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Two questions we hear often: “Do I need a mobile data card?” and “What mobile data card do I need?” To help answer, we'll get a little nosy and start asking you some questions of our own. First, where are you going to use your Toughbook? If you’re planning to use your T…

The Panasonic Toughbook line of rugged laptops has earned a lot of impressive looking certifications, but what do they all mean? For this article, we looked at the  CF-31, but other  fully-rugged Toughbook models have similar credentials. Although we did our best to parse all the dense do…

Before you can get the front buttons working on your Toughbook CF-18 or CF-19 running Linux, you will need to download panasonic-hbtn.zip (credit to Heiher for developing the code on which this was based). Click here to download panasonic-hbtn.zip Step-by-step: How to install and configure Xubuntu…

This tutorial is for most Panasonic Toughbook laptops running Windows 7. Difficulty: pretty easyTime: about 10 – 15 minutes If you didn't buy your used Toughbook from us, there's a good chance you've had some issues with your audio, or lack thereof. What you might not realize is that the probl…

We all know that Toughbook laptops are built to last, serving long after their  Dell and Acer cousins retire to the scrap yard. I am currently typing on an old CF-29 MK4, pulled from the shelves of the BJCS warehouse. It's about ten years old at the time of this writing, but even after a rough…