Considering that competitors such as the Dell XPS 15z, HP Envy 15 and Sony VAIO S offer sharper 1920 x 1080 resolution panels, the Chronos 7 really falls short. When streaming 1080p YouTube trailers for "Man on a Ledge" and "The Avengers," colors such as Captain America's blue costume or Thor's red cape were fairly accurate, but not deep. The Chronos 7's 1600 x 900 matte display provided sharp images that were relatively colorful, but didn't pop off the screen like we would have hoped. The touchpad supports three-finger swipe down for changing windows or up for opening My Computer. We were able to perform multitouch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom, two-finger scrolling and three-finger swipe for forward/back to work with ease, though we could not get rotate to work. Unlike many other clickpads, our cursor only occasionally jumped or got stuck in mid-swipe. The 4.2 x 3-inch Elan touchpad performed adequately, considering its buttonless design. So hunt-and-peck typists will have an easy time finding keys in the dark. On the bright side, the Chronos 7 offers five different levels of keyboard backlight brightness. On the Ten Thumbs Typing test, we got a 3 percent error rate with a speed of just 74 words per minute instead of our average 80 wpm, 1 percent mark. Worse, resting our wrists on the cold metal deck was uncomfortable because of the sharp front lip. However, the deep palmrest forced us to extend our arms further away from our body than we would have liked. Click to EnlargeThe Chronos 7's backlit-island style keyboard offers a good level of tactile feedback, suffers no flex and throws in a numeric keypad for good measure.
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