Dell Latitude 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablet Review

Rugged laptops thiab ntsiav tshuaj yog qhov yuav tsum tau ua rau qee txoj haujlwm. Thaum ua haujlwm hauv thaj chaw muaj grime, plua plav, nchuav los nag lossis dej txau, lossis qhov kub thiab txias, koj xav tau lub hnab nqa tau zoo li koj nyob. Lub Dell Latitude 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablet (pib ntawm $ 2,443.50; $ 3,227.61 raws li kev sim) yog tsim los tshem tawm PC-tua phom sij thaum tuav haujlwm xws li kev sib sau cov ntaub ntawv mus rau kev tswj cov tshuab lossis kev sib koom ua haujlwm. Muab cov ntsiav tshuaj thiab 2-hauv-1 muaj peev xwm (nrog rau kev xaiv docking keyboard), kev xaiv kho kom haum rau txhua yam koj xav tau ntawm cov ntaub ntawv siv, thiab kev siv tau nyob rau hauv cov xwm txheej xav tau tshaj plaws, nws yog cov ntsiav tshuaj loj heev, txawm tias nws qhov kev ua tau zoo tawm me ntsis kom xav tau.

Configurations Ua rau Order

Lub Latitude 7230 Rugged Tablet muaj ntau yam kev xaiv thiab muaj cov add-ons uas nws yuav luag tsis yooj yim sua kom pin down nqe ntsiab lus rau prefab configurations. Koj yuav pom ntau txoj kev xaiv los ntawm, tag nrho cov kev xav tau raug cai rau cov lag luam, cov kev pabcuam, thiab cov neeg teb thawj zaug uas siv cov khoom siv rugged no.

Dell's $ 2,443.50 qauv qauv muaj Intel Core i3-1210U processor thiab 8GB ntawm RAM ntxiv rau 256GB solid-state drive. Nws yog ib lub tshuab ncaj nraim nrog dual Thunderbolt 4 chaw nres nkoj, ib qho USB Hom-A chaw nres nkoj (uas koj tuaj yeem sib pauv rau HDMI chaw nres nkoj rau tib tus nqi), thiab qhov tsim yuav luag tsis tsim nyog uas peb yuav tshawb hauv ib feeb.

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Yog tias koj xav tau ntau dua horsepower los yog cia, koj yuav pom kev hloov kho dua tshiab. Ib qho kev teeb tsa nruab nrab zoo ib yam li peb chav tshuaj xyuas muaj Core i5-1240U CPU, 16GB ntawm lub cim xeeb, thiab 512GB SSD. Tsis muaj qhov ntxiv, qhov teeb tsa no raug nqi $ 2,958. Kauj ruam mus rau chav nyob saum toj kawg nkaus nrog Core i7-1260U nti, 32GB ntawm RAM, thiab 1TB SSD: Koj yuav them $ 3,343.79 ua ntej ntxiv cov kev xaiv.

Thiab dua, koj yuav pom ntau txoj kev xaiv, cia koj txiav cov ntsiav tshuaj rau koj cov kev xav tau tiag tiag - txawm tias koj siv nws hauv kev ua liaj ua teb lossis hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua.

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Yog tias koj xav tau lub khoos phis tawj ua haujlwm, tus nqi ntxiv dockable keyboard hloov Latitude mus rau hauv 2-hauv-1 detachable. Koj tuaj yeem ntxiv 4G lossis 5G mobile broadband, GPS, barcode scanner, tus ntiv tes lossis SmartCard nyeem ntawv, thiab ntau dua. Tes tuav, sling mounts, thiab tsheb docks kuj muaj, pab thawb ib tug tag nrho loaded system saum toj no $5,000.

Rau cov ntaub ntawv, peb chav ntsuas yog ib qho qauv nruab nrab (Intel Core i5-1240U, 16GB ntawm RAM, 512GB SSD) haum nrog lub koob yees duab pem hauv ntej thiab nraub qaum, RJ45 Ethernet chaw nres nkoj, SmartCard nyeem ntawv, ib sab kov, thiab lub tshuab sib hloov tau. bay rau tag nrho $3,227.61.

Tsim los rau Rough-thiab-Tumble Siv

Dell's Rugged Extreme Latitudes tau txais lub npe nrog ib qho ntawm cov qauv tsim muaj zog tshaj plaws, huab cua tsis zoo. Cov ntsiav tshuaj rugged tag nrho sails dhau los ntawm MIL-STD 810H specs rau kev phom sij xws li kev poob siab, kev vibration, thiab huab cua thiab kub heev. Nws nqa ib qho IP65 ingress tiv thaiv ntsuas, txhais tau tias nws tuaj yeem muaj sia nyob ncaj qha tshuaj tsuag los ntawm txhua lub kaum sab xis - xav tias nag xob nag cua lossis cua daj cua dub ntawm ntug hiav txwv Guard nkoj - nrog rau khaws cov khoom sib txawv xws li plua plav ntawm qhov chaw tsim kho mus rau lub tshuab xuab zeb. tub rog maneuvers nyob rau hauv suab puam. Nws ua haujlwm hauv qhov kub ntawm -20ºF txog 145 ° F, ua rau nws muaj txiaj ntsig zoo hauv tundra khov vim nws nyob ib sab ntawm cov khoom siv smelting. Thiab nws cov roj hmab chunky bumpers thiab shock-mounted Cheebtsam shrug tawm plaub-ko taw tee.

