{"id":84912,"date":"2017-07-06T16:44:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T05:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/panasonic-improves-tough-notebooks-2\/"},"modified":"2017-07-06T16:44:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T05:44:54","slug":"panasonic-improves-tough-notebooks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2017\/07\/06\/panasonic-improves-tough-notebooks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Panasonic Improves Tough Notebooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Panasonic has unveiled a new line of ruggedized notebooks that claim to have a brighter screen, increased battery life and storage space, faster processing speeds, and enhanced user interface.<P><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD height=180 width=200><A onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/2009070109540702716.jpg', 'foo', 'width=400, height=822, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\" href=\"javascript:;\"><IMG border=0 src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/2009070109540702716_200x180.jpg\"><\/A><BR>Click to enlarge<\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR><TR><TD  width=200>Toughbook CF-19 Mk III<\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE>The Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 and CF-30 Mk III have a magnesium alloy frame and&nbsp;shock-absorbent damper encasing the hard drive. The company claims that the units can withstand knocks,&nbsp;vibrations and sharp temperature fluctuations, while surviving falls from up to 90cm.&nbsp; The CF-19 screen rotates 180 degrees, and converts to tablet form.<\/P><P>Panasonic Australia&#8217;s Group Manager for Toughbook, John Wood said, &#8220;Panasonic has been manufacturing purpose built, reliable and rugged notebooks for over 15 years.&nbsp; We continue to listen to our customers and improve on features to maintain our notebooks&#8217; class-leading performance.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/P><P>The Toughbook CF-19 Mk III has doubled its screen brightness from 500nit to 1000nit, while the CF-30 continues to boast 1000nit.&nbsp; With a circular polarizing touch screen and anti-reflection coating, it is easier to read under direct sunlight, ideally-suited to outdoor use.&nbsp; <\/P><P>Both models promise a battery life of 9 hours even with the increased screen brightness, making the unit even more mobile and functional.<\/P><DIV style=page-break-before:always class=NFBreak contentEditable=false>&nbsp;<\/DIV><P><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD height=180 width=200><A onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20090701095457acf43.jpg', 'foo', 'width=400, height=877, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\" href=\"javascript:;\"><IMG border=0 src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20090701095457acf43_200x180.jpg\"><\/A><BR>Click to enlarge<\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR><TR><TD  width=200>Panasonic Toughbook CF-30 Mk III<\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE>The new Toughbooks also come with a new feature called Convert Conceal mode. With just the touch of a button, the screen display disappears immediately, protecting sensitive information from being read by unauthorised persons.&nbsp; This ensures information remains confidential, an important consideration for information-sensitive industries such as Defence or the Police.<\/P><P>Incorporating the new Intel Centrino Core 2 Processor, the Mk III is combined with Intel vPro.&nbsp; The combination of Intel Centrino and vPro can help improve manageability, tighten security and speed up performance.&nbsp; In addition the hard drive and RAM has been doubled in size giving users 160GB and 2GB RAM of space respectively.&nbsp; <\/P><P>With enhanced security features both models feature the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 chip which prevents unauthorised access, theft or loss of the HDD, while the optional fingerprint reader and\/or smart card reader reduces the risk of insecure passwords.&nbsp; They also feature a cable lock slot to physically secure the unit.<\/P><P>The Panasonic Toughbook CF-30 Mk III and Toughbook CF-19 Mk III are available now for $8,799 and $7,499 respectively. <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panasonic has unveiled a new line of ruggedized notebooks that claim to have a brighter screen, increased battery life and storage space, faster processing speeds, and enhanced user interface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":94783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-hardware","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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