Panasonic Toughbook CF-W7

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Reviews for the Panasonic Toughbook CF-W7

Panasonic Toughbook CF-W7, handles bumps and bruises with flair
Source: PC Authority Archive.org version
If you've ever laid your hands on ruggedised laptops before, you'll have noticed that they possess a certain bricklike quality, combined with a tiny screen size that makes using one as a permanent part of your office on the road a daunting prospect. As a lightweight Toughbook, the CF-W7 comes as a breath of fresh air. Given the $3245 price tag, we'd like perhaps a little more style, but given the overall functionality, 1.29kg weight and excellent battery life, the CF-W7 looks like a very good deal indeed.
Preis 80, Mobilität 90
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/24/2009
Rating: price: 80% mobility: 90%

71% Panasonic Toughbook W7
Source: PC World Archive.org version
There are plenty of good ideas at work, here--not to mention plenty of features that make the ToughBook tough to beat outdoors. But when you hunker down and actually get to work, it may take you a little longer to get things done than you'd like.
71 von 100, Display mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/03/2008
Rating: Total score: 71% display: 50%

70% Panasonic ToughBook W7 review
Source: Tech Advisor Archive.org version
The Panasonic ToughBook W7 is certainly built to last, even in the most inhospitable environments, but such durability comes at a sacrifice in performance. Panasonic's ToughBook line consists of mobile computing workhorses. There are plenty of good ideas at work, here - not to mention plenty of features that make the Panasonic ToughBook W7 tough to beat outdoors. But when you hunker down and actually get to work, it may take you a little longer to get things done than you'd like.
(von 5): 3.5, Verarbeitung 4.5, Ausstattung 3.5, Preis 3
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/28/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 60% features: 70% workmanship: 90%

70% Panasonic Toughbook W7
Source: CNet Archive.org version
The Panasonic Toughbook CF-W7 manages to be lightweight and awkwardly bulky, but this rugged ultraportable offers excellent protection for business travelers who are extra rough on their systems.
7 von 10, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/19/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 40%

67% Panasonic Toughbook CF-W7
Source: PC Pro Archive.org version
You'd expect a rugged laptop to be heavier than a standard one, but the Toughbook W series manages to be both small and light. Forming part of the Panasonic's semi-ruggedised range, they're more suited to business use than the almost indestructible units designed for vertical markets. At 1.4kg, it weighs only slightly more than the ultra-svelte Sony VAIO VGN-TZ12VN/X (web ID: 122226), and at 270 x 215 x 54mm, its footprint is much the same, albeit twice as thick. A good mix of strength, low weight and high battery life, although ergonomics and value suffer in the process.
4 von 6, Leistung gut, Mobilität gut, Ergonomie schlecht, Preis/Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/31/2008
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 40% performance: 80% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 40%

Foreign Reviews

CF-W7
Source: PC Praxis - 05/08
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 04/04/2008
Rating: mobility: 90%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on a Mobile Intel 965GM chipset. It is the successor of GMA 950 and features a fully programmable pipeline (supports Aero Glass fully and DirectX 10 with newest drivers). The peformance of the X3100 is clearly better than the GMA 950, still demanding modern games won't run fluently.

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

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

Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

U7500: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

12.10":

This range of display format is largely the upper limit for tablets and the lower limit for subnotebooks.

The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small in size and therefore easily portable. The tiny display has the added advantage of requiring little power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is exhausting for the eyes. High resolutions, which one is used to from a standard laptop, are almost not usable.

The same applies to tablets in this size range.

Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation was founded in 1918 in Japan, making it one of the oldest electronics companies (although it started with light bulb sales). The company operates in several business areas, including electronics, home appliances, automotive technology, aerospace, energy, and environmental technology. Panasonic sells televisions, cameras, audio and video equipment, home appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines, batteries, solar panels and LED lighting worldwide. Panasonic is also a major supplier of components and systems to the automotive industry and has invested in artificial intelligence and robotics in recent years.

69.5%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

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

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