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Panasonic Toughbook Tablet

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Re: Panasonic Toughbook Tablet

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Post by Fundlab »

darkchasma wrote: post #6

6k for a 4K 20" tablet with a 2 hour battery that weighs over 5 lbs with only an i5 and 2GB vram? This isn't going to be the ultimate Civ 5 machine that I've been hoping for.

I keep wondering why tablet manufacturers are all focused on the smaller form factor when they could be producing all in one screens upwards of 32" to replace clunky desktop units. Such screen sizes wouldn't necessarily need the generosity of a long lasting battery because of their sizes but could pack enough punch for compete with desktop units.

Hopefully manufacturers delve into that market more and drive the price down.

Re: Panasonic Toughbook Tablet

#13

Post by code_duck »

Fundlab wrote: post #11
darkchasma wrote: post #6

6k for a 4K 20" tablet with a 2 hour battery that weighs over 5 lbs with only an i5 and 2GB vram? This isn't going to be the ultimate Civ 5 machine that I've been hoping for.

I keep wondering why tablet manufacturers are all focused on the smaller form factor when they could be producing all in one screens upwards of 32" to replace clunky desktop units. Such screen sizes wouldn't necessarily need the generosity of a long lasting battery because of their sizes but could pack enough punch for compete with desktop units. Hopefully manufacturers delve into that market more and drive the price…

How exactly would one hold a 32" tablet, or situate it at a desk? Arms grow very tired operating horizontal touch screens, and if the screen is on a table, angled, it's awkward to sit and look at.

Re: Panasonic Toughbook Tablet

#16

Post by biot »

nathancahill wrote: post #12

"If you see a stylus, they blew it. If you see a task manager... they blew it." -Steve Jobs

  "While one could increase the resolution to make up some of
   the difference, it is meaningless unless your tablet also
   includes sandpaper, so that the user can sand down their
   fingers to around one-quarter of their present size."
                           -- Steve Jobs (on 7 inch tablets)

Re: Panasonic Toughbook Tablet

#17

Post by tomashertus »

Panasonic is dying... I've been following this company for my whole life. Their concepts are bad and their focus is wrong. Typical Japanese company with board full of elder chairmans, who are afraid of big change. I don't see light in this tunnel....

Re: Panasonic Toughbook Tablet

#19

Post by chx »

Let me quietly wish that we will see a model with a DisplayPort input so it could be used as an external monitor for a laptop. I would love me a 4K 20" 5.5lbs transportable monitor. Given then weight is pretty much the same as the AOC e2351F I have anyways, the only question would be -- four times as many pixels, fourty times the price. Is pixel density and hardiness worth a magnitude of price difference?
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