Ntsuas 0.94 los ntawm 11.65 los ntawm 8 ntiv tes, 7230 tsuas yog hais txog qhov loj me me rau kev siv ib txhais tes. Koj tuaj yeem nqa cov ntsiav tshuaj hauv qhov nkhaus ntawm koj txhais caj npab zoo li daim ntawv teev lus, txawm hais tias qhov hnyav hnyav ntawm 3.5 phaus - qhov hnyav hnyav, tab sis kuj lub teeb rau lub PC rugged.

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Tus tsim yog ntshiab functionality. Lub vijtsam sib zog tig ntawm toj roob hauv pes thiab portrait hom li koj shift nws los ntawm koj lub puab tsaig mus rau qhov nkhaus ntawm koj txhais caj npab. Bumpers nyob ib ncig ntawm koom nrog stout chaw nres nkoj npog uas ua kom plua plav thiab ya raws tawm. Txhua lub ces kaum muaj ib qho chaw thauj tog rau nkoj rau txuas lub tether, lub xub pwg pluaj, lossis lwm yam txuas. Tus cwj mem stylus kuj tseem raug khi kom nws tsis txhob poob thiab nkaum hauv qhov ua rau hauv lub chassis.

Txij li thaum lub vijtsam siv lub cev tsis muaj zog es tsis txhob kov lub ntsej muag, koj tuaj yeem siv lwm yam stylus lossis lub cwj mem yas tsis tu ncua (capped lossis nrog lub ntsiab lus thim rov qab), nrog rau cov hnab looj tes lossis tes liab qab. Koj yuav pom cov nyees khawm lub cev hauv bezels los kho cov duab ci ntsa iab thiab lub suab ntim, nrog rau peb lub programmable muaj nuj nqi nyees khawm. Cov nyees khawm yog backlit siv thaum hmo ntuj.

Saum toj no cov zaub (thaum tuav hauv toj roob hauv pes hom) yog tsib-megapixel webcam nrog lub cev kaw uas ob leeg ua kom tus kheej thiab pab tiv thaiv lub lens ntawm khawb thiab puas. Ib sab ntawm nws yog lub koob yees duab IR uas ua rau muaj kev ruaj ntseg Windows Hello lub ntsej muag paub. Nyob rau sab nraub qaum yog ib qho kev xaiv 11-megapixel lub koob yees duab nrog ob lub flash thiab microphone rau kev kaw cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm qhov xwm txheej xwm txheej lossis snapping ob peb daim duab rau kev ua haujlwm.

Raws li tau hais, peb Latitude muaj kev sib koom ua ke ntawm ib ntug, muab kev tuav ruaj khov rau ob qho tib si nqa thiab siv. Nws yog qhov kev xaiv $ 45 uas ua rau kev rub-thiab-mus tsim uas yooj yim dua los tuav thiab tuav ruaj ntseg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv ib puag ncig uas yuav tsum muaj hnab looj tes.

Cov Chaw Tiv Thaiv Zoo, Customized rau koj

Cov ntsiav tshuaj Latitude 7230 nta ib tug xov tooj ntawm tes ports thiab slots, txhua tus tiv thaiv los ntawm ib tug yas npog uas kaw cov av thiab ya raws thiab muab kev tiv thaiv ntxiv cuam tshuam. Dual Thunderbolt 4 ports muab ntau yam kev sib txuas nrog rau USB4 cov ntaub ntawv hloov chaw, DisplayPort Alt Hom rau cov saib sab nraud, thiab xa hluav taws xob los them cov ntsiav tshuaj lossis cov khoom siv tes.

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USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hom-A chaw nres nkoj nrog lub zog sib faib cia koj txuas mus rau cov khoom qub qub ob qho tib si rau cov ntaub ntawv thiab them nyiaj, thiab 3.5mm audio jack tso cai rau lub mloog pob ntseg lossis lub mloog pob ntseg / microphone combo. Tom ntej no yog ib lub qhov configurable; peb 7230 muaj qhov chaw nres nkoj USB thib ob, tab sis HDMI yog qhov kev xaiv tus nqi tib yam.

