Panasonic Toughbook 40 Review | PCMag

Littattafan rubutu na yau da kullun na iya fuskantar ɗan tashin hankali a cikin kwandon sama, amma kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci masu karko suna shiga cikin hanyar cutarwa ta hanyar masu amsawa na farko da sojojin yaƙi. An tsara su don a jefa su kan duwatsu kuma a yi amfani da su a cikin ruwan sama mai daskarewa, don kawar da cin zarafi wanda zai lalata matsakaicin MacBook ko ThinkPad. Suna da girma, nauyi, da tsada. Kuma suna da sabon zakara: Panasonic Toughbook 40 (farawa daga $4,899), kusan ba za a iya lalacewa ba, mai ɗaukar kayan sulke mai inch 14 mai sulke wanda ya maye gurbin 13.3-inch Getac B360 a matsayin wanda ya lashe Zaɓen Editocin mu a tsakanin kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci cikakke.

Zane: Ba sa Bukatar Fararen Hula 

Kalmar “cikakkar kakkautawa” tana da mahimmanci, saboda tana sanya Toughbook 40 a cikin aji sama da tsarin rugujewa kamar takwarorinsa 14-inch Dell Latitude 5430 Rugged da Panasonic na kansa Toughbook 55 Mk2. Machines a cikin rukuni na ƙarshe na iya jurewa digo na ƙafa uku ko hudu; Sau da yawa suna da ƙimar kariya ta shiga kamar IP53, ma'ana suna da juriya da ƙura kuma ba za su iya jurewa ruwan sama da kunkuntar feshin ruwa ba.

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Littafin Toughbook 40 na iya ɗaukar faɗuwar ƙafa shida kuma yana ɗaukar matakan MIL-STD 810H, MIL-STD 461G, da kuma IP66 - ba shi da ƙura (ba ƙura da za ta iya shiga ciki ba) kuma yana da kariya daga faɗuwa da manyan jiragen ruwa, kodayake ba zai iya ba. tsira da gaske nutsewa cikin ruwa kamar yadda wasu wayoyin hannu zasu iya. Tabbas, chassis na magnesium alloy chassis, bumpers na kusurwa, da murfin tashar jiragen ruwa da ake buƙata don irin wannan ƙarfin yana sanya Panasonic ya zama mai rauni, yana auna 2.1 ta 13.9 ta inci 11.9 (tare da ɗaukar nauyi mai nauyi a gefen gaba) da nauyin kilo 7.4. Wannan ma ya fi girma ko da yake ya ɗan fi sauƙi fiye da cikakken mai kauri, IP65-rated Durabook Z14I, balle Latitude 4.4-pound 5430. 

Irin waɗannan abubuwan kuma suna kashe kuɗi da yawa. Littattafai na musamman ne suka tsara su ta hanyar ƙwararrun masu siyarwa, ba a siye su daga kan shiryayye daga Best Buy ko Amazon ba, don haka MSRP na $4,899 tare da Intel Core i5 processor da allon taɓawa na 1,920-by-1,080-pixel shine farkon farawa. Namu Windows 11 Pro naúrar gwajin ta haura zuwa Core i7-1185G7 vPro CPU da 1TB solid-state drive, yana haɓaka farashin sa akan saitin kan layi na Panasonic zuwa $ 6,606 - kuma wannan yana tare da 32GB na RAM, kodayake tsarinmu yana da matsakaicin 64GB da na biyu. baturi da sauran zaɓuɓɓuka.

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Dangane da wasu zaɓuɓɓuka, Panasonic ya ce Toughbook 40 za a iya daidaita shi a ƙasa da hanyoyi 6,048, galibi godiya ga ramummuka huɗu - hagu, dama, na baya, da sauran dabino - don abin da ya kira na'urorin haɗi na zamani na xPAK. Waɗannan kewayo daga SSD na biyu (Silinkin ajiya shine 2TB da 1TB) zuwa faifan DVD da Blu-ray, da yawa SmartCard da masu karanta yatsa, da nau'ikan USB, Ethernet, HDMI, VGA, da tashoshin jiragen ruwa na serial. Har ila yau, akwai wasu abubuwa guda huɗu masu daidaitawa ko masu musanya: baturi, ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, ajiya, da madannai.

