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Like the competition in this class, the E6420 ATG offers very good connectivity and expandability. You can also get a second hard disk for the system's media bay. A 256GB SSD is optionally available for $580 extra. A 250GB 5400rpm hard drive comes standard, with encrypted disks and disks up to 750GB available. The E6420 ATG can be equipped with either a 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-2520M (3.2GHz with turbo boost), a 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-2540M (3.3GHz with turbo boost), or a 2.8GHz Core i7-2640M (3.5GHz with turbo boost) processor and with up to 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 RAM.

A resistive touch screen is available as a US$125 option. The system has a 14.0-inch 1366 x 768 wide-format display that uses what Dell calls a 'Wide View' anti-glare outdoor viewable display (as opposed to the 'DirectVue' display enhancements that come with the fully rugged XFR model). It has a foot print of 14.0 x 9.7 inches and its wedge profile is 1.1 to 1.5 inches thick. While the consumer version weighs just 4.5 pounds, the beefed-up ATG starts at about 6 pounds. However, unlike fully-rugged notebooks that are designed to survive brutal punishment, the emphasis here is on immunity to more minor mishaps that can be addressed with a spill-resistant keyboard, port covers, shock-mounted hard drive and LCD, and a sturdy magnesium base. So what differentiates the ATG model from a regular Latitude 6420, and what makes it 'all terrain grade?' While Dell doesn't publish 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. Since Dell consumer notebook product cycles are fairly short and the ATG models are based on them, the D630 gave way to the E6400 ATG, and that one to the new E6420 ATG.

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The original Latitude ATG ( see our 2007 review) was a half-hearted effort and quickly replaced with the ATG D630 that introduced a superb outdoor-viewable display technology called DirectVue (we were impressed see our full review of the ATG 630). Around 2007 Dell realized there was a small but growing market for tougher versions of standard notebooks. It's always good to know how things came about, and here's the ATG's history.

The ATG costs about twice as much as a standard issue Latitude, but only half as much as the big, bad XFR. This latest fortified laptop model means Dell has something to offer to customers who want a computer that can handle more abuse than run-of-the-mill consumer notebooks, but without the cost of the full rugged treatment as in Dell's own E6420 XFR.

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The Dell Latitude E6420 ATG discussed on this page was introduced in June of 2011 as a tech upgrade to the prior E6400 ATG. When affixed to a Dell notebook, the letters 'ATG' stand for 'All Terrain Grade' and at Dell that means semi-rugged. Why the JTG Daugherty NASCAR racing team chose rugged DellsР”Вell's semi-rugged Latitude E-Family model gets an upgrade Video:Michael Dell's keynote at Dell World 2013

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