Panasonic Toughbook 33 MK3 Detachable

It has both physical and metaphorical rough edges, but is a big step up in power for rugged Windows tablets

TIM DANTON

SCORE PRICE £2,975 (£3,570 inc VAT) from ultima-computers.co.uk Last month I reviewed the Toughbook 55 MK3 (see issue 358, p56), a rugged laptop that offers almost 24 hours of battery life, and now it’s the turn of its little tablet brother: the Toughbook 33 MK3. I use the word little with caution, for as a standalone tablet it’s no lightweight at 1.6kg, and once you attach its keyboard base it weighs the same 2.8kg as the 55 while being significantly bulkier. But if the Toughbook 55’s secret weapon is its portable power, the Toughbook 33 is all about versatility. The 12th gen U series chips don’t pack as much grunt as the 13th gen P series units found in its sibling – primarily due to having two P-cores rather than six – but…

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