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The T4215 uses a 12.1” TFT Screen at a resolution of 1024 x 768, which can be a bit limiting with some applications and web pages, but keeps everything at a readable size on the rather small screen.
Turn the screen on its hinge and fold it back and we get to the interesting part, it is no longer just another notebook, it’s now a Tablet PC.
The included stylus pen is comfortable and not as thick as many other brands, due to it not requiring a battery. The T4215’s screen uses technology from Wacom (well known for their graphics tablets) for a battery-less stylus operation, while still giving you all the features of competing brands and more, such as pressure sensitivity, reversible operation (use the top of the pen as an eraser) and two buttons on the side of the pen for left and right click, tapping the screen will still give you a single left mouse click.
As there are less electrical components inside the pen than most other brands, there are fewer things to go wrong and cause you to either send it back for warranty or shell out big bucks for a new stylus pen. So many tablets I’ve used in the past have had their pens stop working, and if they’re out of warranty can cost several hundred dollars for a replacement.
The operation of the stylus on the T4215 is extremely accurate, there’s no lag when performing fast movements, and always clicks properly when you tap the screen, a very nice surprise compared to others I’ve used in the past, and also considering this stylus doesn’t use a battery like most others it’s even more impressive.
Around the outside of the screen are 5 hotkeys to help you perform certain functions whilst in tablet mode, two that double as shortcut keys and scroll keys, one to change the orientation of the screen, one to bring up a Fujitsu settings menu and toggle the other shortcut keys, as well as an ‘alt’ key. These really come in handy with the absence of a keyboard.
Also around the screen is a small LCD status panel, to give you the status of your battery, wireless connection, hard disk activity, caps lock etc. All contained in one small panel rather than having 10 different lights at the top of your keyboard, which wouldn’t be much use on a tablet PC anyway.
