14 DAY TRIAL // Eager to offer something for users concerned with the safety of their hardware, Panasonic has expanded a certain series that is known for both its ruggedness and portability.
Toughbook is one word that, in the case of Panasonic's product collection, has come to signify both physical endurance and a performance level worthy of being enclosed in such durable frames.
As the name implies, the devices that make up the series are laptops and tablets, convertible or otherwise.
It is this line that now welcomes a new arrival, one bearing the name of Toughbook S10 and fitting in just fine with the others already out and about. It will show up in September (2011), with a price of $2,449.
It has a spill-resistant keyboard, a shock-mounted hard disk drive (the capacity is of 320 GB) and an enclosure that can withstand a pressure of 220 pounds.
What's more, the case is tough enough (and the hardware within in such a way distributed) that 2.5-foot drops have no ill effects.
"The vast majority of business notebooks lack the durability to survive a hectic travel schedule; however, the Toughbook S10 is designed to address the needs of business professionals with the integration of security and remote management capabilities, protection against drops and spills, and exceptional performance and battery life," said Kyp Walls, director of product management, Panasonic Solutions Company.
"The Toughbook S10 provides road warriors a reliable and lightweight device that allows them to work virtually anywhere."
For those that want to know just how well the newcomer runs, the CPU is a Core i5-2520M (2.5 GHz), backed by 4 GB of RAM (random access memory).
Finally, a battery can keep everything so far mentioned, plus an optical drive, USB 3.0, HDMI, VGA and a card reader with SDXC support (among other things) running for up to 12.5 hours.