The revealed Toughbook 40 is Panasonic’s most durable laptop

Panasonic has just announced the Toughbook 40, Panasonic’s new most durable laptop, with a price starting at $ 4,899. This 14-inch laptop is designed for professionals who work in extreme or dangerous conditions.

Toughbook 40 presented. This is the first Panasonic laptop so unique and describes it as the toughest one

This laptop is primarily protected by a magnesium alloy housing, which is complemented by an integrated handle and reinforced by a series of reinforced port plugs. Toughbook 40 is certified MIL-STD-810H and MIL-STD-461H, what does that mean? Much, namely the fact that it has been tested with a fall from a height of 1.8 meters, is protected against the ingress of water and dust in accordance with the IP66 standard, is resistant to high and low temperatures and solar radiation.

The Toughbook 40 weighs 3.35 kg, which is more than half a kilogram less than its predecessor, although its 14-inch IPS Full HD touchscreen with 1,200 nits brightness is larger. It is complemented by the first-in-class 5 Mpx web camera with an integrated blind, Windows Hello infrared face recognition and advanced microphones.

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In terms of specifications, Panasonic chose the previous generation Intel Core i5 or i7 with the option of adding a dedicated Intel or AMD graphics card. On the memory side, there is a maximum of 64 GB of RAM and 2 TB of SSD storage with encryption. An additional security feature of the new Toughbook is the Secure Wipe feature, which erases the contents of the disk in seconds. In addition, the laptop supports Bluetooth 5.1, Wi-Fi 6, 4G and 5G connectivity, and among its ports is Thunderbolt 4.