As the popularity of laptops has grown over the years, it has also lead to an increase in accidental breakage and damage. Users spill coffee and water on their laptops, drop them off their tables, bump the laptop bags into walls that leads to a dramatically shortened life. Apart from these obvious scenarios, one has to consider other factors too. Most laptops are made from plastic, which over time is prone to wear and tear. It is common place to find all kind of scratches, dents and other dis-figurations on laptops over a year old.
Keeping all this in mind, Panasonic has introduced a new range simply called tough or rugged laptops. The laptops are made from tough materials such as reinforced steel, magnesium alloy and in some extreme cases even titanium. These laptops maybe tough but suffer from some crucial problems. Due to the nature of their reinforcement these laptops weigh a lot, suffer from outdated system specifications and are near impossible to upgrade. If that was not bad enough, these laptops also cost a lot and this puts them out of touch of most average consumers. Recognizing the potential of the tough laptop market, quite a few manufacturers have started scaling down their tough notebooks in favor of making them available to a broader set of customers. These new laptops are referred to as semi-rugged notebooks, sport toughened exteriors (but not to the degree as tough laptops) and come with a choice of the fastest processors and hardware.
One such laptop we are reviewing today is the Dell ATG (All Terrain Grade) D620, a semi-rugged version of Dell’s earlier best seller the Dell Latitude 620. It is Dell’s first attempt at a tough laptop and does it deliver on its promise of being able to survive a hard bump… Read on to find out.
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