Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 came to us with Pentium M778 Ultra Low Voltage main CPU inside and Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B came to us with Centrino Duo T2300 1.66Ghz CPU inside.
Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 laptop is built using Intel 915GMS chipset, and its competitor , Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B, is built using Intel 945PM Express.
We like more Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B 15.4" inch screen than Panasonic Toughbook CF-29's 13.3" size.
For people who likes higher screen resolutions, 1280x800 on Vaio VGN-FE28B might be more preferable than 1024x768 on Toughbook CF-29 screen.
If you think you will need more memory then you'll known than 1GB on Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B is better than 0.5GB on Panasonic Toughbook CF-29.
On both Vaio VGN-FE28B and Toughbook CF-29 models is declared that accumulator allows 3.3 hours of work without power supply.
Video card in use in Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 is Intel 915GMS and in Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B is Nvidia Go 7400.
Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B laptop is more suitable with its 100GB hard drive for storing bunch of media information like music and movies.
Bluetooth isn't available on both models and therefore they cannot easily communicate with some small devices.
Keep in mind that these models don't have infrared device built-in.
No firewire (IEEE 1394).
No PCMCIA on model Panasonic Toughbook CF-29. It is needed by some TV cards for laptops.
For some rare location without proper Internet connection, you might need modem which is available in both laptops in this comparison.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B have cardreader inside.
We look to existence of floppy drive in Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 as a disadvantage since that technology is obsolete and unreliable and you shouldn't use it any longer.
These notebooks don't have DVI output to allow you to see its screen on some bigger modern TFT monitors.
Both notebooks are equipped with 54Mbit/s internal wireless.
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which needs Internet telephony.
Operating system on Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 is XP Pro and on Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B is XP Media Center.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B has some additional software : Adobe Acrobat Elements 7.0.
Notable advantages of these laptops are : protection on vibrATIon, water, high temperatures and dust, touchpad and touchscreen for Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 and for Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B.
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