Ruggedness also counts on the country's appalling roads.

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With new customizable buttons, compatibility with Garmin's robust maps and un-paralleled ruggedness, the Oregon becomes one of the most versatile outdoor GPS devices on the market.

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There's more to the laptop than just its ruggedness.

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Comfortably fitting in an adult's hand, the computer fully meets MIL-STD 810G specifications for ruggedness.

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