Durabook has revealed a new rugged laptop that comes with three displays and tips the scales at 9.8kg.
Thin-and-light the Durabook Z14I-DX3 most certainly isn't, but this hefty workstation (flagged up by VideoCardz) is a sturdy portable which is built to MIL-STD-810H and MIL-STD-461G standards. That means a "fully rugged construction" suitable for industrial or other demanding environments, with the laptop able to work in a temperature range of -29C to 63C.
The Z14I-DX3 runs an Intel Meteor Lake processor - you get the choice of a Core Ultra 5 125U or Core Ultra 7 155U with Intel AI Boost NPU - and for graphics grunt you can optionally equip the Durabook with up to an NVIDIA RTX 5000 GPU.
There are three 14-inch touchscreen displays which comprise of the main screen along with a pair of displays that fold outwards after opening the laptop, all of which offer a Full HD resolution. They benefit from 1,200 nits of brightness and DynaVue tech to help readability in the sunlight, so this notebook is good for outdoor usage in that respect.
Having three displays allows for different apps to be used simultaneously on those separate screens, which might for example include a drone setup with the drone camera, mission map, and relevant controls.
The Durabook Z14I-DX3 comes with a lot of connectivity options including legacy efforts such as two RS-232 serial ports, alongside Thunderbolt 4 ports, a pair of Ethernet connectors, as well as Nano SIM and eSIM for 5G mobile data, plus Wi-Fi 7.
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For security there's an optional fingerprint scanner or Windows Hello (infrared) webcam, and there are dual quick-release NVMe PCIe SSDs, so those drives can be swapped out for others in a swift manner when out in the field.
