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  • Dragonstongue - Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - link

    equipped with modern cpu (but not ryzen of any kind)
    crud for battery capacity (why does every company seem to do these things, especially when they know the component selection is power hungry)

    granted they are "rugged" the price these are slotted for and the specs given are out to lunch IMHO...I like the battery design, shame that is the only "redeeming quality" I see here.
  • Inteli - Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - link

    These sorts of laptops have *always* been this expensive, because it costs more money to engineer and test than a normal laptop. Let me know when you find a laptop as durable as this one for what you'd consider a "reasonable" price.
  • Dug - Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - link

    Are you kidding? That is extremely cheap, especially the 7424. There's a reason it's 7.6lbs. I don't think you have much knowledge on laptops in extreme conditions, nor what these are geared for.
  • JoeyJoJo123 - Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - link

    >crud for battery capacity
    Seriously? These Dell models have two 51 Wh battery slots that are hot swappable. If battery life is a concern, the company buying these devices would order additional battery banks so that you can hotswap them in as necessary while other batteries are charging. This should be an absolute non-issue even in rugged environments where there is no access (or meager access to) power outlets.

    This junk is exactly why the whining entitled posts on Anandtech article comment sections are the worst. Just leave, dude.
  • philehidiot - Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - link

    Personally I think these are extremely well priced. Battery life will depend on use but these don't seem bad. The cost of developing this kind of kit combined with a relatively niche market means it is going to be expensive but this kind of price puts it in the reach of photographers who are going to remote places and so on rather than just industrial / emergency services / military uses which has often been the case in the past.
  • PeachNCream - Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - link

    We had some problems with Dell's much older rugged laptops like the e6400 XFR. The "Ballistic Armor" casings had a tendency to develop fractures, but Dell quickly iterated and when the organization I worked for at the time started to get Sandy Bridge-era replacements in on life cycle, we had much better results from the field. I work at a different place that has no need for rugged laptops, but I'd still love to poke these things to see how they've changed.
  • bineti - Sunday, January 6, 2019 - link

    i think its not for portability. since the computer is heavily loaded with hardwares. how about the replacements? https://www.mybkexperience.org/

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