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This is what benmw333 is referring to. The Panasonic Let's. Despite how bulky it looks, it weighs about the same as the macbook air. It's basically used by anyo
by SenHeng 6y ago
This is what benmw333 is referring to. The Panasonic Let's. Despite how bulky it looks, it weighs about the same as the macbook air. It's basically used by anyone who isn't a manager, designer or software developer. You see them everywhere.
https://biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/products-services/letsnote/lineup/sv9-2020summer https://biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/products-services/letsnote/l...
- claudeganon 6y agoI think this design is actually pretty cool. Wonder if it has Linux support.
- ethanwillis 6y agoApparently it does. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Panasonic_CF-SV9 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Panasonic_CF-SV9
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- takeda 6y agoI owned CF-R7 decade ago, and running Linux was very enjoyable. No drivers were needed and almost everything worked. The only thing that Linux lacked at the time was ability to turn on-off economy mode (at the time never seen that in laptops, it was to keep charge at 80% to extend battery life). I needed to boot to windows to switch that. And functional/multimedia keys although I was able to find software to get that to work. I would imagine the support would be better now.
- rsync 6y agoWow - look at this picture: https://content.biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/fai/15800/raw https://content.biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/fai/15800/raw This is not from a wayback machine copy of dynamism.com - this is a new, Windows 10 laptop in 2020 (!)
- bserge 6y agoThose things have looked the same for at least 15 years. I remember checking out new laptops from Japan and being amazed at how small they are... With zero change, they now look antiquated :D
- matkoniecz 6y agoWhat is wrong/weird with it?
- missedthecue 6y agoIt looks like it would've entered the market in 2006?
- flak48 6y agoIt's twice as thick compared to even a mid range Lenovo or Dell laptop, to start with? Optical drivers still seem to be a thing... And I don't think I've ever seen a circular touchpad before!
- nikanj 6y agoBased on the worn-out spot on my touchpad, it seems like I mostly use a circular area on it.
- metaphor 6y agoPanasonic tends to refresh internals while keeping externals the same, although performance still sucks. This variant was once offered in the US market something like a decade ago for "business-rugged" use under the Toughbook brand, but that magnesium exterior shell commanded a high price point; I suspect the ThinkPad T series would have been a direct competitor at the time with better performance options and being much cheaper.
- FrojoS 6y agoWow. 19.5h of battery life!
- iso1631 6y ago
- silon42 6y agoThicker than VGA and Ethernet jack... without oversized touchpad... if it has upgradable RAM, disks and battery... where is the Amazon link?
- kozak 6y agoWhy are they emphasizing the optical disc drive so much?
- claudeganon 6y agoPeople in Japan still buy and use a lot of physical media. Piracy of every kind is more harshly punished and strangely, compared to the US, people feel that they should buy the work of artists they enjoy to support them. There’s also thriving secondary markets for everything from CDs to movies to games if you can’t afford to purchase new.
- fomine3 6y agoSome enterprise still likes CD than USB drive because they believe it's less risk for contaminating malware.
- awiesenhofer 6y agoWow! 12", 19.5h battery, under 1kg and still got VGA and an optical drive? Were can i buy one??
- wikibob 6y agoIs that.... No it can't be... Is that a CD ROM Tray? On a new production 2020 laptop?
- patwolf 6y agoI used to work on software with a lot of international customers. On every release we had to go through rigorous testing to ensure our product could be installed off of CD-ROMs solely for use by the Japanese market. This was 10 years ago, but even then CD-ROMs seemed antiquated. It doesn't surprise me that Japan would be one place they're still common.
- krick 6y agoWell, Japanese love CDs. If I'm not mistaken, Japan is the place where collecting music CDs and such still is very much a thing. I think it's pretty nice, really.
- ldiracdelta 6y agoThey call it "vinyl" and they sport very fashionable beards.
- takeda 6y agoYep, I owned one that I purchased in 2008. Mine was the size of a typical netbook (of course they had models with normal sizes), yet it was a fully featured laptop. The case was from magnesium alloy and it weighted exactly 2 lbs (less than a book of the same size I couldn't tell I had it in my backpack). Perhaps today it might not seem like a feat but that was 12 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB0_g9U9Dc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB0_g9U9Dc8
- fomine3 6y agoIMO Most Japanese tech geeks laughs why MacBook Air is advertised as "light" laptop. There are more lighter and more functional laptops available in Japan.