<img src="http://parcom.pronetworks.org/images/panasonic_logo.jpg" align="right"> Panasonic Toughbook CF-51 semi-rugged notebook
The Captain Scarlet of mobile PCs?
By Trusted Reviews
September 22, 2005 12:26 GMT
Panasonic has been making notebooks for a long time, but you may not have come across the Toughbook brand before. The reason for this is that Toughbooks tend to attract a buyer who is more concerned with durability than design and performance.
To get an idea of who the Toughbooks appeal to, next time you see a BT engineer working on a junction box in the street, take a look over his shoulder. It's a near certainty that he'll be working on a Toughbook, writes Riyad Emeran. As the name suggests, Toughbooks are built to be, well, a bit tougher than your average notebook.
In fact, the fully rugged units sported by field engineers are built to withstand impact, water, dust and just about any other environmental hazard that mobile computers might be subjected to. But not everyone wants to carry around a large, heavy, metal and rubber clad notebook, no matter how strong it might be.
With this in mind, Panasonic created semi-rugged Toughbooks. The semi-rugged Toughbook may not be impervious to water, or be able to withstand a car rolling over it, but it does give the user a bit of extra peace of mind without being too oversized or heavy. The CF-51 is Panasonic's latest semi-rugged notebook and at first glance it doesn't look too different from any other notebook.
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