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Finding Your Way Around

Front with the display open

Front with the display open

 

 

Screen

 

 

Status panel

 

 

Shortcut buttons

 

 

Power button

 

 

Keyboard

 

 

Secondary control

TouchPad

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button

 

 

Primary control button

System indicator panel

 

 

Front panel controls

The screen is either:

❖A 13.3-inch diagonal, Thin Film Transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal display (LCD), or

❖A 14.1-inch diagonal, Thin Film Transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal display (LCD).

❖A 15.0-inch diagonal, Thin Film Transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal display (LCD).

DEFINITION: TFT (Thin Film Transistor) is an active-matrix LCD technology that uses one TFT for each cell. Active-matrix displays are viewable from wider angles than most passive-matrix displays.

The lights on the status panel provide information about various keyboard functions.

The shortcut buttons allow you direct access to application programs.