X300 vs CF-Y7

I am still thinking why is the X300 that expensive. I already have a X61 for 7 months now and I like it very much. But I still don't know why the X300 is almost $3000. Why not buy a Panasonic CF-Y7 14" screen? cheaper, lighter, more beautiful.

 

Well it has a SSD, which adds hundreds to the price. Im assuming it has better performance as well, but im not too sure. And imo, the x300 looks way better than the toughbook. Much more business-like and professional.

 

Quite a bit off topic but a friend of mine who owns a Macbook commented that he thinks my R61 looks very nice and sleek. Guess business-like and professional turn some people on. Certainly worked on me.

 

ToughBook eLite/Let's are even better built than ThinkPads, if you can imagine that. One time at Shin-Osaka station waiting room, I observed the businessmen were all using ToughBooks, though mostly the T series.

The only thing I don't like about the Y7 (and R7) is they use 172-pin DDR2 micro-DIMM. They are rarer and more expensive than the industry standard 200-pin SODIMM. On the other hand, the T7 and W7 do use SODIMM. Panasonic hides this information very well. You won't find it mentioned on their web site, but you can either go to their Japanese site or Google "CF-Y7 memory upgrade" to find the truth.

 

msb0b you are right. there is one thing though. The Panasonic ThoughBook are usually seen in Asia. And people think that if Panasonic is not very powerful on US market that means it is not good. WRONG.

Back to the topic, I love my X61 but I wouldn't buy the x300 for that much.

 

I agree with the x300 being over priced though. I bet its a good laptop, but i wouldn't pay $3000 for it (or for MBA either). Maybe $1500.

 

Not at all. The Y series is much better when you see it in real life, than the pics. I have used mine for work purposes before and it is very professional looking - it looks like you know what you were doing when you picked a laptop, as opposed to default corporate standard issue.

 

I envy you because you own one. Unfortunately there are not so many review on CF-Y7 or CF-W7, but I am considering switching to CF-W7 from my X61. All I need is the money.

 

The CF-Y7 is very nice indeed, the only downside I find is that it can only support max 2 GB of RAM.

 

Still, 2 GB for a laptop that you use mainly for word processing, internet surfing, is enough. If you use a linux based OS even better, you won't feel the difference from 2GB to 4GB.