Toughbook Y7

Business-rugged Notebook PC, 14.1" LCD, DVD Super MULTI-Drive, weighing 3.7 lbs. Mobile Broadband Ready.	View Images

The ultra-thin Toughbook Y7 offers a large 14.1" color LCD screen, DVD super MULTI-drive with dual layer support, and built-in durability. Designed for optimal productivity on the road or in the office. With an Intel® CoreT 2 Duo Processor and a powerful 800 MHz FSB, you'll enjoy breakthrough computing performance and maximum unwired freedom.

	Lightweight Weighing only about 3.7 lbs with a 14.1" LCD and integrated optical drive.
	Long battery life Runs for approx. 5 hours*4 on standard battery power.
	Ruggedized Passed a 2.5 ft free fall test and a 220-lb pressurized vibration test. Spill resistance keyboard
	Wireless Integrated wireless LAN(IEEE802.11a/b/g) and Bluetooth™. *WWAN mode is also available.
Ports & Connections (1) DC-IN Jack (2) External Display Port (3) Mini Port Replicator Connector (4) Microphone Jack (5) Headphone Jack (6) SD Memory Card Slot (7) PC Card Slot (8) Power Switch / Indicator (9) Wireless Switch (10) Drive Power / Open Switch (11) Economy Mode Indicator (12) USB Ports (USB2.0 x 2) (13) Modem Port (14) LAN Port

The ToughBook CF-Y7 is a 14.1in notebook measuring 310 x 245 x 44mm (WxDxH), with a traditional 4:3 aspect ratio screen. Despite not being widescreen, the display on the CF-Y7 is a very good one, with a commendable native resolution of 1,400 x 1,050, which gives you a significant desktop real estate advantage over the common 1,280 x 800 resolution sported by 13.3 or 14.1in widescreen displays. The screen doesn't have a glossy coating, which may please corporate users, who, to be fair, are the target market. You also don't have to worry about the screen looking washed out in bright sunlight, because it is, very bright indeed. In fact, on battery power you can happily drop the brightness to the lowest level and still work comfortably, while ensuring maximum battery life.

The viewing angle on the screen is also surprisingly good, so you'd have no problem showing a colleague something on your screen, or giving a presentation to one or two people. Also, the lighting is even across the whole surface and there's no hint of the light bleed that plagues many notebook displays. OK, so the colours don't look quite as vivid as they would on a notebook with a high contrast, glossy coating, but this isn't a machine designed for watching movies or playing games.