Take a commercial-grade tablet computer outside, and the screen will virtually disappear in the sunlight, something that does not occur with the Panasonic’s Toughbook touchscreen. Panasonic designs tablet PCs for use primarily outdoors, and it increases the lighting and contrast on the screen to make images, text, and other graphics show up easier. Using proprietary methods, Panasonic deflects the light from the sun slightly to improve the picture quality further.

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The Toughbook 19 is the fully rugged tablet PC offered by Panasonic. The Panasonic Toughbook 19 features a magnesium alloy case along with increased shock protection for all of the internal components, including the hard drive, motherboard, disk drive, screen, and other cards. It provides all of this protection, yet weighs only five pounds. The screen swivels, allowing the computer to be used like a traditional laptop with a keyboard or as a tablet PC. The screen is moisture and dust resistant, as are the keyboard and touchpad.

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The Panasonic Toughbook Y5 is the largest of the business-rugged models of laptops offered by Panasonic. The screen size is a hefty 14.1-inches to allow more room to multitask, show presentations to small groups, and increase all-around productivity. The screen can be adjusted to a maximum resolution of 1400 by 1050 with over 16 million colors to provide clearer detail of graphics, including that DVD you want to watch on your cross-country flight. Anti-glare technology is applied to the screen, allowing greater visibility in the sunlight than most laptops, which become almost un-viewable outdoor

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The Panasonic Toughbook 19 tablet PC is equally at home in the desert, in the rain-forest, on the battlefield and anywhere else it goes. The components of the 19 are all shock resistant and sealed from the influences of the environment. The 19 can be configured to finger-touch or stylus-touch, weighs five pounds, has a 10.4-inch screen and battery life up to seven hours. Considered a convertible PC, it has the ability to convert from a tablet to a laptop.

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At first glance, the Panasonic Toughbook T5 looks very similar to any other laptop created by a major computer company like HP, Apple, Dell, or Gateway. When the Toughbook T5 is picked up, people realize the outer casing is not made of some type of plastic, but actual metal (magnesium alloy). The metal case makes the computer much more rigid for additional protection of the screen, the keyboard and trackpad (when closed), and all of the internal components.

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LAPTOP, a company providing unbiased information, advice, and insight into laptop computers, gave the Panasonic Toughbook W5 the 2007 Ultimate Choice Award in the Ultimate Ultraportables category. The 12.1-inch screen size and 2.9-pound weight makes the W5 small enough to fit into a briefcase or satchel to keep the computer with the user all of the time. A shock-mounted hard drive means the hard drive is kept safe even when the briefcase or satchel carrying the computer is accidentally dropped on the floor.

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Panasonic Toughbook notebooks come in three distinct levels of toughness to handle the various conditions computer users may face. Business-rugged Panasonic notebooks are designed for the business traveler who needs a solid computer for use on airplanes, in vehicles, and in hotel rooms. Magnesium alloy protects the case from damage and shock mounts protect the hard drive, but the computers still weigh under four pounds. Business-rugged notebooks can have batteries lasting up to 10 hours in perfect conditions.

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All Panasonic Toughbook PCs meet the highest standards for rugged computers established by the US government. The MIL-STD-810 is a series of tests created by the Army’s Developmental Test Command to provide specific guidelines that computers must meet or exceed in order to be classified as rugged. The fully rugged Panasonic Toughbook PCs have passed these tests with flying colors.

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When shopping for laptops, such as Panasonic Toughbook laptops, it is important to consider the total cost of the unit over the lifetime of ownership and not just the current price. With more and more people working at home and on the road in recent years, the number of laptop failures has increased because of drops, spills, weather, and many other accidents. Losing a computer for a week costs a company the money to repair the unit and the loss of productivity by the computer user, which can add up to thousands of dollars over the course of a year or two.

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The Panasonic Toughbook computers are another step in Panasonic’s long-standing commitment to product innovations in rugged mobile computing. In the past, Panasonic was the first company to put CD-ROM drives in notebooks, use magnesium alloy to encase LCD screens, and create the fully rugged tablet PC. The semi-rugged category of laptop computers was introduced to the marketplace by Panasonic.

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