14 DAY TRIAL // With the Sharp M 4000 WideNote, Sharp promises a battery life of six hours, which comes close to the 8 hour goal many system producers dream of.
The notebook's display, based on a Pentium M 740 (1.73 GHz with 2MB Level 2 cache) solution, is much bigger than the ones implemented in other "thin and light" models, has 13.3 inches.
Sharp didn't use any wonder battery solution to obtain the 6 hour value, the company implementing a proprietary software application, Sharp's Advanced Power Management, which allows the user to quickly configure the power rate.
"Max Power" for when the maximum system power is required, "Mobile" for when balanced levels of power management and system power are needed, and "Max Mobile" when maximum battery life is required.
In addition to housing a built-in optical drive (CD-RW/DVD-ROM), the Sharp M4000 WideNote is equipped to handle Secure Digital (SD) memory cards, which are popular in the mobile environment, especially in digital cameras, PDAs and cellphones. The notebook also includes a Type II PC Card slot (PCMCIA) and 2 USB 2.0 connections, as well as a V.92 modem and an Ethernet jack. Additionally, the M4000 is equipped with built in stereo speakers, a headphone jack, and a 15-pin external video VGA output jack.
The Sharp M4000 WideNote is competitively priced with an estimated street price of $1,799.99 and begins shipping later this month.
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