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Baya ga baturi na biyu a cikin ramin gefen dama, tsarin mu yana da mai karanta lambar bar a gefen hagu; mai karanta yatsa a cikin tafin hannun; da VGA, serial, da tashar Ethernet ta biyu a baya. Masu haɗin daidaitattun (ba xPAK ba) sun haɗa da jack audio, katin katin microSD, USB 3.2 Type-A, USB-C Thunderbolt 4, da tashoshin Ethernet a dama da HDMI da USB-A tashar jiragen ruwa da katin SIM a kusa da baya.

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Littafin Toughbook ɗinmu ya zo tare da 4G LTE Broadband na wayar hannu da goyan baya ga keɓancewar cibiyar sadarwar FirstNet masu amsawa ta farko. Panasonic ya ce wani zaɓi na 5G yana zuwa soon, kamar yadda AMD GPU ke da masu amfani waɗanda ke son gani da sauri fiye da haɗaɗɗen zane-zane.

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An tsara Panasonic ba kawai don ɗaukar lasa ba kuma ya ci gaba da yin ticking amma don kiyaye bayanai daga hannun abokan gaba - aikin BIOS Secure Wipe yana amfani da ƙarfin lantarki don share abubuwan da ke cikin SSD a ƙasa da daƙiƙa 10. Amma game da tsirar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka gabaɗaya, bari mu ce ya fi wasa da hannaye na masu ruɗewa: Na sauke kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, duka biyun a rufe kuma a buɗe, sau da yawa a kan katifa mai kafet da lawn ciyawa daga kusan ƙafa biyar. Sai dai stylus ɗin da ke fitowa daga cikin ƙwaƙƙwaran hannunta, ba abin mamaki ba ne. Na sanya shi a cikin kwandon kicin na jika shi da mai fesa; bai lura ba. 

Sauraron Kanka 

Kyamaran gidan yanar gizo mai megapixel 5 yana da murfin sirri mai zamewa da sanin fuska don shiga Windows Hello. Yana ɗaukar hotuna masu haske da kaifi masu ban sha'awa har zuwa 2,560 ta 1,920 pixels, tare da launi mai haske kuma kusan babu hayaniya ko a tsaye, kuma yana tare da makirufonin quad don yin taron wayar da kan jama'a a cikin mahalli.

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Da yake magana game da hayaniya, sauti daga masu magana da Toughbook ba ingancin audiophile bane - yana da sarari kuma mai saurin amsawa, da alama yana jujjuyawa ko canzawa daga lokaci zuwa lokaci - amma yana da ƙarfi isa ya ji da kayan aiki masu nauyi ko siren kusa (Panasonic yana da'awar matsakaicin 95dB). ). Babu bass, amma kuna iya fitar da waƙoƙin da suka mamaye, ba wai kuna iya ɗaukar lokaci mai yawa don sauraron kiɗan ku MP3 ba.

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Maɓallin madannai yana ba da matakan haske guda huɗu na hasken baya mai launi da zaɓaɓɓu da maɓallan gajerun hanyoyi guda huɗu don ƙaddamar da abubuwa kamar kayan aikin saiti ko “yanayin da aka ɓoye” wanda ke ɓoye nuni da duk LEDs. Hakanan akwai maɓallin F11 ja wanda ke aiki tare da software na tilasta doka don nuna alamar cewa jami'in yana cikin matsala. Ba shi da faifan maɓalli na lamba ko sadaukarwar Gida, Ƙarshe, Shafi Up, da Maɓallan Page Down-kamar yadda yake tare da kwamfyutocin da yawa, waɗanda ke haɗa maɓallin Fn da kiban siginan kwamfuta-amma yana da kyakkyawar jin daɗin bugawa. Ba shi da zurfi kuma mai ƙarfi, kuma tabbas kuna jin kowane maɓalli maimakon yin gudu ta hanyar gudu, amma gabaɗayan ƙwarewar ba ta da ƙarfi ko rubbery kamar yadda kuke tsammani.

