Short Take: Panasonic introduces new ruggedized portable

Panasonic Personal Computer Company is selling the Toughbook 71, a "ruggedized" notebook with magnesium case for mobile business users. The 6.4lb system comes with 266-MHz Pentium II processor, a 4GB hard disk drive, 32MB of memory, 12.1-inch active matrix display for an estimated street price of $3,499.