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Well suited for demanding jobs, the Panasonic Toughbook CF series laptops are designed to meet all your computing needs. Featuring a water-resistant, shockproof housing, the laptop has a reinforced touchscreen that can be converted into a tablet in seconds Read More
I've been debating getting the cf-53 a lot but may have to sit out in the end. If you were able to get your hands on cf-54s with AMD internals I wouldn't have needed to think before picking one up.
I've used 2 CF 18s and a CF 19 since 2005. I used them in the rain, snow and extremely cold conditions. They stayed in my van during -19C nights and 44C days. Dented, bashed to $hit, missing keys, they worked until my company swapped them out for newer ones.
we used these in the military
I‘ve seen them fall from the top of an aircraft down to the concrete hanger bay floor (10’+), explode all their little pieces and covers everywhere and work perfectly when put back together. This was back when they had platter hard drives as well.
There are sexier computers, faster computers, and better equipped computers out there for the price but all of them will die a horrible death on what one of these would consider an “average” day.
If I had the money I’d buy one right now.
FeatherI had one survive a total blackout sandstorm in Baghdad. It was on and running (outside with me) through the whole sandstorm (if you don't know they produce a crazy amount of atmospheric static electrical discharge) and had zero issues with it. It was caked inside and out with sand, we took it back to the TOC, disassembled it, blew it out with canned air and it trucked along through the next 7-8 months of my deployment. Passed it on to the next guy.
Wait a minute, this isn't eBay.
Hock your old second hand hardware there Massdrop.
Could've atleast sold good refurbished tough books. I used one of these for work and it's crap compared to dell and getac alternatives.
stevelangerI will assume you meant not refurbished. As I picked up a £400 Getac v110 in near new condition for on site work. Highly recommend if you can get over the keyboard which is hard to use with gloves on, price to pay for the size though!
I remember when 1AD started fielding these back in the late 90s. We beat the shit out of them all over the Balkans and Europe on deployments and field exercises.
Once the new wars kicked in and I was out of uniform as a deployed civilian, I saw a few that were in vehicles that were completely blown up by IEDs. The chassis were somewhat OK, but the screens were demolished.
No problem, pop the hard drive out and slap it in a USB drive carrier and the unit could rescue their data.
You can close the lid on some of the older Panasonic Toughbooks, grab it by the handle, beat a few people to death with it, then pop it open and get some work done.
This would make a good Chromebook.
As a humanitarian working in Congo, I'd be very interested in such a computer for my field trips in areas with rugged roads and rebel groups, as my Macbook Pro isn't necessarily the best suited for this. I also perfectly understand the price premium that comes with the piece of mind of having your data stored in a bullet-proof case. If only I hadn't just bought a rather expensive watch... :(
Man, If I had 500$ to throw down I'd be seriously interested in this. I've always wanted a toughbook or equivalent rugged computer.
I think a lot of people here just don't appreciate or don't understand the use case for these things, and have never priced out how incredibly expensive more up to date ruggedized computer equipment is. Your home laptop is held together with tickytack and dreams and will fail if you splash coffee or it or knock it off a table. They're not built for any kind of hard use. Toughbooks and similar products *are* built for hard use in weird conditions, and they're marketed as special business products, and their price reflects both their niche use and their usual direct to business or government market.