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TECH REPORT

Best Rugged Laptop: Panasonic Toughbook 31

 

Looking for a laptop that can withstand getting jostled around in luggage? We recently put four so-called rugged laptops from Dell, Panasonic, HP, and Lenovo through the paces, subjecting them to spills and tosses; we even drove over tow of them with a 700-pound ATV. The winner? Panasonic's new 8.2-pound magnesium alloy Toughbook 31, which barely winced during our ATV rollover test and survived being thrown into a pile of mud and ice. The Toughbook has a 13.1-inch screen and a phenomenal 10 hours of battery life.
Cost: $3,799

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    • John Brandon

    John Brandon is a tech contributor at Inc. magazine and Inc. Technology. Before starting his writing career, he led a design and writing team at a large consumer electronics retailer. You can follow his tweets at twitter.com/jmbrandonbb. He lives outside of Minneapolis.


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