00:00 Well, I guess we'll never, ever get another invite to a hands-on event ever again.
00:07 We went down to the Panasonic European Configuration and Service Centre to check out the Toughbook
00:12 40, one of the most robust and customisable laptops in the world.
00:17 And we broke it.
00:19 Sorry.
00:21 The Toughbook 40 is a rugged laptop designed to take hard bumps, operate in ridiculous
00:26 temperatures and withstand the toughest environments.
00:30 It runs on the latest Intel 11th Gen CPU, has built-in 5G connectivity and a touchscreen
00:37 that can automatically detect rain or if you're wearing gloves and switch its mode to work
00:42 with both.
00:43 Its modular design helps to make it easy to use and future-proof and we even got our hands
00:47 dirty swapping out some components like this fingerprint scanner and we did all of that
00:52 with zero technical know-how.
00:54 And then, after all of that, we broke it.
00:57 By dropping it from a height almost double its recommended limit, not once, but twice.
01:03 The unit that we dropped was still usable with a few dents and scratches and everything
01:06 internal was working totally fine.
01:09 The screen was damaged though, but impressively, within 25 minutes, the unit that we dropped
01:13 was back to full working order as the technicians on location were easily able to swap out the
01:18 screen for a new one with very little hassle.
01:21 The Toughbook 40 is a very specialist machine and it isn't built for consumers, but it was
01:26 super interesting to see how the facilities function and the leaps that are being made
01:30 in the B2B sector to make laptops stronger and more versatile.
01:35 No laptop should be able to survive operating at ridiculous temperatures, under crazy vibrations
01:40 or a 15ft drop onto concrete, but this one can.
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