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Nyob rau sab saum toj, peb cov ntsiav tshuaj muaj qhov chaw nres nkoj Ethernet, tab sis koj tuaj yeem xaiv qhov chaw nres nkoj me me, barcode scanner, lossis Fischer chaw nres nkoj. (Qhov tom kawg yog qhov kev xaiv I / O muaj zog rau lub zog thiab cov ntaub ntawv siv hauv txhua yam los ntawm scuba iav mus rau cov khoom lag luam thiab tub rog.) Kev sib txuas wireless kuj yog qhov zoo, ua tsaug rau Wi-Fi 6E thiab Bluetooth, thiab 4G lossis 5G mobile broadband tuaj yeem ua tau. ntxiv rau kev sib txuas uas tsis muaj Wi-nkaus muaj.

Ib qho Rain-lossis-Shine Screen

Lub ntsiav tshuaj lub vijtsam kov tsis yog txhua qhov loj ntawm 12 ntiv ntsuas kab pheeb ces kaum, thiab nws tsis yog qhov ntse ntxiv - nws muaj 1,920-by-1,200-pixel tag nrho HD daws teeb meem, uas yog qhov qis kawg ntawm cov niaj hnub laptops thiab ntsiav tshuaj. Tab sis cov zaub tsis tau ua kom pom kev zoo nkauj; nws tau tsim rau kev ua haujlwm ntshiab, thiab nws xa.

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Dell lub vijtsam muaj cov txheej tiv thaiv glare thiab txhawb kev ci ntsa iab - ze li 1,000 nits hauv peb qhov kev sim - kom nyeem tau yooj yim txawm tias nyob hauv tshav ntuj. Ib txheej tiv thaiv ntawm Corning Gorilla Glass ua rau nws yooj yim nyeem me ntsis thaum tiv thaiv khawb thiab tawg. Raws li tau hais, nws cov cuab yeej siv hluav taws xob capacitive ua haujlwm txawm tias koj hnav hnab looj tes ua haujlwm hnyav.

Lub neej ntev roj teeb (Yog, Plural)

Ib qho ntawm Rugged Extreme cov yam ntxwv tseem ceeb tshaj plaws yog nws cov roj teeb dual, kub-swappable. Cov hlwb zoo li cov cartridge no tuaj yeem nkag mus yam tsis tas yuav qhib ib qho chaw lossis nkag mus rau hauv lub chassis txhua, thiab koj tuaj yeem ntxig lub roj teeb tshiab thaum lub kaw lus khiav ntawm lwm qhov, ua kom muaj kev ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua.

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Cov roj teeb tsuas yog rugged li cov ntsiav tshuaj, nrog cov tsev nyob ruaj khov thiab tsim qauv uas ua rau nws nyuaj rau muab ib qho tsis ncaj ncees lawm. (Kuv sim qhov no rau kuv tus kheej; lawv yog cov ntawv pov thawj tiag tiag.) Lawv cov locking latches tiv thaiv kom tsis txhob ejection tab sis tsis txhob ua kom koj qeeb thaum nws yog lub sij hawm los pauv hauv ib pob nqi. Dell muaj ib lub roj teeb charger nyob ib leeg rau $229.99, uas yog ib qho yooj yim, tab sis tus nqi ntsuas ntsuas tau tsim nyob rau hauv txawm tias handier tsis muaj nqi ntxiv. Nrog nias ntawm lub pob, koj tuaj yeem tshawb xyuas lub roj teeb lub zog txawm tias nws nyob deb ntawm lub ntsiav tshuaj.

Kev ua tau zoo tsis yog qhov tseem ceeb

Peb Dell Latitude 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablet teamed 12th Generation Intel Core i5-1240U processor nrog 16GB ntawm RAM thiab 512GB SSD. Nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb rugged, siv xyoo tas los silicon yog tus qauv kev coj ua, txij li thaum tsim thiab sim cov tshuab invulnerable yuav siv sij hawm. Feem ntau ntawm Dell cov neeg sib tw muaj 11th Gen CPUs es tsis yog 13th Gen chips tam sim no muaj nyob rau hauv cov neeg siv phau ntawv. Rau peb cov qauv kev sib piv piv txwv, peb xaiv ob lub 2022 ntsiav tshuaj, Durabook R11 thiab Getac F110, thiab ob lub laptops, ib nrab rugged (yog li pheej yig) Acer Enduro Urban N3 thiab tus huab tais tam sim no ntawm lub roob rugged, Editors 'Choice- puav pheej-yeej Panasonic Toughbook 40.

Productivity Tests 

Lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm UL's PCMark 10 simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas kev ua haujlwm tag nrho rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab kev xa tawm ntawm lub laptop cia.

Peb qhov ntsuas ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, los ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua qhov chaw nyuaj, thaum Geekbench 5.4 Pro los ntawm Primate Labs simulates nrov. apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. Thaum kawg, peb siv qhov qhib-qhov video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua).

