Panasonic loads Centrino 2 into Toughbook CF-52 / CF-74

We're beginning to wonder if Panny's long-standing CF-52 and CF-74 will ever be replaced, but so long as folks keep biting, we suppose there's nothing wrong with perpetual makeovers. As with nearly every other laptop manufacturer, Panasonic has also decided it prudent to freshen up the aforesaid pair of Toughbooks with larger hard drives, 802.11n WiFi, expanded graphics capabilities and Intel's Centrino 2 platform. Aside from that, you can still expect the same rugged exterior, shock-mounted HDD and spill-resistant keyboard, but you'll pay dearly for those safeguards. Both the 15.4-inch CF-52 and 13.3-inch CF-74 will be available next month starting at $1,949 and $3,199, respectively.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 17th 2008 12:41AM]

seems to me, once toughbooks get SSD's...shock shouldn't be an issue at all.

I should be able to take one of these and hammer in a couple hundred nails.

[rbolt Posted Jul 17th 2008 12:43AM]

Desert storm days...................

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 17th 2008 1:10AM]

carry handle ftw.

[TheNightPhoenix Posted Jul 17th 2008 4:33AM]

+1 Handles FTW!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 17th 2008 3:00AM]

I like these but the first thing I think of when I read about them is just taking it on a camping trip to ruin the out-of-doors aspect.

CF-74 is welcome to wreck any of my nature time.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 17th 2008 3:01AM]

investigate the phenom that is time zones.

[Tim Brown Posted Jul 17th 2008 6:10AM]

Thats next years lesson