Panasonic Toughbook CF-52

Toughbooks were initially manufactured for military uses and hard core industrial uses but the scenario gradually changed and toughbooks came into common, commercial uses. And again a special category of toughbooks came into existence in the laptops arena, which is called as Semi Rugged Notebooks. Panasonic Toughbook CF-52 is a worthy successor of CF-51 and comes integrated with astute features of its ancestor Cf-Y5.
Operating system

Panasonic Semi Rugged Toughbook CF-52 comes preinstalled with Windows Microsoft Vista Business, which is the most common user interface of business laptops and also recommended by Panasonic. You are provided with an option to integrate XP downgrade operating system.

Processor and Memory

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 runs this device at a clock speed of 2.4 GHz. DDR2 SDRAM of an astounding 4096 MB memory is installed in this device along with 3MB L2 cache memory. One of the impressive features in this laptop is its 160 GB hard drive, which is both shock resistant and quickly releasable.

Display and Audio

Panasonic Wide Screened Toughbook CF-52 is the first of its kind to arrive with a widescreen. This laptop comes with a 15.4” WUXGA TFT active matrix color LCD display of 1920×1200 mp resolution, which would surely be a delight to watch. It does not stop with this. This gadget is embedded with Intel high definition audio compliant and integrated stereo speakers that blast away the music of your choice.

Graphics card and Optical Drive

Panasonic Toughbook CF-52 sports an Intel GMA 4500MHD Video Controller, which takes care of the graphical domain, and a Super Multi Double Layer DVD Drive that aids you in burning and writing DVDs and CDs.

Expansion slots and Interfaces

Panasonic Toughbook CF-52 comes installed with a PC card type II slot, SD card slot and an Express Card slot. External video output, Port Replicator, 4 USB 2.0 connections, 56K Modem, Microphone, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, IEEE 1394a FireWire and Headphone interfaces are embedded in this device.

Wireless Connectivity

Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 5100 802.11a/b/g enables the wireless connectivity feature of this device. Bluetooth v2.0+ EDR of this gadget ensures data sharing between similar enabled devices

Dimensions, Battery and Warranty

This laptop is bulky and comes with a macho look though it is 14” in width, 11.2” in depth, 1.9” in height and weighs about 7.5 lbs. This device comes with a 11.1V Lithium ion battery pack, whose run time is 5-7 hours. Panasonic offers 3 years warranty to this machine.

Special features
• computrace theft protection agent
• Fingerprint scanner
• SmartCard reader
• Electrostatic touchpad