In many places a normal computer simply can’t survive. Places like a construction site or in wet or humid environments. Trimble has a line of rugged computers though that are designed for outdoors use in a work environment where the normal laptop couldn’t survive.

The new Yuma computer is rugged and has an ingress protection rating of 67, which breaks down to a 6 for dust and 7 for protection against water. Trimble says the computer can be submerged in up to 1m of water and still work. The machine is also protected against shock so it can be dropped without exploding like your typical laptop.