Panasonic Toughbook CF-W5

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Reviews for thePanasonic Toughbook CF-W5

70%Panasonic Toughbook CF-W5
Source: PC Mag (English)
The Panasonic Toughbook CF-W5 is a tough little ultraportable that caters to blue-collar professionals. These employees endure the elements of nature and the harsh reality of the outdoors. They often don't have the luxury of sitting behind an office desk. If high-end performance is not an issue, the W5 is an excellent candidate for workers exposed to the elements. Otherwise, take a look at the Lenovo ThinkPad X60 (Vista).
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3.5 von 5, Leistung mäßig
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/14/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 60%

Panasonic - Toughbook CF-W5 review
Source: IT Reviews (English)
The CF-W5 is the baby of Panasonic's Toughbook range, a thin (268 x 210 x 44mm), ultra-portable laptop weighing in at a very creditable 1.4kg including the power adapter, but the protection comes at a price. Expensive, yes, and lacking in some of the features its competitors have, but the Toughbook CF-W5 has a great blend of low weight and incredible battery life that makes it an ideal weapon for the mobile business user.
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Preis/Leistung teuer, Ausstattung mangelhaft, Mobilität sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/09/2007
Rating: price: 40% features: 50% mobility: 90%

60%A durable and highly portable laptop for those with deep pockets
Source: vnunet.com (English)
The CF-W5 is Panasonic's latest attempt to woo the corporate elite and those with deep pockets into buying a tougher than normal ultra-portable laptop. Unlike the fully 'ruggardised' CF-74 we reviewed a few months back, it isn't an ugly laptop covered in awkward rubber bits. Instead the silver plastic casing is subtle and attractive. A well built and attractive notebook that can take a knock or two, but the high price will deter many.
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(von 5): 3, Preis/Leistung 2, Ausstattung 4, Ergonomie 3, Verarbeitung gut, Akkulaufzeit ausgezeichnet
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/28/2006
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 40% features: 80% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 60%

70%Panasonic ToughBook CF-W5
Source: Trusted Reviews (English)
There's quite a bit squeezed into the slim chassis - on the right you'll find an Ethernet port, modem socket and two USB 2.0 ports, while the left is populated with the power socket, D-SUB port, expansion port, PC Card slot and an SD card slot. Unusually the front is pretty well stacked too with the eject switch for the DVD writer, a hardware switch for the wireless, headphone and mic sockets, and finally the power switch that glows green when the notebook is on. The ToughBook CF-W5 is pretty much an evolution of the CF-W4, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, if you definitely aren’t planning on dropping your notebook on the desk from 30cm, there may be better options out there. That said, the W5 is still slim, light and well built. The battery life is also very impressive and the option of an integrated HSDPA module is something that the competition can’t offer yet.
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(von 10): 7, Preis/Leistung 7, Leistung 8, Ausstattung 7, Verarbeitung gut, Akkulaufzeit beeindruckend
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/08/2006
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 70% performance: 80% features: 70% workmanship: 80%

90%All-day endurance and mobile broadband wrapped in a durable, lightweight package.
Source: Laptop Mag (English)
The first thing you’ll notice when you pick up Panasonic’s new Toughbook CF-W5 will likely be its matte-silver finish, super-light weight, and pop-up optical drive. You won’t, however, need to pay much attention to the battery meter, since this system lasts a staggering eight hours on a charge. Throw in a durable design and an optional Verizon Wireless EV-DO card for anytime, anywhere connectivity and you have a pricey but highly recommended ultraportable.
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4.5 von 5, Mobilität sehr gut, Verarbeitung gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/17/2006
Rating: Total score: 90% mobility: 90% workmanship: 80%

Foreign Reviews

80%Panasonic CF-W5 - Abgehärtetes Leichtgewicht
Source: Notebookjournal (German)
online available, Long, Date: 10/10/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 50% features: 30% display: 30% mobility: 60% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 60%

80%Der große PC-Welt Lesertest
Source: PC Welt (German)
, Length Unknown, Date: 07/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 40% performance: 60% display: 70% mobility: 80% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 40%

Die schicken Kleinen
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy (German)
, Length Unknown, Date: 04/20/2007
Rating: mobility: 90% ergonomy: 50%

Aktueller Winzling - Panasonic Toughbook CF-W5
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy (German)
online available, Short, Date: 01/05/2007
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80%

58%Die Präsentation ist in fünf Minuten da!
Source: Facts (German)
, Length Unknown, Date: 01/05/2007
Rating: Total score: 58% features: 60%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.

Intel Core Solo: Single core version of the Core Duo and successor of the Intel Pentium M; Because of the 65nm reduced structure width also smaller current consumption than Pentium M (maximally 27 Watts); the performance is comparable with the equivalent clocked Pentium M (somewhat faster because of a few improvements).

U1400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

12.1": This is the most common display format for subnotebooks and an average size for subnotebooks.
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 less power, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that 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.

1.2 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 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. The ratings are slightly above average.

72.57%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.

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