Using the standard battery, Sharp quotes a life of approximately three hours, but in our tests with all the power-saving features switched off, it managed to stay awake for two hours 11 minutes. But when it came down to our SYSmark test, the score of 90 was nothing to write home about, especially as other similarly-specced machines have turned in higher scores. It is nonetheless capable of dealing with all but the most intensive of presentations. We were quite impressed with the 14.1in TFT display, which has a native resolution of 1024 x 768, and both a vibrant and very stable picture. Without a dead pixel in sight, the screen can be viewed at quite a shallow angle, with a drop in illumination that's much less than in other TFTs we've seen in the past.
Sound solution is nothing special, however.
It consists of an ESS Allegro audio chip piping sound to the rather mediocre built-in stereo speakers. If you like listening to music, the fact that your hands cover the speakers as you type may frustrate you. A microphone and headphone jack complete the setup. Moving on to the keyboard, the keys themselves do possess a soft action, but the way the whole board is suspended is a little offputting, bouncing up and down like a miniature trampoline. Above the keyboard you'll also find a set of user-definable quick start buttons that can be used to launch any application with a single press.