Cov ntsiav tshuaj Dell ua tau zoo txaus hauv Geekbench daim ntawv thov simulations, tab sis taug qab nws cov neeg sib tw hauv kev ua haujlwm nyoos, lagging hauv kev ua yeeb yaj kiab thiab tshaj tawm cov qhab nia qis tshaj hauv PCMark 10. Txawm li cas los xij, nws zoo kawg nkaus rau Microsoft 365 lossis Google Workspace, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg yuav yuav. ib ntsiav tshuaj rugged rau kev ua cov lus thiab cov ntawv nthuav qhia.

Graphics Tests 

Peb feem ntau sim Windows PC cov duab nrog ob lub DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark: Hmo ntuj Raid (ntau tus qauv, haum rau lub laptops nrog cov duab sib xyaw), thiab Lub Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs). Hmoov tsis zoo, Latitude Rugged Extreme ntsiav tshuaj yuav tsis khiav 3DMark benchmark. Qhov ntawd ua rau peb nrog ob qhov kev ntsuam xyuas los ntawm cross-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab rau ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, kev ua si zoo li cov duab rendering. Lub 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw, ua rau offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem.

Lub Dell poob qab nws cov phooj ywg rugged hauv GFXBench subtests. Obviously, gaming-chav kawm graphics tsis yog dab tsi koj nyob tom qab thaum koj yuav ib tug rugged ntaus ntawv, tab sis nws tepid kev ua tau zoo kuj yuav txwv lub Latitude lub peev xwm los khiav visually intensive. apps.

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests 

Peb sim lub laptop roj teeb lub neej los ntawm kev ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau(Qhib lub qhov rais tshiab)) nrog zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100%. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua. 

Tsis tas li ntawd, peb siv Datacolor SpyderX Elite saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab software ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim - pes tsawg feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab qhov siab tshaj plaws brightness nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Nrog ib khub ntawm 35.6-watt-teev roj teeb ntawm lub nkoj, peb xav tias Latitude 7230 yuav ua rau muaj kev mob siab rau hauv peb cov vis dis aus, thiab nws tsis poob siab nrog 15-thiab-ib-teev teev ntawm unplugged runtime. Nrog cov roj teeb kub-swappable thiab muaj cov khoom siv sab nraud, koj tuaj yeem ua qhov xav tau tsawg kawg kom cov ntsiav tshuaj mus 24/7, tab sis nws qhov chaw thib ob yog qhov ua tiav zoo hauv nws tus kheej.

Cov zaub kuj yog tiag tiag impressive. Raws li peb tau hais, nws qhov kev daws teeb meem tsis muaj dab tsi tshwj xeeb, tab sis nws qhov ci ntsa iab yog qhov zoo rau kev siv nyob rau hauv cov teeb pom kev tsis zoo, tsis hais nws yuav luag tag nrho ntawm sRGB spectrum. Thaum nws tsis yog qhov sib tw rau cov ntsiab lus tsim cov khoos phis tawj, Dell cov xim zoo yog qee qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas peb tau pom los ntawm cov kab ke rugged. Thiab txawm tias nyob rau sab nraum zoov tshav ntuj ncaj qha, lub vaj huam sib luag tau ua pov thawj pom tseeb thiab yooj yim nyeem, tsis tas ntxuav tawm los yog distorting xim.

Kev txiav txim: Tsis yog qhov ceev tshaj plaws tab sis cov ntsiav tshuaj nyuaj tshaj plaws PC

Txawm hais tias nws los nag, daus, pw tsaug zog, lossis tsaus ntuj hmo ntuj, Dell Latitude 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablet tau npaj ua haujlwm, txawm tias koj rub nws los ntawm qhov chaw phem tshaj ntawm txoj kev. Nws cov qauv tsim yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws, xa cov kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm kev siv tau thiab cov cuab yeej tiv thaiv uas zoo dua li feem ntau, los ntawm nws cov duab ci ntsa iab mus rau nws cov kov ruaj khov thiab cov pob tw. Nws qhov kev ua tau zoo yog me ntsis poob; nws yog lub PC muaj peev xwm tab sis tsis yog qhov ceev tshaj plaws lossis muaj zog tshaj plaws ntawm nws cov phooj ywg. 

Tab sis yog tias kev ua haujlwm nyoos tsis yog koj qhov tseem ceeb, Dell tuaj yeem teeb tsa nrog ntau qhov chaw sib txawv thiab cov kev xaiv uas nws yog ib qho cinch kom tau raws li koj qhov kev xav tau ntawm qhov chaw, nrog rau kub-swappable dual-roj teeb tsim uas ua rau nws mus txhua hnub. . Nws nqaim plam qhov Kev Xaiv Xaiv yeej, tab sis 7230 yog qhov kev xaiv zoo rau kev ua haujlwm uas lub laptops ntshai tread.