The new Panasonic Note Light R8 notebook/netbook comes packed with a pretty strong 1.4-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 CPU, 2GB of RAM (upgradable to 4GB), and a 64GB SSD with lightning fast 220MB/s reading speed. This seems to be creeping more and more into notebook feature sets nowadays.

The Panasonic Lets Note offers a choice of OS: Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or Windows XP Professional Edition (they’re offering the kind of options with OS we wish more laptop companies offered).

With a $1,750 retail price, it’s pretty far out of typical netbook range, but its also far more powerful than many notebooks in its class. It’ll be released in Japan later this month first, then around the country in July/August or so.

Panasonic Toughbook 29 – Pentium M 778 1.6 GHz – 13.3″ TFT

We usually like to make sure that we never take our laptops into rough environments because computers are expensive devices that are delicate and need our protection. You won’t have those worries with the Panasonic Toughbook because this notebook was designed and built to work flawlessly in the harshest environments. The Toughbook 29 is a rugged notebook made from magnesium alloy that is durable and powerful in size that is easily transportable even with a 13.3″ widescreen monitor. With a 1.6 GHz Pentium M processor, 256MB memory and a 60GB hard drive you’ll have enough power to handle your business in a no-nonsense manner. Take this Microsoft Windows XP Professional computer on the road and you’ll always be able to get online through the 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN antenna or cellular antenna and know where you’re going with the built-in GPS. Although you probably won’t be using this laptop for online gaming, you can be sure that the Panasonic Toughbook 29 will be able to thrive in places where lesser computers would die.