An insight into the world of Rugged Computers

Rugged Computers are the god sent help for all the people and companies who work in extreme and harsh conditions like immensely high or immensely low temperatures, shock, vibrations, dust etc.

Areas where the rugged computers find extensive use are: presence in an automobile, military applications (they have special attributes like a fingerprint scanner or a removable hard drive etc), outdoor purposes (need to be able to work in both very bright sunlight as well as in pitch dark conditions, attributes like a red task light so that the keyboard gets lit up in the dark etc), manufacturing units (the temperatures as well as other features like humidity should not affect the functioning of the unit).

What are the materials used in rugged computers and how do they make the computers rugged?

The skeleton of the laptop is usually made of Magnesium alloy which is definitely much stronger than any plastic being used in the normal commercial laptops. Their latches and the hinges of the screen are also strengthened much more than the others. The hard drive of this type of the computer is shock mounted where some of them can be solid state disks which are devoid of any kind of mechanical shifting components and are therefore stronger. One of the most popular methods of protecting a conventional hard drive from vibrations and shock is by using a shock pad.

There are certain requirements which need to be accomplished to illustrate rugged computers. Some of them are:

-           The MIL STD 810F of Military. This standard was created by the government of America and it undertakes a lot of tests like those of humidity, height, vibration etc.

-           IP or the Ingress Protection classification is a number with two digits where the first digit is an indication of the protection from any shifting parts and solid substances and the second digit is an indication of the degree of protection from any kind of moisture in the area.

Few of the features that help in determining how rugged a given computer is, are:

-           Water resistance: It is used to understand the degree to which the laptop can withstand exposure to liquids and still remain in the right working condition.

-           Vibration resistance: Any kind of continuous vibration can be dangerous for a conventional keyboard as well as for the computer. This feature helps in understanding the limits to which the rugged computers can cope with the ongoing vibrations like those in a moving vehicle.

-           Temperature coverage: In extreme high or low temperatures, the normal computers have difficulty in performing whereas the rugged ones are equipped with certain features to handle these conditions. These features include a hard drive heater for very cold weathers and diagnostic software for either extremity in temperature.

One thing to keep in mind is that rugged computers are not very cheap and therefore one should be very sure of his or her working conditions and surroundings before coming to the conclusion of purchasing them.

Military Laptops
We supply the government with military notebooks, military pdas, military tablets and military computers.

We are also a leading supplier of Getac rugged notebooks, Getac rugged laptops and Getac rugged computers and stock the following models:
Mitac Getac P470 Rugged Notebook, GETAC B300 Rugged Notebook PC, Mitac Getac V100, Mitac Getac MTC W130, GETAC E100 Tablet PC, Mitac Getac MTC A790, Mitac Getac MTC M230, Mitac Getac CA27 Vehicle Dock.

We are a supplier of Xplore rugged notebooks, Xplore rugged computers and Xplore laptops and stock the following models:
Xplore iX104C3D, Xplore iX104C4DV Tablet PC, Xplore iX104C3V PLUS, Xplore iX104C3DV PLUS, Xplore Dual Battery Charger, Xplore iX104C4DV Allvue Xtreme Tablet PC, Xplore iX104C3, Xplore iX104 xDock Cradle, Xplore XGPS Module

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