work at a manufacturing company. We were awarded a Toughbook CF-18 mk4 in 2006 from a national business award. That was the workshop laptop for 14 years, used to program PLCs. We eventually replaced it with a Toughbook FZ-55 in 2020. Performance isn't important as our engineers have their own ThinkPads or custom built workstations, but surviving a few drops off a freight hoist is

[@LeePran]

Im a dell enginner, the most awesome thing about dell rugged is that if LCD gets cracked the warranty will be valid and cover the damage

[@--_DJ_--]

You are a brave man for admitting that. :)

[@handlemonium]

An easily swappable mechanism like Framework would be great.

[@simpletongeek]

I thought hitting the screen with a crowbar would be unacceptable. I'm glad to be wrong. Now if it's EMP proof and have the ability to install Linux, preferably of Debian persuasion, then you have my attention! Somehow "Windows" and +"security " just don't match well. After all, you don't really "own" a Windows device nowadays. Or HP printer either, BTW, as they can disable it if you don't pay!

[@pixelmaster98]

​@@--_DJ_-- well, he's just an engineer, not a warranty salesman. No shame in that ^^

[@QueenSaffryn]

Easily replaceable batteries, what a wild idea, it's almost like we didn't do this back in the early laptop days and the only reason we dont have it now is cause manufacturers would rather we buy new laptops when our batties die than just new batteries :(

[@fly1ngsh33p7]

As a former ThinkPad user I can say: No more laptops without the middle-mouse-key as an actual key. SO useful.

[@Wolfeboy212]

I've been a paramedic for 12 years and we've used Dell toughbook products the entire time. When I started they were barely usable garbage, now they're a genuine pleasure.

[@arjanscholl]

Guys, the Macbook screen only does 1000nits sustained (1600peak) in HDR mode. Microsoft Teams doesn't really qualify as HDR. It's 500nits in SDR mode.

[@olsirmonkey]

Yeah but they call it a 1600 nit screen, so generally you'd expect it to run at 1600 nits.

[@tang9538]

@@olsirmonkey Phone screens do this too, Samsung advertises something insane like 1300nits peak brightness on their high end phones but the only way you're ever getting close to that is if most of the screen is black and its out in the sun with auto brightness on, manual brightness is always lower.

[@Giggity-Man]

My shop uses these in an industrial setting for plc troubleshooting and programming. They never get shut off and they sit in a 40c shop floor all summer long. Yes they get hot to the point you could burn yourself, but they never broke for that reason. I've seen them with broke keys, broken charging ports and one with a ripped off screen but operator error is mostly to blame. They get used 24/7 by not so gentle mechanics getting wheeled around on a table station to station getting banged around and occasionally falling off the table. There more tuff then a 5.9 and cost more then you think they would, but in the right applications there perfect.

[@melissablick779]

Would appreciate a low temperature test. Stick it inside an industrial freezer and see if it still works. Especially if the battery is significantly impacted.

[@castform57]

Man I love the IO on this thing. I was given a thin lenovo for my network engineer job, where I need to configure network devices in a lab or in the field. That thing has like 2 USB-A ports and one C port. They really expect me to haul a dock with me to connect to network devices. The RS-232 port is such a good addition for the intended work this is designed for. Lots of old machinery is operated over it, so having that and a separate USB and ethernet ports is so nice.

[@derkaiser9881]

Bruh I thought they were censoring the laptop with a random picture of a scorpion. What the hell lmao

[@phr3dmcc0y]

this thing is a beast. I used to work for dell and I'd have to repair these when anything went awry. Loads of water proofing and heavy construction, but very good performance. OH the ram was under the keyboard on the older units. :) Easy access too.

[@Silverhazey_]

I’m a simple man. I see a ShortCircuit with Alex or Riley and I click. The best hosts with the energy and humor I come here for (and obviously the tech).

[@alyx6427]

tbf if you can hit it with a shovel that way and it's fine then that's just very good packaging

[@39zack]

This intro had a "Jays iFix it" ad vibe to it, I can totally see Alex and Jay doing an ad together: DELL RUGGED!!! So rugged you can smash it with an SHOVEL!!! And if you break something, you can fix it with IFIXIT!!! Smashed yourself with the shovel?? You cant fix that with IFIXIT!!!

[@BartLanz]

I have one of their rugged extreme 7424, it’s the second ultra rugged machines from dell I’ve had and they have both been awesome. My last one jumped from 20 feet several times with out issue, I have also used both in the rain for protracted periods of time without issue. I discovered my old one needed to be replaced when it got pooped on by birds and I sprayed it with foaming bleach and I found some cracks in the case as I was washing it off. That being said it went a year or two after that incident occurred.

