Ebay Find Cf-29

I am looking for a good laptop. And found this one on ebay. What do you all toughbook people think. Should I go with it. Or just keep the Toshiba i got?

Item number: 160508756046

Panasonic ToughBook CF-29 - eBay (item 160508756046 end time Nov-24-10 13:12:25 PST)

 

It's a Mk1:

CF-29CTKGZDM DESCRIPTION:
Pentium M 1.2GHz ULV (Centrino), 13.3" XGA Transmissive Touch Screen, 40GB HDD, 256 MB RAM, Floppy Disk Drive, 56K Modem, Ethernet LAN, Intel PRO Wireless LAN, Windows 2000

Kinda stout for a Mk1! (Especially since it's the Starting bid price)

That's more than I paid for my complete Mk5.

To its credit, it has had a Rubber Backlit Keyboard and DVD-CDRW added.

Be prepared to spend an additional $35-$50 for a genuine Panasonic CF-29 Series Product Recovery CD-ROM set.

 

Seems to be complete and in good condition. DVD drive is a plus. Many people find the rubber keyboards are a bit hard to type with, but not hard to swap for a standard one.

Kinda depends on how high the auction price goes. I would not go much over $400 even for a complete one.

There are versions with faster CPUs available, up to 1.6GHz for a CF-29. But the newer ones (1.4GHz and faster) tend to have faulty touch screens or prone to getting one.

 

Looks to be in nice shape. I don't think you will like the rubber keyboard if you type a lot. What Springfield said regarding the Touchscreen. No operating system issue to deal with (Recovery Disks). Priced a bit high. What TopCop said re: DVD if it will boot from it. And also what TopCop said re: recovery disks.
There are some very reputable folks on this forum that sell Toughbooks.
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Bottom line. You NEED your first Toughbook but go slow.

Gork! As he runs recovery disks on another Mark 3. Good luck and welcome.

 

Go for it, the cf-29 is a really nice laptop ,
BTW we like to make fun of the other laptops here ,so please if you know whats good for you don't mention the Toshiba again

It's not beat up , and is complete so @ $350 it's a good deal

Agree

Agree somewhat
No COA for XP , so if you decide to use restore disks you will be installing W2000
XP is the best choice
If you have a unused xp coa you will be fine

 

You could shop around and get a better deal for one WITH a hard drive caddy. That plus a drive will run you at least another $100.... So then you are $450 all in. With THAT in mind... You could go more for the 1.6GHz model going for $320 on ebay.

 

Thanks

Tougbook
This laptop comes with all the extras CADDY w/ Hard drive and a DVD drive.
Should I ask the seller if they can install W2000 Pro on it for me?

 

this ones not to bad you just need to find a optical drive

Panasonic ToughBook CF-29 1.6Ghz 1.5G 80G WiFi BACKLIT - eBay (item 400169319338 end time Dec-01-10 18:39:35 PST)

 

My guess he does not have it because the time it takes to put it on , 25 minutes...he would. So add $35.00 to the price for the restore disk.

 

This Model unit was available with XP Pro (as a CF-29CTKGZKM, that is), so the question is: "Does the Recovery CD-ROM set offer both as a choice when recovering?"

 

I have a problem with this unit, as the posted Model Number (CF-29LTQGZBV) doesn't "spec out" through the Panasonic Toughbook Configurator.

A Google search only returns this Model Number in auctions from this same seller (Member ID laptops4sale2).

 

Its a MK4 with:
Intel Pentium M 778 1.6GHzLV (Centrino),13.3" Touch XGA,512MB,80GB, Intel 802.11a+b+g, WIN XP SP2
, No Drive
Someone might know what the country code "V" stands for.
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