Each of them have the telltale look of every Panasonic Toughbook and Toughpad -- a solidly constructed silver plastic shell with black rubber corners and a girth roughly twice that of its less robust gadget brethren.

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Books are hounded from the shelves, replaced by row upon row of silver discs in plastic cases.

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Then, as soon as plastic trays and silver foil have been spirited off to kitchen quarters unknown, our attendant transforms our chairs into two neat - if narrow - bunks, fitted with crisp white sheets and jaunty tartan blankets.

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The interior gets softer materials instead of hard plastic as well as silver, satin and chrome-plated accents.

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It's clad in navy blue plastic that has a slight sheen to it, with shiny silver volume rocker and power buttons on the left and top edges, respectively.

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For an Intel Pentium II, the package is a square of plastic 1.2 inches on a side and as thick as a silver dollar.

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