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    Toughbook F8 looks pretty good

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by useroflaptops, Jun 6, 2009.

  1. useroflaptops

    useroflaptops Notebook Evangelist

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    Even with its handle, it doesnt look gimmicky at all. It looks pretty good actually.

    Is it actually that tough though?

    So the keyboard may be 'waterproof' but the screen is kinda thinly backed. Is it a sturdy build?
     
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    Looks like the "Pointy-haired Boss" version of a ToughBook to me. Yeah, the alloy case is there, but my 1330 XPS has that too. The chassis's obviously not going to be as rigid as a fully-ruggedized model; in fact, now that I think of it, it sortof looks like they took my little Dell and grafted a handle onto it.

    Whenever they start a description as "World's lightest...blahblahblah" you can pretty much forget about rugged. Sturdy is a relative term when it comes to laptops; but the full-rugged ToughBooks set the standard.

    mnem
    How many notebooks survive ANY adventure with the phrase "road rash" in it?
     
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    Can you drive a H3 over it?
     
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    yea and the fact that it doesnt come standard with solid state drive? I'm not aware if its upgradable though from panasonic themselves, certainly you can do it yourself, but it seems to be all toughbooks nowadays should come standard with solid state drive. Yes, at more cost and lower disk space.
     
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    The question there is not whether you CAN drive an H3, but whether you SHOULD drive an H3. AT ALL. ANYWHERE. It's no HumVee, not even related.

    All it is is a Chevy TrailBlazer with expensive body work; it's the DISCOUNT POSER WANNABE version of a HUMMER. And before you H2 owners get too smug, remember YOURS is the ORIGINAL POSER WANNABE version of a HUMMER; it's just a Chevy Avalanche with expensive bodywork.

    GM created the entire "SUV" market with a massive marketing campaign when they were getting STOMPED by Dodge's new Caravan MiniVans; they did it to take advantage of a loophole in the 1978 "Gas Guzzler Tax" law intended to keep pickup trucks affordable for small family farms who needed them to get goods to market. GM took advantage of that to create a whole new class of passenger vehicle that gets around that law by being classified as a "light truck" so they could pocket approx $2000 a vehicle in extra profit at the taxpayer's expense; all the while lobbying to keep that loophole open almost 20 years beyond it's intended life.

    It's no wonder to me GM went Chapter 11 - they've been bankrupt of Common Sense for 20 years...

    mnem
    What I REALLY WANT is the M1025A2 with TOW 2 & .50-Cal; I wouldn't even mind a few bullet holes or shrapnel tears...
     
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