If you are a military fan or someone who follows battlefield news, you should be familiar with Panasonic laptops. Panasonic’s military-grade rugged laptops can be used in extreme environments and are famous for being super sturdy. Therefore, they are widely used by the US military and are currently sold in Taiwan. However, this “extremely special” military-grade laptop is rarely sold on the market. The reasons are simple: 1. The price is relatively expensive; 2. Most people cannot use such specifications. Panasonic has also been working hard on another product line of its business notebooks (called Let’s Note in Japan and TOUGHBOOK overseas) for many years, and has won the favor of enterprises, business people, and professionals in Japan and overseas! This time, Panasonic has launched two new business notebook models, TOUGHBOOK CF-SV8 & CF-LV8. What’s so great about it? Continue reading:
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK CF-SV8 & CF-LV8 business laptop unboxing
The two models I want to unbox this time are TOUGHBOOK CF-SV8 & CF-LV8. The left is CF-SV8 and the right is CF-LV8:
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK CF-SV8 & CF-LV8 official website (please click here)
Contents include: TOUGHBOOK laptop*1, transformer + charging cable*1, battery*1
The specifications of TOUGHBOOK CF-SV8 & CF-LV8 are the same:
WIN10 X64 Professional Edition, Intel Core i5-8365u vPro processor, SSD512GB, 8GB RAM LPDDR3
Size and resolution differences:
Left CF-SV8: 1920*1200, 16:10 wide screen 12.1 inches
Right CF-LV8: 1920*1080, 16:9 wide screen 14 inches
The appearance is different from other notebooks on the market. The material is made of magnesium alloy. In order to maintain the strong characteristics of the notebook, a new thin and light cap-type “top plate (upper cover) design” is used. In addition to reducing impact, it can also withstand a heavy pressure of 100kg. Therefore, in terms of design, it is not a common flat notebook shape.
Dimensions part:
Left CF-SV8: length 283.5*width 203.8*height 24.5mm
Right CF-LV8: length 333*width 225.3*height 24.5mm
The screen adopts a wide viewing angle anti-glare matte design, which not only reduces eye fatigue, but also effectively reduces light reflection problems:
The top of the screen is also equipped with a 2 million pixel 1920*1080FHD 30fps front lens and IR camera:
The IR camera supports Windows Hello facial recognition for quick login. You can log in as soon as you turn on the laptop. It’s so fast! 
The unique arc leaf-shaped design on the upper left and lower right sides of the keyboard is comfortable for long-term use and is not easy to accidentally touch. It also adopts a full-size 19mm horizontal key spacing and a 2mm deep key travel. The keyboard settings have good feedback and are easier to hit. The SV8 and LV8 company versions sold in Taiwan have Chinese phonetic phonetic and Japanese keyboards to choose from. The keyboard key settings of the two models are also slightly different:
The two business notebooks TOUGHBOOK are both made of magnesium alloy, so they are quite light in weight. Our actual measured weight of CF-SV8 is:
Without battery installed: 662g
Install battery: 911g
Our actual measured weight of CF-LV8 is:
Without battery installed: 918g
Install battery: 1167g
How light is it? So light that Ada can lift the laptop with two fingers:
The battery part uses a detachable battery that is rare in document machines on the market today. Both CF-SV8 & CF-LV8 use batteries with a capacity of 5900mAh. You can purchase additional larger-capacity batteries:
However, one thing is better than another. In order to achieve lightness and strength, it is made of magnesium alloy and maintains the complete connection port and removable battery design of the body. The thickness of 24.5mm is relatively thick in today’s mainstream thin and light laptop market:
There are status lights on the front of TOUGHBOOK, 3.5mm headphone and microphone jack*1, SDXC card slot*1, and power switch:
The TOUGHBOOK touchpad is also different from ordinary laptops. Most laptops adopt a square design, while TOUGHBOOK uses a unique circular touchpad, which is also a classic design of Panasonic laptops. In addition to being generally used as a mouse, the circle can be used as a mouse wheel by operating clockwise or counterclockwise, which is quite easy to use:
The left side of the fuselage has power jacks, cooling holes, HDMI (external display resolution supports up to 4K 4096 x 2160), USB 3.0 TYPE-A Charge, USB3.1 TYPE-C (supports Thunderbolt™3):
The USB TYPE-C 3.1 port supports Thunderbolt™3. In addition to fast file transfer, it can also perform a wide range of expansion applications, such as external graphics cards, expansion hubs, multiple monitors, etc. Supporting PD charging can reduce the weight of carrying a transformer when going out. I personally recommend that you only need to carry a small travel charger that supports PD charging:
