Panasonic ToughBook CF-19

Notebook specifications

Notebook: Panasonic ToughBook CF-19
Processor: Intel Core Duo U2400 (1060 MHz)
Graphics adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (128 MB)
Display: 10.4 inch 4:3 (1024x768 pixels)
Weight: 2.1 kg
Average score: 75% - good
Average of 2 scores (from 3 reviews)

Reviews in English

70%Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 - This durable notebook begs for abuse.
Source: Laptop Mag
The Toughbook line continues to impress with the CF-19, a machine that begs to be used and abused in a rough-and-tumble environment. Its daylight-readable touchscreen is the standout feature, along with its bevy of tucked-away slots and ports. At almost $4,300, this isn't your run-of-the-mill, spill-a-little-coffee-on-it semi-rugged notebook. It's a fully ruggedized computer that's designed to perform in the field.
Date: 03/16/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 80%

The Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 is suitable for virtually any situation, however wet and windy
Source: PC Plus
Panasonic has persisted for many years with its Toughbook line. If ever there were a case of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’, the Toughbook would be it. First, this is because the Toughbook was done well in the first place; but second, because it’s extraordinarily hard to break. And that is, after all, the point. We can’t, in good conscience, offer any prizes in terms of looks, but this is a practical machine first and foremost, built to withstand inclement conditions, and it’s armoured to the hilt. This doesn’t mean that you’ll be able to dunk it in water and get away with it, but its MIL-STD-810 certification means it’s built to withstand splashes and spills, vehicle vibration, the occasional drop, and harsh extremes of temperature.
Date: 02/16/2007
Rating: performance: 80% display: 60%

80%Panasonic ToughBook CF-19
Source: Trustedreviews
If you want a reasonably small and light notebook that will stand up to almost anything you’re likely to throw at it, the ToughBook CF-19 is just what you’re looking for. The keyboard doesn’t lend itself to writing long reports or essays, but this machine is more likely to be used with bespoke applications for data entry out in the field. With the option of an HSDPA module, engineers and field workers will now be able to communicate and send data back to the office even faster. If however you’re looking for something that is tough as nails and can be used to write long documents just like any other notebook, you’re probably better off waiting for the forthcoming ToughBook CF-30, which I’ll be reviewing soon. Ultimately, the CF-19 makes a few ergonomic sacrifices for the sake of weight and size, while throwing the tablet style operation into the mix, and if that’s what you need, look no further.
Date: 01/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 80% features: 80% ergonomy: 50%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an onboard integrated video chip and can be called a faster clocked GMA 900 (on Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset, which is available only starting with Core Duo/Solo). 2006 it is the most often used graphics solution and is classified in the weakest third of mobile graphics solutions. So it can only be used for elder games. For office applications and surfing it is without any doubt sufficient.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Duo: Intel Core Duo (successor of Pentium M), is a double core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used common. The maximum current consumption of 31 Watts is only 4 W more then with Pentium M. Due to the low energy need is Core Duo also suited for subnotebooks. Further now it supports SSE3 orders. The performance can nearly be doubled for applications, which were designed for multiprocessors (compared with Pentium M).

U2400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

10.4": The notebook has a very small and rare display format for Subnotebooks.  There do not exist many smaller formats and this format is not very common.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few current, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2.1 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 13 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

Panasonic: Panasonic is an international notebook manufacturer, but with rather small market shares and few laptop reviews. Panasonic concentrates its notebook sortiment to the niche of ruggedized notebooks, which are made for rough outdoor usage and called Toughbooks. The ratings are slightly above average.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.