[@electroman9173]

Can LTT please do a video about smart card readers and how secure an OS unlock method like that actually is? I think it'd be cool.

[@Madtrack]

I need this for the field. Those hotswappable batteries are beyond a lifesaver.

[@NFSgadzooks]

"It's touchscreen, I just noticed that." Didn't you pull a stylus out of the side of it earlier? I would have taken that as a clue...

[@drcyb3r]

11:01 This thing is an automated antenna switch. My gaming notebook has a similar one and it is there to enhance your WiFi range. You have antennas in the notebooks display and sometimes also in its base. The logic can switch between them to give you a better signal strength. Also your model has external antenna connectors on the bottom and the logic probably switches to them when the notebook is put in the dock and it can deliver a better signal. That small antenna board has three little ICs and three antennas per IC. One for the input (gray, black and thick red how it looks) and two as an output (external or internal). And your model doesn't have LTE capabilities. It would have a modem in the top left m.2 slot where the two antennas are. And I wonder where the WiFi module sits. Maybe underneath the antennas.

[@interrobangings]

0:28 BRUV THAT'S $90 FOR A HOODIE

[@LifeWithMatthew]

Those laptops are really good. I used them as a PLC programmer working at industrial job sites, you'd be amazed how often I still need a physical serial port and I'm glad these laptops include them!

[@The44sasquatch]

It's weird to see you guys cover a computer I am currently evaluating for my job lol

[@JoshuaG]

4:26 i believe anything with a 4266mhz RAM is automatically an LPDDR4X soldered memory 👍

[@Faraonqa]

The ram being soldered on is acceptable as it's done to eliminate "oh no i dropped it and the ram came loose in the slot"

[@pickleshanks]

This is, like, the only acceptable kind of laptop to solder the RAM to for sure.

[@MagMan4x4]

I used this computer (2018 version but looks the same) when workong in the oilfield as a federal inspector and I legitimately left it out in the rain with the lid open on the hood of an F150 in front of a drilling rig for hours sitting in direct sunlight and it never missed a beat!

[@HShango]

I've always had an interest in rugged laptops

[@matthewjbauer1990]

In my former job, I installed and maintained a fleet of Dell Rugged laptops for a major cell carrier (think magenta). The only one I saw die was one where the user was careless and ran into an electric fence while using one and it got electric shock damage. It was common to see dents and cracks in these, but they would still be usable. When I was a traveling IT guy, I would have killed for a rugged laptop, so I wouldn't have to be as careful about dropping the laptop.

[@thepenguin9]

Holy shit the military industrial complex includes Dell

[@MsLexiRodriguez]

A large selling point on those is vibration resistance. Many laptops couldn’t be strapped to a mount in a motor vehicle without issues from the vibrations. Also the hot and cold tolerance is supposed to be able to be left inside a car in almost any weather.

[@aeriumfour6096]

These things are great for most applications, but NOT shop use. I'm a blacksmith and I can tell you, nothing with a fan will last long around metal dust and filings. I learned the hard way. 3 laptops later I just have it in another room and a passthrough to a monitor and peripherals through the wall.

[@keithb6344]

I worked at a plant where we had a lot of oil in the air, along with dust and filings. Computers lasted longer than I expected with oil dripping out of them, but yes it is a bad environment. We had most of ours in sealed boxes with filters and fans for airflow.

[@carlosalbertocorreiajr]

its water tight, so the worst scenario would be you blocking your fan with metal dust, compressed air would solve the problem

[@coder543]

Fortunately, there are a couple of fanless laptops on the market these days, and they don’t suck (literally and figuratively), even if they’re not intended to be smacked with a shovel

[@cyril.engineering]

Dev/Devops. I only commute on a motorcycle, do a lot of machining, fabricating, and automotive on the side. I 'killed' my HP EliteBook 8570w on a commute. I had used that machine all day, every day, everywhere for eight years. I was devastated. I discovered a top of the line Rugged Extreme 7424 for 2000 with a Python scrubber. The person thought it was used, but merely was unboxed. Absolute heaven. For gags I mount it on my inner pannier. But. They did not account for one thing. Thick dog hair. It clogs the active cooling unending because they couldn't install a more fine guard. Also I broke out my micro soldering kit and fixed my HP...

[@jkraft81]

Queue joke about Linus dropping stuff and needing this laptop

[@semi.]

Glove compatible touch screens often have to be toggled in the settings... why, because if you don't have gloves on it can make the experience jank. It is common toggle when grocery store workers need to bring a touch screen pricing tool into freezer storage.

