The Ultimate Business Rugged: Toughbook vs Toughpad
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:31 am
I currently use a i5 cf-ax2 as my business rugged laptop. For first year I had it was an expensive paper weight, it only had 128 gb hard drive that I bought as an ipad replacement for $1600. Once I learned that I could replace the hd I went and bought a Samsung Evo 1 tb performance ssd drive and the machine became lightning fast, something to rival my dads i7 nx2.
Recently, like most nerds I fell in love with the toughpad 4k but couldn't justify spending $6k to own one. I managed first to get one for my dad and later one for me at $2500 lightly used so I went for them. We got the standard models which are a tad lighter but missing back camera and i7 chip.
Yesterday, I got around to ripping out the 128gb hd out of the toughpad and replacing it with 1tb evo hd. The machine is slightly faster (it already was very fast). Both my toughbook and my toughpad have the same processor but toughpad has extra 4gb ram.
Now I am so in love with the screen on my toughpad that it feels like a drag to use my ax2 for past week. I accidentally didn't unpack my ax2 out of my luggage from labor day weekend trip. The toughpad has a number of nuances but somehow I overlook them. At first I thought it was because of the exclusive nature of the product. But now I am becoming a believer in touch computing, although I still type a lot faster on my toughbook. Having a huge tablet allows for a keyboard thats usable while using the screen.
This is what is amazing me, it almost seems that toughpads will replace toughbooks for me (not saying for everyone or most people). I never expected this, my initial thought when buying it was that I'm buying an expensive toy and since most apple devices tend to be more entertainment devices as opposed to business devices I thought I am better off going with a panasonic.
Recently, like most nerds I fell in love with the toughpad 4k but couldn't justify spending $6k to own one. I managed first to get one for my dad and later one for me at $2500 lightly used so I went for them. We got the standard models which are a tad lighter but missing back camera and i7 chip.
Yesterday, I got around to ripping out the 128gb hd out of the toughpad and replacing it with 1tb evo hd. The machine is slightly faster (it already was very fast). Both my toughbook and my toughpad have the same processor but toughpad has extra 4gb ram.
Now I am so in love with the screen on my toughpad that it feels like a drag to use my ax2 for past week. I accidentally didn't unpack my ax2 out of my luggage from labor day weekend trip. The toughpad has a number of nuances but somehow I overlook them. At first I thought it was because of the exclusive nature of the product. But now I am becoming a believer in touch computing, although I still type a lot faster on my toughbook. Having a huge tablet allows for a keyboard thats usable while using the screen.
This is what is amazing me, it almost seems that toughpads will replace toughbooks for me (not saying for everyone or most people). I never expected this, my initial thought when buying it was that I'm buying an expensive toy and since most apple devices tend to be more entertainment devices as opposed to business devices I thought I am better off going with a panasonic.