Panasonic Toughbook CF Series

Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1, Sandy BridgeProcessor: Intel Core i5 2520M, Intel Core i5 520M
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Display: 12.1 inch
Weight: 1.7kg
Price: 2250, 2500 euro
Average Score: 78% - good
Average of 3 scores (from 5 reviews)
price: 70%, performance: 90%, features: - %, display: 85%
mobility: 100%, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: 90%, emissions: 93%

 

Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1

Specifications

Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1Notebook: Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1
Processor: Intel Core i5 520M
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 12.1 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Price: 2250 euro
Links: Panasonic homepage
 Panasonic notebook section

Average Score: 87% - good
Average of 2 scores (from 4 reviews)

 

89% Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1
Source: Notebookinfo German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/02/2011
Rating: Total score: 89% performance: 90% display: 85% mobility: 100% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 93%
Transformer
Source: c't - 21/11 German
long battery runtime, stable case, expensive
Single Review, , Medium, Date: 10/01/2011
85% Portátil convertible Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1
Source: PC Actual Spanish ES→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/25/2011
Rating: Total score: 85% price: 70%
Panasonic ToughBook CF-C1 - s tabletem do nepohody
Source: Notebook.cz CZ→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/06/2012

 

Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1, Sandy Bridge

Specifications

Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1, Sandy BridgeNotebook: Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1, Sandy Bridge
Processor: Intel Core i5 2520M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Display: 12.1 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Price: 2500 euro
Links: Panasonic homepage
 Panasonic notebook section

Average Score: 60% - poor
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

60% Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1 review
Source: Techradar English
In short, this is a disappointing device which left us thoroughly underwhelmed. The Toughbook is always going to be a bespoke PC for specific applications and situations, but that doesn't disguise poor performance, a frustrating touchscreen experience and a lack of features.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/24/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

 

Comment

Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation, formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., is a multinational corporation based in Japan. Its main business is in electronics manufacturing and produces products under a variety of names including Panasonic and Technics. Since its founding in 1918, it grew to become the largest Japanese electronics producer. In addition to electronics, Panasonic offers non-electronic products and services such as home renovation services. Panasonic is an international notebook manufacturer, but with rather small market shares and few laptop reviews. Panasonic concentrates its notebook sortiment primarily to the niche of ruggedized notebooks, which are made for rough outdoor usage.

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Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics: Onboard graphics card that is built in the new Arrandale CPUs (Core i3 / i5 / i7 Dual Cores). Depending on the model and Turbo Boost, the GMA HD is clocked between 166 and 766 MHz.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge): Processor graphics card which is integrated in the Sandy Bridge Pentium and Celeron processors. Similar to the desktop HD Graphics 2000 and not related to the old Arrandale processor graphics with the same name.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Core i5:

520M:

The Core i5-520M has only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-640M) and clocks between 2.4-2.93 GHz (Turbo Mode). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD 3150) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.

2520M: Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. 


12.1: This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Most netbooks have a tinier display. The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


1.7 kg:

This sub-notebook weighs less than the average of all notebooks and represents a medium class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 11 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

1.7 kg:


78%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

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

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Author: Stefan Hinum, 2011-09- 2 (Update: 2012-05-26)