The Toughbook series ranges from military grade resistant laptops to just the simple drop-and-spill resistant business laptops. In the middle is where this laptop sits along with its 15.4” widescreen. The screen uses all the space it possible can and the keyboard is quite nice. The space bare and enter button could both be slightly bigger but once you get used to it, it isn’t bad at all. For those who are accident prone the entire keyboard area and this also includes the touch pad is splash resistant. I was tempted enough that I purposely dropped a glass of water on the laptop and it still worked. It might be resistant but it is also heavy and large, not a good combination. It measures in at 356mm x 52mm x 287mm and it weighs in at a huge 3.3kg. This definitely will help build your muscles. Overall, well it does what it says on the label but its battery life doesn’t stack up, and quite frankly if you’re not near a plug socket then you won’t be using this laptop for long. It is also an extremely difficult laptop to carry around and a bit on the heavy side.Panasonic’s Toughbook range covers a number of different grades of toughness. The Toughbook series ranges from military grade resistant laptops to just the simple drop-and-spill resistant business laptops. In the middle is where this laptop sits along with its 15.4” widescreen.
Even though it is branded as being only a “semi-ruggedised” laptop it certainly looks as if you could blow it up and it would still work but I don’t want to take any chances. Due to its hard outer shell and built in carrying handle when it is closed it looks more like a briefcase then a laptop.
It might be resistant but it is also heavy and large, not a good combination. It measures in at 356mm x 52mm x 287mm and it weighs in at a huge 3.3kg. This definitely will help build your muscles.
The screen uses all the space it possible can and the keyboard is quite nice. The space bare and enter button could both be slightly bigger but once you get used to it, it isn’t bad at all. For those who are accident prone the entire keyboard area and this also includes the touch pad is splash resistant. I was tempted enough that I purposely dropped a glass of water on the laptop and it still worked.
The Toughbook CF-52 has a 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 processor. This includes 2MB of L2 cache and an 800MHz front side bus. It normally comes with 1GB of RAM. Yet this be easily upgraded to an entire 4GB, you may have to if you wish to install Windows Vista as 1GB is not sufficient enough. Bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet are all integrated into the laptop and the graphics are handled by the GMA X3100 module integrated in Intel's GM965 Express chipset. The 160GB hard drive is located in a setting of shock-absorbing foam and connected by flexible cable. Panasonic do say it will withstand a 90cm drop but this is if the laptop is not switched on.
Most of the ports and connectors ranged around the sides of the casing are protected by covers yet not all them are. The SD card slot or the multi-format DVD drive on the left-hand side does not have the security of being protected by covers.
Panasonic do say that the battery will last up to seven and a half hours but many people have found out that the laptop struggles to run past three hours.
Overall, well it does what it says on the label but its battery life doesn’t stack up, and quite frankly if you’re not near a plug socket then you won’t be using this laptop for long. It is also an extremely difficult laptop to carry around and a bit on the heavy side.
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