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Tare da layukan guda ɗaya, kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci masu ruguza suna da matsi-matsi mai juriya na taɓa taɓawa maimakon faifan taɓawa masu ƙarfi na electrostatic na yawancin littattafan rubutu. Wannan yana ba su damar yin aiki da hannaye safofin hannu, amma yana nufin sun fi guntu ko žasa da amsa ga tsirarun yatsu. Wannan ya ce, Panasonic's touchpad, ko da yake karami, ya fi abokantaka ga hannaye marasa safofin hannu fiye da sauran kwamfyutocin da muka gwada-har yanzu yana ɗaukar taɓawa da gangan amma yana kusa da jin kushin farar hula. Maɓallai biyu da ke ƙasa suna ba da sauƙin danna hagu da dama. 

Kayan aikin software yana haɓaka allon taɓawa na 1080p don amfani da yatsu, safar hannu, stylus inch 4.5, ko cikin yanayin rigar. Nunin yana da haske sosai, tare da babban bambanci da fari mai farar fata maimakon launin toka. Kusurwoyin kallo suna da faɗi, kodayake rufin gilashin na iya nuna fitilu masu haske, kuma cikakkun bayanai suna da kaifi. Launuka suna da naushi kuma suna da kyau sosai, kodayake kyawawan gradients ko pastels masu dabara ba su fice ba.

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Tsarin ba shi da bloatware (Windows 'Disney+ app da alama ba shi da wuri). Panasonic yana shigar da ɗimbin abubuwan amfani masu alaƙa da aiki, kamar lambar mashaya da shigarwar alamar kadara apps, da mai duba GPS. Kamfanin yana goyan bayan Toughbook tare da garanti na shekaru uku.

Gwajin Littafi Mai-Tsarki 40: Isasshen Gudu, Batir mai Albarka 

Sauran kwamfyutocin da ke da cikakken ƙarfi don kammala sabon gwajin gwajin mu shine Durabook Z14I, kodayake na sami raka'a 14-inch mai ƙarfi guda uku don cika sigogin: Panasonic Toughbook 55 Mk2 da aka ambata da Dell Latitude 5430 Rugged, da ingantacciyar hanya. Samfurin mabukaci mai rahusa, Acer Enduro Urban N3. Kuna iya ganin ainihin ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun su a cikin teburin da ke ƙasa.

Gwaje-gwajen Yawan Sami 

Babban ma'auni na UL's PCMark 10 yana kwaikwaya nau'ikan samarwa na duniya iri-iri da ayyukan samar da abun ciki don auna aikin gabaɗaya don ɗawainiyar ɗaiɗaikun ofis kamar sarrafa kalmomi, maɓalli, binciken yanar gizo, da taron bidiyo. Har ila yau, muna gudanar da gwajin PCMark 10's Full System Drive don tantance lokacin lodi da kayan aiki na ma'ajiyar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka. 

Ma'auni guda uku suna mayar da hankali kan CPU, ta yin amfani da duk abin da ke akwai da kuma zaren zaren, don ƙididdige dacewar PC don yawan aikin sarrafawa. Maxon's Cinebench R23 yana amfani da injin Cinema 4D na wannan kamfani don yin fage mai rikitarwa, yayin da Primate Labs' Geekbench 5.4 Pro ke kwaikwayon shahararru. apps kama daga fassarar PDF da fahimtar magana zuwa koyon injin. A ƙarshe, muna amfani da buɗaɗɗen tushen bidiyo transcoder HandBrake 1.4 don canza shirin bidiyo na mintuna 12 daga ƙudurin 4K zuwa 1080p (ƙananan lokutan sun fi kyau). 

Gwajin aikinmu na ƙarshe shine Puget Systems'PugetBench don Photoshop, wanda ke amfani da Creative Cloud sigar 22 na sanannen editan hoto na Adobe don kimanta aikin PC don ƙirƙirar abun ciki da aikace-aikacen multimedia. Tsawaita ce ta atomatik (ba ta dace da M1 Macs a halin yanzu) wanda ke aiwatar da ayyuka iri-iri na gabaɗaya da GPU-accelerated Photoshop daga buɗewa, juyawa, haɓakawa, da adana hoto don amfani da abin rufe fuska, cika gradient, da masu tacewa.

Toughbook 40 shine mafi sauri a cikin motsa jiki na mu na Photoshop, mai yiwuwa saboda 64GB na RAM mai karimci, kuma da ƙarfi a tsakiyar fakitin a wasu gwaje-gwaje, yana share maki 4,000 waɗanda ke nuna kyakkyawan aiki a cikin PCMark 10. don magance ma'anar zane-zane na salon aiki ko gyaran bidiyo apps, don haka duk waɗannan tsarin sun fi ƙarfin isa don amfanin da ake so. 

