"We have a brand new Y7 Toughbook laying around the apartment, which Panasonic claims can handle six ounces of liquid poured right into the keyboard. We decided to put some of your answers to the test. Of the five liquids we put in the Toughbook, none made it explode or even slow down. After flushing the whole keyboard out with water, it wasn't even sticky the next day. So when it comes to the Y7 our answer to that Question of the Day is "none of the above."
In a competition called "Tested to Destruction," a British television program called The Gadget Show on Five, pitted a fully-rugged Panasonic Toughbook 29 against a non-rugged Toshiba laptop placed inside a water-resistant d-nylon Crumpler bag. The competition between the two included tests that ranged from playing a game of tennis with the laptops being used as the rackets to complete water submersion in a dunk tank. Which laptop stood up to the tests?
"About a year ago, the Terra Haute [Indiana] Police Department added 44 Toughbook computers to its arsenal of weapons. The laptops are not only tough, but make daily tasks, like writing tickets or running a driver's license, only a mouse click away," reported Katie Shane of WTWO (NBC) News. As quoted by Sgt. Stan Weinzapfel, "When we start getting the information out into the field through the computers, a whole new world opens up."
"Unlike the vast majority of notebook vendors, Panasonic doesn't buy base hardware from manufacturers in Taiwan. Instead each ToughBook is created from scratch at the Kobe plant, allowing Panasonic to maintain its exacting quality control. It's this quality control that makes the Toughbook harder than your average notebook. In fact, I was slightly shocked to find out that between the R&D and Q/A departments, over 1,000 ToughBook laptops are damaged every year in Panasonic's quest for the near indestructible notebook!"
"Bhavik Gandhi, a former Bombay Scottish student has started a world record attempt for fastest solo Atlantic crossing - the first ever by an Indian. The voyage commences from La Gomera in Spain and ends at Antigua in Barbados. Gandhi's sole companion during this expedition will be Panasonic's rugged waterproof ToughBook CF-29 laptop."
"We genuinely do admire reporter Gerard Tubb and producer Jon Gripton who are doing the video pieces from the slopes of Everest. They're joining the 21 UK Army mountaineers from the regular UK and territorial armies (Special forces of some sort, we'd wager) who are aiming to get to the top via one of the toughest routes, The West Ridge - also worthy of huge admiration.The laptop of choice is the Panasonic Toughbook."
