When one says tough, you’d think of the massive size of the muscle gained to look tough, and some time act tough. Cars gain massive weight to be tough, same goes to guys. But you can’t say the same for girls. Well, here goes a story of Panasonic’s Toughbook, which is tough as we all know. But strangely, like girls, they lose weight!

Joining the 3.2-pound Tougbook C1, is the newest 12.1-inch Toughbook S9, which weighs just three pounds. Panasonic claims it’s the lightest 12-inch laptop out there, but there’s a catch. It has an optical drive, so it’s the lightest with optical drive.

Yes I can’t blame you if you think light equals to midget with no power. But you’d be wrong. It’s packed with even more impressive power into the featherweight chassis — it’s got a Core i5-520M processor, 2GB of RAM, and a shock-mounted 320GB hard drive. Thought that Panasonic gave up the durability for that weightage? You’d be wrong — the magnesium alloy case can still withstand a 2.5-foot operating drop, meets all the Mil Spec 810-G drop procedures, has a spill-resistant keyboard, and can take more than 220 pounds of pressure on its lid and base. It does sound great for when someone drops it off the airport security belt, but that’s until you hear about the mighty punch it’ll deliver on your bank account — it’ll retail for $2,499. Well, that’s to be expected from such a gem.

Panasonic Toughbook® S9: Select Features and Specifications

• Genuine Windows 7® (with XP downgrade option)
• Intel® Core™ i5-520M vPro™ Processor (2.4 GHz)
• 320GB shock-mounted flex-connect hard drive
• 2GB RAM (DDR3), expandable to 6GB
• 12.1″ widescreen WXGA (1280 x 800) LCD display with LED backlighting
• Anti-glare screen treatment
• Up to 11 hours of battery life with standard battery (MobileMark)
• 3.0 lbs
• DVD super multi-drive
• HDMI and VGA video outputs
• Business-rugged

-          30″ operating drop (to base only)

-          26 sides 12″ drop (non-operating)

-          220 lb compression-resistant

-          Magnesium alloy case

-          Spill-resistant keyboard/touchpad (protects against 6 ounces spills)

• Embedded Connectivity

-          Optional integrated WWAN / Gobi2000™ mobile broadband (EV-DO and HSPA)

-          Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 802.11a/b/g/n

-          Bluetooth® v2.1 + EDR (class 2)

-          Gigabit Ethernet

• Optional Integrated Security Features:

-          Fingerprint reader

• 11.1″ (H) x 8.3″ (W) x 0.9-1.5″ (D)