Panasonic Toughbook CF-Y7

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Reviews for the Panasonic Toughbook CF-Y7

90% Panasonic Toughbook CF-Y7
Source: Techradar Archive.org version
The Panasonic Toughbook CF-Y7 is an amazing laptop for any user looking for a lightweight, fully-featured machine for more than simply writing documents. The semi-rugged design means it can be used in a wide variety of locations and the long-life battery makes it ideal for anyone who needs to work on the move for long periods of the day. Overall, this is a winning ultraportable.
4.5 von 5, Vearbeitung gut, Mobilität sehr gut, Ausstattung gut, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/04/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 40% features: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 80%

80% Panasonic Toughbook CF-Y7
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
Companies that design laptops from the ground up can sustain a competitive advantage over those that buy their designs from other (mostly Taiwanese) manufacturers. Panasonic , for example, is what you could call a core manufacturer, optimizing its Toughbook laptop line with custom-tailored frames and integral components put together by its own engineers. Its latest, the Toughbook CF-Y7 ($2,370 street), owns the distinction of being the lightest 14-inch ultraportable in the market. This business-rugged ultraportable can take some physical abuse and is the lightest to integrate a 14-inch screen and optical drive.
4 von 5, Preis schlecht, Mobilität gut, Display gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/31/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 40% display: 80% mobility: 80%

80% Panasonic Toughbook Y7
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
The Panasonic Toughbook Y7 is expensive, but with the high price tag comes rock-solid durability, excellent battery life, and the largest screen you can get under four pounds. The biggest trade-off is speed, but if you need to tote your notebook cross-country and aren’t too keen on squinting, the Y7 is a wise investment.
4 von 5, Mobilität sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/17/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% mobility: 90%

67% Panasonic Toughbook CF-Y7
Source: PC Pro Archive.org version
Panasonic's semi-rugged series of laptops is a compromise between stylish but fragile consumer notebooks and expensive rugged portables that can shrug off a fall down a flight of stairs or a spot of word processing in the rain. Larger and more powerful than its predecessor, but battery life suffers as a result.
4 von 6, Leistung gut, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/11/2008
Rating: Total score: 67% performance: 80% mobility: 40%

80% Panasonic Toughbook CF-Y7 notebook computer
Source: vnunet.com Archive.org version
One doesn’t expect a so-called rugged notebook to look as good as the Toughbook CF-Y7.
The name conjures up an image of a bulky computer weighing several kilograms, with a weak processor and lots of heavy, ugly cladding. Fortunately, this Toughbook is unlike that in almost every way. It uses a Core 2 Duo L7500 processor, running at 1.6GHz. Admittedly this is at the slow end of the dual-core range, but the ‘L’ indicates that it’s a low-voltage model, which is useful for keeping down both heat generation and power usage. This thin, light notebook is ideal for anyone frequently on the move and will take a knock or two.
(von 5): 4, Ausstattung 5, Leistung 3, Preis/Leistung 4, Mobilität gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/06/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 60% features: 80% mobility: 80%

Foreign Reviews

Leistungsstarkes und schickes Leichtgewicht
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 3-4/08
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/22/2008
Rating: performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80%

80% Panasonic Toughbook CF-Y7
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/06/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 50% performance: 80% features: 30% display: 30% mobility: 70% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 50% emissions: 90%

60% Robustes Leichtgewicht
Source: c't - 4/08
Single Review, , Medium, Date: 01/31/2008
Rating: Total score: 60% performance: 60% features: 70% display: 4% mobility: 90% ergonomy: 80%

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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.

L7500: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

14.10":

14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact. 

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers. 

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.

76.71%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

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

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