Ready to launch with Windows 8 (both standard or Pro) built-in, the Ultrabook houses a 11.6-inch touch display at the ever-popular 1, 366 x 768 resolution, although it feels a little on the thick side, and is unmistakably Panasonic in its styling.

ENGADGET: Panasonic shows off foldable Windows 8 Ultrabook hybrid, launches October 26 (hands-on)

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.

FORBES: It's all in the packaging

The proton then travels through a film just 18 microns thick to oxygen on the other side.

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