[@m.hreels9822]

That WebCam is better than Apple‘s!😂🤣🖥

[@FlyboyHelosim]

I sometimes don't know if these types of videos are being serious or not. There's nothing wrong with the trackpad or touchscreen. Anybody who can afford this laptop and use it seriously isn't going to be wearing $5 builder's gloves. People also get the misconception that rugged laptops are meant to be intentionally and repeatedly abused. They're not. They're for that one time you accidentally drop it but an otherwise lesser laptop would be smashed to smithereens.

[@xen84]

I have to use a capacitive touchscreen at an outdoor job. They'll usually only work with gloves that specifically say they're compatible, and even then it's always ridiculously specific about HOW you touch the screen when deciding whether it'll work or not. Probably not a limitation of the Dell in this case, just a limitation of the technology.

[@bradysully5755]

I work in IT and I work on new MacBook pros, new XPS 15 inch. But when a special order came in for the rugged I actually really liked how cool it was

[@Ken-zg3ze]

ALEX, Please make a video where you and Linus make a DIY sketchy version of a rugged laptop.

[@the_everafter]

I daily drive the more rugged version of this one, and can confim ive dropped it from about 150 feet and it still works, i use it in the rain and mount it all the time to my dock when im in the shop, A downside for the hotswap batteries is that as far as i can find there is not a solution for charging the batteries outside of the laptop, which is a bummer when you charge through your dock, it is nice to be able to swap them but also a hassle to keep em all charged. The batery life is pretty good i get through 12 hour days on one charge but im not on the computer for that long. A big downside is the metal contacts on the back, if those get wet while your trying to use the computer it can kinda mess with the mouse/trackpad inputs.

[@TheBuster0926]

The words "I've dropped it from about 150 feet" has made my skin invert in the most horrid manner.

[@the_everafter]

@@TheBuster0926 thats fair

[@TheBuster0926]

@@the_everafter the pucker-factor Is palpable.

[@iragealot1138]

The nokia of laptops

[@RobertTowell]

I work in a refinery and these type of rugged devices are a must. Companies pay a premium for them so we can get various advanced inspections done. However, we also use iPads. Just about every team lead, foreman, supervisor or inspector will have an ipad with a case for more everyday stuff.

[@rmo9808]

Just did a migration for a shop that works on diesel engines. All of their techs used these. PS Wear black pants

[@mattblack838]

Comparing the "toughbook" too a regular laptop is like comparing a van to a car!

[@ToTheGAMES]

Its just to highlight the differences.

[@aftergglife]

I use this laptop every day in EMS it's really good

[@jajssblue]

I wanna see this thing water cooled by submersion.

[@poison7512]

Missed opportunity to do this dressed as The Macho Man Randy Savage.. or any 90s wrestler. I'll still watch, but I will feel robbed of gratuitous elbow drop shots.

[@Firethorne]

But, can you throw it off a 180 meter high dam in Switzerland?

[@JohnADoe-pg1qk]

Of course. Probably even more than once. But I can't guarantee that it's still working after that.

[@Deltarious]

Love that you tried to use it with a glove, do wish you had tried to interact with the I/O with them on, though! Plugging stuff in with gloves on I see as likely to be one of the most likely yet challenging uses for the laptop if you're *actually* trying to use it 'in the field'

[@BradlehDadleh]

I really wish they could make a gaming version of this. For those of us in the military, our personal gaming laptops get absolutely DEMOLISHED on a typical deployment. Doesn’t need to be waterproof, but I’d love for it to be as durable and modular.

[@omegamalkior1874]

I hear it has Thunderbolt so eGPU support. Maybe get a Razer Core X which is kind of built like a tank?

[@TheLRRPS]

Asus tuf series

[@oglcn11]

@@TheLRRPS They are not "Tough" laptops. The tuf name is just a brand name. Nothing to do with durability

[@TheLRRPS]

@@oglcn11 thats incorrect. Its not like the video, but they do have increased durability. Meets MIL-STD-810H, and you can feel it when you pick them up.

[@BradlehDadleh]

@@TheLRRPS It’s a marketing gimmick. Mil-std-810h is remarkably vague, and basically states that a device is tested and certified to perform its intended function within its intended environment. And there isn’t a single organization to verify commercial claims against military standards. Even asus own video of their 810h std testing is a laughable joke.

[@SuperHornetX]

>tech people >doesn't hit m on a youtube video to mute/unmute or space to pause.

[@KimboKG14]

I really can't figure out why my boss didn't want to buy the last gen of this. maybe with this one?

[@marcogenovesi8570]

too expensive probably

[@meair]

@@marcogenovesi8570 prime time to buy last gen tho

[@kingssman2]

I had one of these fall off of a roof onto a rock driveway. Still worked!