We have one here. It definitely does NOT live up to the toughbook name, but then again you're talking about comparing it to machines that can stop bullets (Toughbook 28 which we also have here and which is amazingly durable and has lasted through two years of daily in-plant use). I mean, the top is PLASTIC fergawdsake! It's not a bad laptop and is VERY thin but I prefer the Fujitsu P7000.

It's available for the same price, has more expandability, is smaller and I KNOW is durable as I've been carrying one in my backpack for eight months and 85,000 miles now (or rather the P5000 which is the same model but older with a slower processor). It also uses metal in the right places to protect sensitive components. No failures and nary a problem and it gets BEATEN on. It also makes an amazing DVD player.

The Sony TR-XA (TR-1A, 3A, 5A) have better screens but they're slower and also have proprietary hard drives making upgrading much more difficult. The Fujitsu uses a standard hard drive so when bigger and faster comes out you can swap very easily. Their support is also lightyears ahead of Sony (not that that's hard to do).