Panasonic's Toughbook CF-33 is an armored 2-in-1 for extreme conditions

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Twenty years in the making, Panasonic's rugged tablet-and-keyboard combo is prepared to take a beating.
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[@HapticGamerHD]

I want to bring this to my college classes just to psychologically scar MacBook owners 😂

[@lachlanbrown8110]

I'm a Macbook owner, and I think the Toughbook is awesome.

[@theblackboyjoe]

And then physically scars them with it.

[@DopeBoysofAtlanta]

@@lachlanbrown8110 right

[@insanitylol]

@@theblackboyjoe and has a touchscreen and 2 in 1 unlike MacBooks

[@InitialFailure]

about the price:
I'm using a CF-33 with 512GB SSD, 16GB RAM, i7-7600U etc etc.
It's my personal computer and does everything I need it to do.
Granted, I'm an EOD tech currently responding to this from a desert and I absolutely require a beefy and rugged PC. However that doesn't mean it's necessarily over-priced. Given that it's my personal computer yet I do allot of work with it, the myriad of ports allow me to work on it (access sites that require CAC access to which mine has built in, use the HDMI ports/VGA ports to connect to a projector for PPT presentations etc) and at the same time surf the web, detach the tablet for reading on Kindle, play games on Steam (older games of course) or other non work related uses. Show me another device that can do all of that without the use of a dongle and can take the same abuse. When I take it to the range so that I have applicable publications at the ready or need to doodle something with the stylus to show other non EOD people what I'm talking about, it's exposed to the elements. I then take my nasty and dirt riddled device to the shower where I can literally rinse it off... in the shower.
without fear of damaging it.
I haven't found a device that can do all the above at or below the price point of this offering.
Again though the requirements I have likely differ from the vast, vast majority of common PC users but I can't think of a better option for the price. Is this for everyone? NO. Is there a very specific demographic that would happily use this? YES.

[@calvinjenkins6900]

I bet it still wouldn't stand one day against my friends little brothers.
Seriously, the last computer that my friend owned, they threw it in a fireplace and then out a window.

[@calvinjenkins6900]

For no reason, I might add.

[@anotherrandomtexan25]

Calvin Jenkins Dang hope they were reprimanded good for that!

[@hiitzesiang114]

Wanna bet?

[@BeachBaller]

It's reminds me of old windows XP laptops from the early 2000s.

[@BeachBaller]

Element Technology Don't u mean aesthetic

[@lazaru3]

4 to 3 aspect ratio

[@mrflamethrowergamster9238]

THAD YT this is new the old one is same but windows xp

[@MelissaTimea99]

I kept seeing these on Live PD in patrol cars and wanted to come take a look to see what they were. Even though I'm a mobile DJ and I like rugged equipment, this might be overkill for even me, but it's a nice compact unit none the less.

[@ElijahNMitchell]

Thinking of adding one with the GPS to my bug out gear (along with a solar charger).

[@aaronfernandes9304]

I still have my cf 28!

[@MsToshibasatellite]

I still use my panasonic cf-18 mk1 win7 64gb ssd 1.25gb ram :P

[@snobbystebe461]

This is nice

[@erikas8781]

is that windows 10 on toughbook

[@anakwatan617]

Like it very much

[@StephanT7]

I need one

[@JohnSapato]

they also made a windows 10 mobile which is also nuke proof : )

[@kara88bg]

Why does it need a D-sub port in 2017?

[@HK-qj4im]

For working on old equipment.
I have 30+ year old machines at work. Windows XP Still works!

[@jdbennett93]

Cool idea but way overpriced. There’s no way it’s really worth that much no matter how much magic pixie dust of durability it’s got. And ya, clearly for professionals, especially since they’d be the only ones willing and able to drop that much cash on something like this.

[@SadSynth]

Joe Bennett Yeah, like the iPhone X is for professionals

[@rockyoliver3933]

@@SadSynth I was thinking same thing lol.

[@erikas8781]

can we play windows 10 apps on toughbook

[@erricomalatesta2557]

My shit laptop from 2014 can survive a 5 foot drop. lol

[@MafiosoDon21]

lol i just got an hp later i get this on when the price drop will be good lol

[@boxthorncutter2804]

who still got a CF-18 / CF-19 ?

[@the_jimmy_nation]

$5,714 Ok No...

[@cmmc116]

Iphone 7!

[@ytdark7993]

51

[@kung-fuhustle5755]

Could this withstand a nuclear bomb, than it definitely would be worth every dollar. 🤪

[@devilapostate4575]

Can it survive girlfriend's throw up!!

[@drec.134]

$$$$?

[@b0e]

due

[@damnboi951]

First

[@akshayverma7536]

second

[@thepro8447]

Congratz you won an iphone x