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CNET.com: Panasonic ToughBook 74 Review

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The Panasonic ToughBook 74 is one PC that is clearly targeted at users who prefer a device that can withstand some maltreatment. 'Are you the type of user that heaps abuse on your laptop, blowing through one machine after the other at too rapid a pace? With the ToughBook 74, Panasonic has incorporated some of the design principles used for its military-grade laptops into a more consumer-friendly "business rugged" model that's designed to withstand more everyday abuses. Larger and more rugged than the consumer-oriented ToughBook W4, the ToughBook 74 includes durability and mobility features such as magnesium-alloy casing, a shock-mounted hard drive, a spill-resistant keyboard, WWAN connectivity, and a screen that's readable outdoors.

Not all of these characteristics are unique to the ToughBook, though: less-expensive business models from Dell and Lenovo also include shock-mounted hard drives, WWAN, and spill-resistant keyboards, for example. And given the ToughBook 74's $2,999 starting price, we recommend it only for business users who are likely to do most of their computing beyond the office, airplane, or hotel room and whose laptop will need to withstand extreme abuse (think construction, insurance, or law enforcement). Otherwise, we recommend a less bulky, less expensive laptop, such as the Dell Latitude D520.'

Features:
•1.83GHz Intel Core Duo Processor T2400 w/Centrino Duo Mobile Technology
•512MB RAM
•80GB hard drive
•CD-RW / DVD
•10/100/1000 Ethernet
•WiFi 802.11a/b/g
•Cellular mdm / mdm
•Verizon
•Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
•13.3" XGA display

Read: Panasonic ToughBook 74 Review - CNET

Posted by HCG Admin on June 27, 2006 2:18 AM |

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