It old-school design but current hardware inside. Quad-core CPU, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, LTE, Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, HDMI, VGA, Ethernet. Weighs just under or just over 1kg depending on model.
How on earth are manufacturers still making Alpine Ridge SSD's and still haven't switched to Titan Ridge chips with USB-C fallback compatibility, almost a year after those were announced?
I heard rumours that Intel are not approving use of the controller and instead waiting to do a marketing relaunch for Thunderbolt compatibility with Ice Lake, as to not cause confusion for consumers with current gen peripherals.
You would have thought while writing their check to the random Chinese ODM factory they could have at least sprung the extra $0.04 for the embossed toughbook style Panasonic logo.
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shabby - Friday, November 30, 2018 - link
How on earth does that nostalgic looking laptop have tb3?PixyMisa - Friday, November 30, 2018 - link
It old-school design but current hardware inside. Quad-core CPU, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, LTE, Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, HDMI, VGA, Ethernet. Weighs just under or just over 1kg depending on model.CharonPDX - Saturday, December 1, 2018 - link
LOL. I was thinking the same thing. "How does a laptop from 2003 have TB3?"ilt24 - Saturday, December 1, 2018 - link
Anandtech had an article on that laptop back in February, see: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12413/panasonic-rel...Cliff34 - Saturday, December 1, 2018 - link
LOLvFunct - Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - link
it even has an optical drive! Remember those?shabby - Friday, November 30, 2018 - link
How on earth does that nostalgic looking laptop have tb3?hubick - Saturday, December 1, 2018 - link
How on earth are manufacturers still making Alpine Ridge SSD's and still haven't switched to Titan Ridge chips with USB-C fallback compatibility, almost a year after those were announced?CrazyTape - Monday, January 14, 2019 - link
That is a great question! I have the same one.I heard rumours that Intel are not approving use of the controller and instead waiting to do a marketing relaunch for Thunderbolt compatibility with Ice Lake, as to not cause confusion for consumers with current gen peripherals.
Gunbuster - Monday, December 3, 2018 - link
You would have thought while writing their check to the random Chinese ODM factory they could have at least sprung the extra $0.04 for the embossed toughbook style Panasonic logo.