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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

    LOL
  • vFunct - 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.

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