Gizmo’s and Gadgets

Panasonic recently announced an improved new series of tough laptops will become available.  Panasonic have taken the decision to impose themselves as the best manufacturer in the tough laptops section. According to them, the 4 models in the series will be based on the Intel’s Santa Rosa platform that brings a good combination of a processor, chipset and wireless adapter together. They will also have1GB of RAM, a 80GB HardDisk and 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN. Unfortunately no 802.11n were added to the list of improvements.

This new line is said to be able to stand a 76 centimeters drop, which is pretty much the standard height of a  desk. This claim was tested at a press conference where the Panasonic representatives repeatedly droped one of their models several time to demonstrate this feature. Apparently nothing happened to the laptop as it kept working perfectly. Another thing that they added was a water drain in the keyboard that can handle about 200 milliliters of water and redirect it to a drain hole in the base. This feature also looks to be working great.

These models will become available around late November and will have a price range of  $2700 - $3500.