Winmate L156AD-M1 15.6″ Rugged Laptop with Intel Core i7-12700H and NVIDIA RTX A1000 MXM GPU

Mapping, video review and GPU-accelerated software can push a standard rugged laptop past what a U-series processor handles comfortably. The L156AD-M1 is Winmate’s 15.6 inch rugged laptop with an Intel Core i7-12700H and an NVIDIA RTX A1000 MXM graphics card, in an IP65 magnesium alloy enclosure with double injection for drop protection.

The 12th Gen Core i7-12700H runs at up to 4.7 GHz, and Winmate lists a Core i9 as an option. Memory is dual channel, 8+8 GB as standard with 16+16 or 32+32 GB options, and storage is a 128 GB SSD up to 2 TB with an optional second SSD and a microSDXC slot. The RTX A1000 MXM card is what the M1 in the model name denotes. It runs Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC with TPM 2.0, and the 15.6″ screen is 1920 x 1080 at 800 nits with optical bonding and PCAP multi-touch, with an optional high-brightness 1000 nit panel.

Connections include a USB4 Type-C port with Alt Mode and Power Delivery, three USB 3.2 Type-A ports, two Gigabit LAN ports and an RS-232/422/485 port on DB9, with optional 4K HDMI output. A smart card reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS/GLONASS are standard, with optional 4G LTE, RFID and fingerprint readers. The L156AD-4KM1 is the 4K version of this laptop, and the L156AD is the Core i5-1235U model without the MXM card.

The L156AD-M1 is IP65 rated, fan cooled and operates from -29 °C to 63 °C. Winmate lists MIL-STD-461G and STANAG 4370 AECTP 501 EMC as standard and shock, vibration and drop from 4 ft to MIL-STD-810H, with TEMPEST optional. Two hot-swappable batteries are quoted at 11 hours, and a 240 W AC adapter is supplied. We supply it configured, with the OS installed, and tested, and our team can help decide whether the A1000 suits your software.