Search for news about the Panasonic Toughbook eLite series Product Name: Toughbook eLite W5 / CF-W5 / CF-W5MWSQZJM-EC Official Page: Panasonic.com Manufacturer: Panasonic Announced: Available: Status: Being discontinued (2008) Price: Originally Starting at $2269 USD Markets: Worldwide Models: – CF-W5MWSQZJM-EC Related Laptops: – Replaced by … Read more
In a quick update to the article about the new Y5 series from Panasonic, that claims to be waterpoof, Akihabara News has a lot more information about the new 14.1-inch Toughbook series.
Pictures/Initial Announcements
HD Video of water being spilled on the Toughbook.
Panasonic has announced a Japanese-only (at least for now), notebook in its Toughbook lineup, that they claim to be waterproof. While it’s not ultraportable, with a 14.1-inch display (non-widescreen), and weight that’s a bit more than similar notebooks (due to the fact that it’s got a reinforced chassis that can withstand forces of over 200 pounds), it’s noteworthy for the waterproof claim. Not just water resistant, but they claim you can spill water on it, or have it exposed to a light rain, and still function.
Search for news about Panasonic Toughbooks Product Name: Panasonic Toughbook 74 / TB-74 / CF-74 Official Page: Panasonic.com Manufacturer: Panasonic Announced: March 2006 Available: Status: Currently available Price: Originally at @ $3000 USD Markets: Worldwide Related Laptops: – Other Panasonic Toughbooks: Panasonic Toughbook W5 / … Read more
LAPTOP Magazine has published their review of the Panasonic Toughbook W4. This is a “semi-rugged” laptop (one of the few that are currently made in this size). It has a 12-inch size display, and uses a 1.2GHz Pentium Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) CPU.