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| tonehog wrote: | Stormy, you mentioned you might sell the CF-72. How's the battery life on it, and how much were you thinking of selling it for? Also, is it Win7 capable? How about linux?
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I got two 2nd-hand batteries with it. They only work 30 minutes and the other one works only 45 minutes. Linux can be installed. the machine has a speed of 1,8 Ghz or so. I dont know about Win 7, but now it is running Windows XP very well.
the CF-72 also has 768 megabyte DDR ram (256 onboard + 512 MB slotted in).
Concerning the price i'm gonna ask. Dont know yet. Anyhow a bit more as the 80$ i got it for. I think about 150-175 $ or so.
Oh, and my 3rd CF-28 is comming next week. the MK2 version, 800Mhz without touchscreen and no wireless.
Here is the spec-sheet of my CF-72.
ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/pub/Panasonic/toughbook/specsheets/TB-72_ss.pdf
It is almost the same thing, except for the old GPS antenna on the right side. My one doesnt have the antenna.
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 2:26 am |
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Drat. Battery run-life that short is a deal-breaker for me. Keep me posted when you find a good mobile model. Perhaps the CF-26 has a better battery life?
Or you could give me the link to your ToughBook source. 
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 7:49 am |
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Oh, but don't be mistaken.
IF you have a 100% working battery, then the battery will work at least 1.5 to 2.5 hours.
the two batteries that were included , when i bought the CF-72 second hand, are of course also 2nd hand.
Anyhow, here is the webpage with most (if not all) Panasonic Toughbook model specsheets.
A nice read to get know-how what these beasts have inside their body.
http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/computer-support-spec-sheets.asp
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 7:53 am |
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If somebody wants to buy an Itronix Go-Book II or III,
this German company sells them dirt-cheap, starting from 79 euros.
http://www.quantelectronic.de/Suche/itronix.htm?VL=itronix
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 11:47 am |
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That sounded almost tempting...
except that anything under 159 euro have something or other broken...
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 12:36 pm |
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It seems that all the Itronix laptops under 159 have a bad battery, and/or a not-working DVD-drive.
anyhow, replacing a slimline DVD-drive is not difficult,
I myselve, only buy laptops where i can get batteries for sure. A laptop without a working battery is like a degraded desktop-replacement.
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 1:21 pm |
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| 750 wrote: | That sounded almost tempting...
except that anything under 159 euro have something or other broken... |
It's old and surplus. Govt is happy to offload "old" computers for free as opposed to recycling them. Or maybe they ware sold for pennies as one huge lot.
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 2:12 pm |
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| Stormtrooper of Death wrote: | | I myselve, only buy laptops where i can get batteries for sure. A laptop without a working battery is like a degraded desktop-replacement. |
Another reason for going with Thinkpads. Seems one can get just about any spare part for them even today.
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 1:47 am |
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Even 3.5 hours isn't what I'm used to. I suppose I'll have to wait for Panasonic to get their act together and make a netbook version. My netbook got 10 hrs with a fresh battery.
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 2:11 am |
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| tonehog wrote: | | Even 3.5 hours isn't what I'm used to. I suppose I'll have to wait for Panasonic to get their act together and make a netbook version. My netbook got 10 hrs with a fresh battery. |
Yeah man. What happened to the days of yore when you could get a small scale laptop/palmtop that would take a couple of AA's and last? Manufacturers of the future should start looking at devices like the "Psion 5MX/Ericsson MC218" for inspiration.
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 1:11 pm |
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Well the pandra handheld claims somewhere around 14 hours battery life.
Helps to be ARM based.
Edit: anyways, the real battery killer these days are wireless networking and screens.
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 3:29 pm |
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Sound eats wattage too. My netbook has a disable wifi capability, and I mute the sound also for maximum battery life (granted, I disable wifi when I don't need it).
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 4:38 pm |
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Yea, i guess driving those speakers draws a fair bit. I should keep that in mind.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:35 pm |
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I also dim the display when possible.
I discovered this sexy beauty today. Dell's making MIL-SPEC laptops now:
http://www.dell.com/us/dfb/p/latitude-e6400-xfr/pd
You have to check the specs on that thing. Totally hawt hardware. 
Looks like some composite kevlar exterior? Backlit keyboard? Auxiliary battery? I'd be likely broke if I added all the features I wanted... 
More images at link.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:57 pm |
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That is one cool computer. Do want.
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