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Author Topic: Panasonic Laptops Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-17-2009 04:12 PM                     Has anyone had experience with the Panasonic CF30K5PAXAM toughbook  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-17-2009 05:24 PM                     I see alot of them for sale at State Surplus! I always wondered about them myself. I've had too good of luck with my Dell to have any interest in switching. Mark  |  IP: Logged Don Sneed Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Texas City, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 08-23-2009 09:56 PM                        I have the CF72 toughbook, been using since the year 2000, had windows 98 when 1st got, now use professional XP, I have dropped it, tripped over the ac cord pulled it onto the floor from a AW3 middle platter, did this twice, both time, reboot all OK....yes it is a tough...it bounces around in my truck & still works...will not allow the Strong SCDC program to work with the USB, I can't check any SCDC brains but all else works....I would buy another one when the time comes...expensive, but worth it !!!  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-24-2009 10:58 AM                     How well does it work with the R2 and the D2  |  IP: Logged Don Sneed Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Texas City, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 08-25-2009 04:30 AM                        works great with the R2 never tried on the D2, I have (2) of these laptops, one travel in the truck for Cinema work, & the other is my mobile office when I traveling. both are nines yrs. old & still kicking, both been dropped at least three times at a height of three feet, no problems, I would buy another one when the time comes just because it is tough...  |  IP: Logged

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