Rugged Notebooks^TM are built to handle tough environments. Here are some of the ruggedized features provided by our products:

• Spill-resistant keyboards – fully sealed one-piece backlit keyboards with optional backlight
• Department of Defense 810F durability testing and certifications
• Temp, Shock and vibration per MIL-STD-810F, explosive atmosphere safe
• IP54 environmental protection – NEMA & IP Ingress Protection rated
• Environmentally-hardened industrial and battlefield-ready portable computing
• Water protection – 4 inches of rain per hour, spill-resistant keyboards & touchpads
• Drop protection – survives 3ft free drop onto concrete, up to 30G shock protection
• EMI/RFI filtering – MIL-STD-461E Shielded cables
• Full magnesium alloy enclosure – heavy duty die-cast magnesium alloy with individually sealed ports provide ingress protection.
• Enclosure o-ring gasket sealing the entire case against dust, water and sand.
• Shock mounted hard drives

Extreme temperature capabilities include hard drive heaters, solid state hard drives, and hybrid hard drives with enhanced operating temperature range. Our hybrid drives withstand extreme high and low temperatures without the power requirements of hard drive heaters. Hybrid extreme temperature drives provides larger capacity and better cost effectiveness than solid state drives.

Rugged laptop computers from Rugged Notebooks feature backlit rubber keyboards that are sealed from the elements, offering protection from water, dust, dirt, sand, and snow.

Exclusive superior sunlight readable display capability.

• Enhanced brightness & contrast
• Outdoor viewable
• Touchscreen capable
• Lower power consumption

The LCD is illuminated from both the front and the rear of the screen. Combining the illumination characteristics of both transmissive and reflective technologies, transflective technology works under any lighting condition, from complete darkness to direct sunlight. Because our transflective display is a passive technology that does not rely upon the backlight, instead uses ambient light to enhance brightness and contrast under both indoor and outdoor conditions.

Rugged Notebooks^TM exclusive transflective technology dramatically enhances sunlight readability without extra power consumption, offering superior outdoor display performance in direct sunlight readability compared to high nit-rating displays which also reduce battery life.

Integrated Touchscreen display

Rugged Notebooks^TM offers integrated resistive touchscreen as well as digitizer displays for enhanced productivity. Whether it’s a ruggedized laptop, tablet computer, notebook, or PDA, Rugged Notebooks^TM provides touchscreen solutions for any environment.

Rugged Notebooks^TM are built with innovative security enhancement features to secure your data. Our ultra-secure hardware-encrypted hard drives combine hardware and software encryption to provide the ultimate in data security. Quickly erasable flash drives are available for those needing to manage sensitive information.

• Hardware encrypted hard drives – hardware + software encryption solution
• TPM 1.2 with fingerprint reader and single sign-on
• Smart card reader
• Patented optical lock on our Semi-Rugged notebooks
• Shock mounted removable hard drives

Rugged Notebooks^TM uses copper heat pipes to transfer heat directly to the magnesium alloy case for thermal stability. This allows our rugged laptops to run cooler and longer without need for vents and fans, and thereby enhancing protection from dirt, dust, sand, and water.

• Fanless chassis design
• Copper heat pipe cooling system
• Thermal protection for harsh environments

The LCD is illuminated from both the front and the rear of the screen. Combining the illumination characteristics of both transmissive and reflective technologies, Cooling technology works under any lighting condition, from complete darkness to direct sunlight. Because our transflective display is a passive technology that does not rely upon the backlight, instead uses ambient light to enhance brightness and contrast under both indoor and outdoor conditions.

When it comes to ruggedized notebooks reliability takes center stage. Can your system withstand harsh environments and conditions, shock and vibration? Rugged Notebooks^TM are built to Extreme Rugged^TM standards to perform in any environment.

Functionality is next on the list; can the system support GPS and other on-the-field data acquisition and analysis functions? Performance in terms of CPU speed, RAM and hard drive capacity as well as expandability options is also an important purchasing criterion.

Rugged Notebooks^TM provides features that expand mobile productivity such as mobile broadband connectivity (EVDO, HSDPA, 3G), GPS, and the latest mobile processor technologies.

• Mobile computing for any environment
• Field proven
• Latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g
• GPS
• Mobile broadband – 3G, EVDO, HSDPA
• Integrated Bluetooth
• EMI/RFI filtering – MIL-STD-461E. Shielded cables
• Fully rugged PDAs with IP67 environmental protection
• Sealed rubber backlit keyboards
• RoHS compliant

Rugged Notebooks^TM provides custom solutions for your ruggedized mobile computing needs. From vehicle mounts to industry-specific and military applications, we provide mobile computing for any environment.

• Value added customization features
• EMI/RFI filtering – MIL-STD-461E
• Extreme environment capability
• Vehicle mounts
• Mil Spec connectors
• Custom solutions for industrial, military, and specialized applications

We offer enhanced capabilities such as extended-life batteries, PCI expansion, fiber optic adapters, and RS232/RS422/RS 485 serial ports. Services include applications engineering, system configuration, customization, software-hardware compatibility evaluations for final systems.

Our rugged notebooks can be outfitted for extreme environments:

• EMI/RFI filtering to MIL-STD-461E
• Solid state hard drives
• Hybrid extreme-temperature hard drives
• Hardware encrypted secure hard drives
• Outdoor readable and night vision displays
• Do you have a specialized application? Let us help you come up with solutions for your rugged needs.

Rugged Notebooks^TM feature Extreme Rugged^TM industry-leading design.

• Superior cooling with copper heat pipes
• Copper heat pipe advanced thermal protection system vs. standard heat sink
• O-ring gaskets vs. none
• Rugged Notebooks Transflective display vs. Toughbook's transmissive display
• Insulated doors and tougher hinges vs. plastic doors without insulation
• EMI/RFI filtering – MIL-STD-461E
• Mil-Spec connectors
• Shielded cables for EM/RF interference protection vs. non-shielded cables
• Custom solutions for industrial, military, and specialized applications

Compare Toughbooks to Rugged Notebooks

Side by side comparisons of some of our products.

► Toughbook CF-19 compared to RNB 100 Convertible

► Toughbook CF-30 compared to RNB 300

► Toughbook CF-52 compared to Black Hawk Duo

► Toughbook CF-74 compared to RNB 470

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• World-class sales and technical support
• Optional warranty support in all 50 states and 150 countries.
• 24x7 technical support – Available 24 hour support for your demanding every day use and applications.
• Recovery partition – restores hard drive to factory settings
• Optional extended warranties
• Service and RMA requests answered within four hours