Gwajin Zane 

Muna gwada zane-zanen Windows PCs tare da simintin wasan kwaikwayo na DirectX 12 guda biyu daga UL's 3DMark, Night Raid (mafi girman kai, dacewa da kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci tare da haɗe-haɗen zane) da Time Spy (mafi buƙata, dacewa da rigs na caca tare da GPUs masu hankali). 

Muna kuma gudanar da gwaje-gwaje guda biyu daga madaidaicin madaidaicin GPU na GFXBench 5, wanda ke jaddada ƙananan ayyukan yau da kullun kamar rubutu da babban matakin, ɗaukar hoto mai kama da wasa. Gwajin 1440p Aztec Ruins da 1080p Car Chase gwaje-gwaje, wanda aka yi a waje don ɗaukar ƙudurin nuni daban-daban, zane-zanen motsa jiki da ƙididdige inuwa ta amfani da ƙirar shirye-shiryen OpenGL da tessellation na hardware bi da bi. Yawancin firam ɗin a sakan daya (fps), mafi kyau.

Abubuwan amfani da aka yi niyya da muka ambata da ƙarfi ba su haɗa da yin wasanni ba, kodayake yana da daɗi tunanin sojojinmu suna jin ɗan ƙaramin Minecraft ko Fortnite baya a bariki. Don kafofin watsa labarai masu yawo da taswira da jadawali na lokaci-lokaci, waɗannan injinan suna da kyau. 

Gwajin Baturi da Nuni 

Muna gwada rayuwar batirin kwamfyutocin ta hanyar kunna fayil ɗin bidiyo na 720p da aka adana a cikin gida (fim ɗin Blender mai buɗewa). Hawayen Karfe(Yana buɗewa a cikin sabuwar taga)) tare da hasken nuni a 50% da ƙarar sauti a 100% har sai tsarin ya daina. Muna tabbatar da cikakken cajin baturi kafin gwajin, tare da kashe Wi-Fi da hasken baya na madannai. 

Har ila yau, muna amfani da na'urar firikwensin daidaitawa na Datacolor SpyderX Elite da software na Windows don auna jikewar launi na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka - nawa kashi na sRGB, Adobe RGB, da DCI-P3 gamuts launi ko palettes nunin zai iya nunawa - da 50% da kololuwa. haske a cikin nits (candelas kowace murabba'in mita).

Kodayake yana da haske don amfani a waje, Toughbook 40's allon taɓawa ya gaza tallata nits 1,200 lokacin da aka gwada shi a cikin gida, kuma haɓakar launin sa yana da muni ta ma'auni na hoto ko gyaran bidiyo. apps. Komai-kamar yadda muka fada, kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci masu karko ba wuraren aikin gani bane. Mafi mahimmanci shine keɓaɓɓen rayuwar batir ɗin sa tare da zaɓin tantanin halitta na biyu, yana busa ko da kusan sa'o'i 15 na Latitude.

Hukuncin: Wani Sabon Jarumi Ya Bada Rahoto Kan Aikin Hatsari

Akwai ɗimbin maye gurbin tebur da kwamfyutocin ƙirƙirar abun ciki na dijital waɗanda suka fi sauƙi, sauri, suna da mafi kyawun fuska, kuma farashi ƙasa da Toughbook 40, amma ba za su ɗauki awa ɗaya ba a filin wasan Panasonic. Ba mu da karfin soja ko mai ba da amsa na farko-ko ma'aikacin jinya ko malamin kindergarten, don wannan al'amari - amma idan muna da aikinsu, muna son littafin Toughbook a kusurwar mu.

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Kuna iya nemo ƙananan kwamfyutoci masu ƙarfi da girma, amma muna tsammanin 14-inch Toughbook 40 shine girman da ya dace kuma yana da abubuwan da suka dace don neman babbar lambar yabo ta mu. Don wani abu mafi sauƙi don ɗauka a cikin filin, muna ba da shawarar kwamfutar hannu tare da madannai mai iya cirewa kamar 12-inch Toughbook 33 ko 11.6-inch Dell Latitude 7220 Rugged Extreme Tablet, wani mai nasara na Zabin Editocin.