Sharp WideNote
series of laptops by Sharp Corporation
WideNote is a line of subnotebooks released by Sharp Corporation. The line comprises the W-100T and W-100D, both released in 1996, and the M4000, released in 2005. The W-100 series was the first laptop with a color widescreen LCD, with a roughly 16:9 aspect ratio. The W-100 series features a Pentium processor clocked at 133 MHz, while the M4000 features a Pentium M processor clocked at 1.73 GHz.
Specifications
W-100
The W-100 series WideNotes measure 295 by 197 by 40 millimetres (11.6 by 7.8 by 1.6 in) and weigh 1.9 kilograms (4.2 lb). The color LCDs of the W-100 series WideNotes—custom designed by Sharp Corporation in Japan—measures 9.5 by 5.6 inches, giving it a roughly 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. The laptop's display has a native resolution of 1024 by 600 pixels. Sharp offered the laptop in two variations: the more-expensive W-100T, with an active-matrix LCD, and the less-expensive W-100D, with a dual-scan LCD of lower quality. Both LCD panels have a maximum color depth of 8-bits (256 colors maximum).
The W-100 series was the first line of laptops available on the market with color widescreen LCDs, bucking from the standard SVGA (800 by 600 pixels) resolution used on all other laptops its contemporary.
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