This ultraportable has features designed to handle rough-and-tumble treatment.

We didn't torture-test the Toughbook W2's shock-mounted hard drive or magnesium-alloy case with 3-foot drops or other ordeals a notebook designed for rough use might face. But this 2.9-pound ruggedized notebook impressed us with its impervious look and feel. Big, shock-absorbing ridges on the lid are designed to protect the notebook during rough use. You can toss the compact Toughbook into your luggage or vehicle and it won't take up much room. It's thick (1.8 inches) at the hinges where the battery is, but only 1.2 inches in front. At 10.6 inches wide by 8.3 inches deep, its footprint is about the size of a sheet of typing paper. Centrino Wi-Fi networking comes built-in.

Equipped with Intel's 900/600-MHz ULV Pentium M, the W2 Toughbook should be able to handle most applications and multitasking jobs. It earned a PC WorldBench 4 score of 105, equaling the average for 2.4-GHz Pentium 4 notebooks we've tested. However, it lags behind the average 1.6-GHz/600-MHz Pentium M by 13 percent. In our battery tests, the Toughbook W2 notched 7 hours, making it the longest-running notebook we've tested to date.

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