Toughbook 31 Drop Test on USS Intrepid

Rance Poehler, president, Panasonic Solutions Company, drops a Toughbook 31 over 20 feet to the deck of the USS Intrepid during a launch event for the product in NYC on May 11, 2010. The device booted without a problem.

The Toughbook 31 is the sixth generation of Panasonics fully-rugged clamshell notebook line, which has become the gold standard of rugged computing over the past 14 years. The new device features an Intel® Core™ i5 processor, Gobi2000 mobile broadband and a 6 drop ratting. For more information, go to http://www.toughbook.com

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• Panasonic
• Toughbook
• Toughbook 31
• Rugged
• Computing
• Laptop
• Notebook
• Military
• Police
• Fire
• EMS
• USS Intrepid
• Mobile Computing
• 810G
• Gobi2000

[selyss12345]

I bet it would be different story if the notebook landed corner first.

[wowpowcom]

you should get someone to explain about video aspect ratio, because you have it wrong :)

[KenderikGamer]

Lol that looks like bushes brother XD

[caterpillard11r]

lol when it fell the sound was a gunshot

[BBOYDRAW2]

AMEERICAAA...FUCK YEAH!!

[tbrowniscool]

@JLMBfreafin

Panasonic dont sell direct to civilians. There made for military and governments, when your only concern is that the you might die if your laptop fails in the field then these make perfect sense. You dont need amazing performance for spreadsheets and communications.

£3500 seems a bit much for the latest one though!

[marNLL]

@GPNflyman1

The toughbook is designed for working under harsh environmentals, not for regular consumers. You have inhaled too much iDrug (no other laptop brands are good?).

[NitroGadvRules]

@selyss12345 you'd be surprised, I've dropped one of the lower end models with the screen open on the corner of the screen and it didn't even have any damage.

[Juantonomobay]

@selyss12345 Or we could just try a drop HALF that height with a Macbook/Macbook pro/whatever mac, have it land the same way and see the results :)

[AgentCROCODILE]

Now try the same test when the lid is open and make sure it falls on a corner. :)

[PaulGrantDesigns]

I thought he was going to have a "Mission Accomplished" banner in the background appear at the end.