Panasonic Lightens Up Toughbooks

By Geoff Duncan
September 25, 2008

Panasonic has updated some of its ruggedized Toughbook notebooks - and the results are surprisingly lightweight.

Panasonic has introduced updated versions of some of its ruggedized Toughbook computers, and the new units all share one surprising trait: they're each under 4 pounds. Although these business-oriented Toughbooks aren't designed to meet military toughness specs for enduring shock, moisture, and dust, they're designed to handle strain, bumps, and surprises better than your typical consumer notebook—a must for people who life by lugging notebooks around.

"Reliability is an issue that is coming into the mainstream with a lot of talk about computers being 'rugged.' While many vendors appear to be making moves in the direction of improved durability, most business notebooks are still seeing annual failure rates in the double digits," said Panasonic Computer Solutions director of product management Kyp Walls, in a statement. "Panasonic leads the industry in reliability by engineering and ...

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