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Getting Started

This chapter introduces the notebook and gives first-time operating instructions.

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Overview

Thank you for purchasing this notebook computer. Whether you’re an enthusiastic beginner or a power user, this notebook has it all. On the road, at the office, or in the comfort of your home, this notebook is the ideal computing companion for all your personal and business needs.

This notebook supports high-end Pentium™ processors, packing the power of a desktop PC into a slim and lightweight notebook. Combining performance, versatility, and a host of advanced power-management features, it helps you work with unmatched productivity and ease.

The easy-to-open modular housing design makes system upgrades easy.

The innovative use of latches, grooves, and sliding compartments makes it easy to upgrade the memory and hard disk. The hard disk, keyboard and battery pack are easy to install and remove, thanks to the unique housing.

An ergonomic design feature includes a palm rest located below the fullsize keyboard that provides typing comfort in any work environment. The touchpad, centrally located in the palm rest, responds to precise finger movements, making it easy to control cursor movement under graphical user environments like Windows.

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This system supports plug-and-play PCMCIA technology with a built-in type

III slot that allows the simultaneous use of two type II or one type III PC card. The PCMCIA interface allows you to use credit-card-sized fax/data modem cards, SRAM cards, 1.8-inch removable hard disks, audio cards,

SCSI interface cards and other devices. Thus, you enjoy benefits similar to those of add-on cards in desktop PCs.

Another important feature is the high-performance graphics display using a graphics accelerator and 1MB video RAM. This notebook supports a large

DualScan STN color or TFT color LCD, offering excellent display quality and brilliant colors. This notebook can also connect to an external ultra-

VGA monitor. You can even connect an LCD projection panel for largeaudience presentations. Both DSTN and TFT color models support simultaneous VGA display on the LCD and external video device.

Advanced power management features such as automatic LCD and hard disk power-down, system standby and suspend modes enable this notebook to conserve battery power. The notebook houses an easily-available

Duracell-standard battery pack. It has an audible battery-low warning feature that reminds you to recharge your battery. The battery is recharged while the notebook is in use with the AC adapter. You can fast charge the battery by powering off the notebook.

This notebook also supports a PCI local-bus architecture to enhance system performance. Onboard 16-bit stereo audio is an option.

All of these exciting features are packed into a compact notebook, integrating a modular design philosophy which means upgradeability, flexibility and portability. Read on to find out more about your new computing companion.

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