The most hardened versions of the Panasonic Toughbooks have been updated with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and brighter touchscreens. Since most of these laptops will be used in broad daylight, that extra screen brightness will certainly be welcome.
All this durability comes at a price, though: depending on configuration, you'll spend around $4000 for the 10.4" screen Toughbook-19, and around $4500 for a fully-equipped Toughbook-30 (pictured above) with its 13.3" screen. Still, it's probably worth it if you're taking your laptop along when you go bungee jumping.
More luminous TOUGHBOOKs! [Akihabara News]











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My fire department was forced to use these pieces of crap. They are not firefighter proof.
That's funny!
I've seen cops do these in too!!
I spent ten years builing various kinds of equipment for law enforcement.
I was once told by an investigator that if you give a cop two steel balls in a half an hour one will be lost and the other will be broken.
Cop-proof is something mil spec wants to be when it grows up!
What they really need is a feature that helps you remove your intestines from your scrotum, because these things are so heavy you WILL get a hernia. It is fun to jump on top of them though and they won't break.
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