There are USB 3.0 TYPE-A*2, VGA jack, RJ45 network hole, and computer lock on the right side of the fuselage:
Stereo speakers are placed on both sides of the bottom of the screen, and the CF-SV8 is the first 12.1-inch vending machine in Taiwan to use two-channel speakers: :
There are two anti-slip round pads on the back corners of the machine, and there are an unexpected number of screws:
Both Panasonic TOUGHBOOKs are made in Japan. The Taiwanese company provides CF-SV8 with a four-year warranty in the Asia-Pacific region (including Taiwan, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines), and CF-LV8 with a three-year warranty in Taiwan:
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK CF-SV8 & CF-LV8 official website (please click here)
Robustness test
Since they are all called “TOUGHBOOK”, we must test whether he is really that “TOUGH” (tough, strong). Next, Ada directly threw, pressed and trampled to test how tough he is. He is really strong (Please note that although this machine is very resistant to pressure and falls, if the machine is damaged due to human factors, you will still have to pay for repairs.）：
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK laptop performance test
Since the specifications of the two laptops are almost the same, we used TOUGHBOOK CF-LV8 for testing this time:
System built-in configuration
The system administrator can see that it is equipped with WIN10 X64 Professional Edition, the processor uses Intel Core i5-8365U, and the memory is LPDDR3L 8GB RAM:
Intel Core i5-8365U has 4 cores and 8 threads, equipped with internal display UHD 620, and is a standard document/business machine:
Processor performance test
In the CINEBENCH R20 test, the measured score was 805cb:
The overall test was conducted with PCMARK 10, and the running score was 3268 points:
SSD performance test
The SSD uses SAMSUNG MZNLN512HAJQ 512GB (PM871b), with a maximum read of 540MB/s and a maximum write of 520MB/s:
Using CrystalDiskMark, the reading was 548MB/s and the writing was 508MB/s:
Using ATTO Disk Benchmark, the reading was 542MB/s and the writing was 517MB/s:
Game performance test
Although it is a laptop with only internal display UHD 620, it can still run games like LOL or some small games, so I simply ran FF XV Benchmark as a test. Under the Lite Quality test, I got a score of 838. After all, it is not equipped with a read-out display, so this score is not very important XD:
Battery life performance test
Since it is a business laptop, it means that you will often take it with you to work or visit clients. Although you can use a lightweight PD to charge, sometimes you often forget to bring charging equipment when you are in a hurry to go out. Panasonic TOUGHBOOK CF-SV8 & CF-LV8 business laptops, according to the Japanese JEITA evaluation standards, the official specifications show that CF-SV8 can be used for a maximum of about 14 hours, and CF-LV8 can be used for a maximum of about 13 hours. This time we used CF-LV8 for testing:
Here is a continuous playback test using YouTube videos, with brightness 50%, volume 50%, image quality setting 1080P, running from 100% battery to 10%, about 5 hours and 22 minutes, and it is estimated that it can be used for about 6 hours:
Continuous playback of videos in 1080P MP4 files, with the battery at 100%~15%, lasted 11.5 hours. It is estimated that when the battery reaches zero, 13 hours of battery life should not be a problem:
We also took pictures of the unboxing introduction of TOUGHBOOK CF-SV8 & CF-LV8 official website. For more unboxing of new and cool technology products, please visitSubscribe to Computer King Ada channelAnd turn on the little bell so you won’t miss the latest news:
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK CF-SV8 & CF-LV8 official website (please click here)
Summarize
Panasonic business laptops TOUGHBOOK CF-SV8 & CF-LV8, in terms of overall specifications, are equipped with Intel Core i5-8365u vPro processor, 512SSD and 8GB RAM，已足够让商务人士或是做文书处理的人使用，加上拥有10小时以上的超长电池续航力，让你南北奔波一整天或出国洽公都不成问题，重点是重量非常轻盈，以CF-SV8约919g和CF-LV8 约1190g 的重量来讲，在外奔波时，肯定会觉得负担很小 ; Although the price is not comparable to the price of general document machine laptops on the market, and even the price is considered to be the price of mid-to-high-end business laptops in the Taiwan market, but with the 4-year warranty (CF-SV8) of the company in the Asia-Pacific region and the 3-year warranty (CF-LV8) of the company in Taiwan, coupled with the fact that it is made in Japan and has a strong design that can withstand 100kg of weight, maybe buying a laptop with a long warranty and durability at this price is something you can seriously consider!
Source: KOCPC Chinese