I’ve always been vaguely enamored with the Panasonic Toughbook, a laptop that could take a lot of the slings and arrows (not to mention the bumps and jostles) of everyday life. And for someone who spends more than a little time with his laptop in the field, well, that would be welcome. But the Panasonic Toughbook hasn’t exactly brought the A-game in terms of the specs, at least, until a recent update in the Panasonic Toughbook 19, gave it some extra power under the hood as well as in the chassis.
The Panasonic Toughbook 19 now packs an Intel Core i5 processor (and not a ULV version, either, but the full-sized, full-voltaged version), as well as four gigs of RAM, a 320 gig hard drive, an optional solid state drive in your choice of 128 gig and 256 gig flavors, optional 4G connectivity, and a ten inch XGA display with a TransflectivePlus screen so that you can use it in full sun. Even better, it’s even got a new kind of opening style so that you can convert it (yes, it’s a convertible laptop!) from laptop to tablet mode one handed.
And of course, it’s also got all the standard protections you’ll expect with the Toughbook, like shock and impact protections as well as dust and some water protections too.
The Panasonic Toughbook 19 sure looks like a pretty impressive piece of hardware, with a decent spec list and an incredible amount of life protection melded into it. Though the down side here, as you’d probably expect, is that it’s going to be as tough on your wallet as it is tough against most everything else. They start hitting stores this September, starting at $3349. And that’s just the starting price.
So what do you guys think of this one? Is the Panasonic Toughbook 19 the kind of world-beater you want in your laptop case when you’re away from your desk? Or would you rather buy and replace half a dozen brokenlaptops for the same price? Either way, the comments section is waiting for you no matter what your laptopbuying strategy is, so head on down and tell us what you think!
