ToughBook Touring

TrustedReviews has an interesting article on a tour they did of the Panasonic ToughBook testing facilities in Osaka and Kobe, with pictures of ToughBooks being dropped, frozen, drowned, roasted and otherwise slapped around. ToughBooks are renowned as very rugged machines, but they are also bloody expensive, starting at US$4000 for a fairly standard model. I'd kinda like to have one, but only if someone else was footing the bill.