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Written by mrpointy on
Out in the field or down in the dirt, the durable Panasonic Toughbook 30 is built to take a beating. This brawny workhorse is encased in magnesium alloy, with durability designed into every seal, hinge and connector. Plus, as the industry’s fastest fully rugged mobile PC, it’s built for lightening-quick processing and wireless connectivity. Communicate in real time from remote areas, access databases online and run sophisticated software applications even in the harshest environments. The Toughbook 30 is vibration and drop-shock resistant.   £3459.87 | Laptops | Read more... Please bookmark us: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and ... Read Full Story
Written by digitalnomad on
If you are serious about being a digitalnomad, then one of the first items on your agenda will be the purchase of necessary mobile and wireless gear to do your work online. This is going to most likely require a laptop computer. The Digital Nomads Blog would suggest you get a rugged notebook. Of course , most people will put off a good rugged portable computer because of the expense involved . Here is your chance to get in the game with a Panasonic Toughbook CF-18 on special pricing. Call 714-585-8858 and Get Your Refurbished Toughbook These Toughbook CF-18 computers are going for $895 ... Read Full Story
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Written by jdrucker on
In today’s world where travel and connectivity are walk hand-in-hand, having a laptop that is both durable and effective can be the difference between success and failure. While there are many rugged and semi-rugged notebooks on the market, price can be an issue to consider. We recently took a look at Panasonic Toughbooks . We found the best prices for them at Rugged Laptops starting at $1,698. Not much more than a regular, “fragile” laptop, we took a peak at the specs: LCD Size: 15.4″ TFT WXGA (1280×800) Processor Speed: 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo RAM: 1GB DDRII Hard Drive Size: 160GB, 5400RPM Wireless: ... Read Full Story
Written by powwow on
TrustedReviews has reviewed Panasonic’s ToughBook CF-U1 , a rugged UMPC powered by Atom. The U1 is a fully rugged device like the ToughBook CF-19 . Powered by an Intel Atom Z520 1.33GHz processor, the ToughBook CF-U1 has 1GB of memory, and 16GB or 32GB SSD drive. You can also expect a 5.6-inch touchscreen display, WiFi 802.11a/g/n, Bluetooth, built-in 3G connectivity, GPS, and a 2 Megapixel webcam. TrustedReviews ‘ comments: If you’re a field worker that needs a fully rugged machine, but doesn’t need a fully featured notebook, the CF-U1 will make a perfect companion. The Atom platform gives this device a decent amount of ... Read Full Story
An anonymous reader writes "Trusted Reviews has put the new Dell XFR rugged laptop through the grinder and it hasn't fared as well as expected. Considering that these guys drove a car over a Panasonic Toughbook, they went pretty easy on the Dell, but it still couldn't take the punishment. It looks like Dell still has a way to go to steal the ball from Panasonic when it comes to all terrain computing."Read more of this story at Slashdot.  
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SUNRISE, Fla., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Itronix will offer Qualcomm's Gobi(TM) global mobile Internet technology as a new capability for the Itronix line of rugged notebooks, tablet PCs and ultra-mobile PCs, including the vehicle-rugged GD6000 and the fully rugged line of GD8000 notebook computers. The multi-mode Gobi technologyread more  
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The VAR Guy: "Ubuntu Linux is now available on Panasonic Toughbooks — those rugged devices typically found in harsh environments and vertical markets like health care, transportation, real estate and insurance."  
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Panasonic have had a fairly strong monopoly in consumer "tough" laptops, with their ToughBook line, but that all might be set to change with Dell announcing the rugged XT2 tablet. It features all the things you'd expect, lots of protection, hot-swappable drives and modules. It has a quick Core 2 Duo processor and with up to 5gb of RAM it's performance looks likely to match it's ruggedness... although there is no option for Windows 7... Why is...  
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LinuxDevices: "EmperorLinux has started reselling three rugged "Panasonic Toughbook" laptops (and one rugged tablet) with Linux preinstalled: the Scarab, Ant, Wasp, and Tarantula."  
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