This is a solid business laptop, make no mistake although its happy running Terraria, Starbound and Rimworld with its Intel 4000 gpu. We generally prefer fanless designs for rugged and semi-rugged systems, but even efficient components in this class of machine do generate a lot of heat that must be removed to facilitate longevity and performance under less than ideal thermal circumstances.

Whereas consumer notebooks usually consists of little more than a plastic case with a motherboard attached, semi-rugged designs are generally more complex, even if it's in subtle ways. Dell backs the Latitude E6430 with a three-year warranty on parts and labor, more than you get by default with competitors like Lenovo. Unleash your productivity with a range of performance options, including powerful Intel Core processors, large high-bandwidth memory and solid state drive. Haswell's primary benefits are in power efficiency, and as you'll see, the current ATG is not lacking in that department. Lenovo's T430 and HP's 8460p should have a considerable advantage here since they ultimately use a dedicated graphics card.If Dell wants to continue offering pointing sticks on its business notebooks, it needs to revisit this annoying design.

Instead, the ATG is almost understated, as if its purpose were to get the job done without drawing any attention to its hardened guts and systems. The graph to the right shows power draw with the machine set to the "Extended Battery Life" setting, which turns off unneeded ports and other non-essential settings. Next to that are the cooling vents for the very non-intrusive fan, then the glide-in caddy for the hard disk or solid state disk. standard is supported (2 ports on the case's right) in contrast to the E6420 precursor, the available interfaces and their positioning is unchanged.inch Samsung SM841 Series that not only contributed to the excellent overall performance numbers of this machine, but is also much less prone to damage than any rotating hard disk can be.

The fan's noise is not a high-pitched squeal, but rather has a pleasant characteristic and it spins along in a low-frequency, quiet manner.Unlike most notebooks, the ATG doesn't have any removable doors in its bottom plate to provide access to RAM memory and internal expansion slots. Compared even to other semi-rugged laptops, the Dell Latitude E6430 ATG leads the pack in terms of performance, durability, and battery life. Combined with a variety of optical treatments, makes for good overall outdoor viewability with just a minimum of glare and muted reflection.

While Dell doesn't publish a lot of ruggedness benchmarks in its specifications, the ATG is third-party tested and certified for durability and reliability according to the MIL-STD 810G test procedures for a variety of harsh environment conditions. support, 3rd gen-based systems can process higher data loads and provide quicker, richer and more complex visuals.

This particular E6430 model arrived with very minor dents on the 'military grade' "Tri-metal" case, which is interesting in itself. And much to Dell's credit, for this latest ATG model, the company has scaled back the flowery prose in earlier ATG marketing materials and replaced it with more straightforward information about the materials and methods used to make the machine tougher. processor and come with 4GB of memory and a 250GB Hard Drive offering flexibility reliability and durability.