Monday, September 7, 2009

Touch Screen Laptop

Touch screen computing has completely revolutionized the way some of us - and possibly one day all of us - use and work with computers. Most prominently, the touch screen laptop has been catching on and generating quite a buzz and many in the computer industry forecast that it will eventually overtake the common notebook as the world's most popular portable computer. At the same time, touch screens are popping up in grocery store checkouts and banking terminals nationwide while young boys and girls fight in back seats over whose turn it is to play with the game boy-esque touch screen toy currently becoming popular among children across the country. However, it is touch screen's application as a personal computing device that best showcases the many uses of this versatile technology.

For one thing, these computers are almost always thinner and sleeker - and thus lighter and more portable - than standard notebook computers and are great for slipping into a briefcase of backpack. This amazing gadget, first made popular following its pairing with the legendary Palm Pilot, allows the user to write directly on their laptop's screen in their own free hand cursive or handwriting.

This feature allows you the option of using your computer in a standard, word processing format on a desktop or table as well as the ability to hold the computer in your lap and use it to jog notes or take minutes much like you would do on a traditional legal notepad.

The easy portability of these devices, coupled with the fact that we need not throw them away at the end of the day makes this a logical next step in how we read about current events. In the meantime, as we prepare for these and other coming technological developments, it's important to take the time to become familiar with touch screen devices as they currently exists today as one day soon they promise to be all around us.

In the most common case the LCD screen is damaged because of some physical event that caused the screen to be cracked or broken. Laptops do not take kindly to being dropped, especially when the case is opened and the accident occurs.

The best way to do this is to plug in an external monitor using the video output connector at the rear of the laptop case.

In the case where the screen is blank and an external monitor doesn't work a more expensive diagnosis and repair scenario will probably be your only option.

It is always best to take these basic steps before you get a repair person involved. You should think through your repair options before you are confronted with a potentially costly repair decision.

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