12. The Lifebook P1510D's Display: A Study In Virtuosity

The P1510D has a widescreen display of somewhat unusual proportions. The resolution is 1024 x 600, not 1024 x 768. I had little difficulty adjusting to the somewhat diminished height. Resolution up to 1600 x 1200 is possible with external monitors and virtually using the laptop's own display. "Virtually" means you see a 1024 x 600 piece of the full 1024 x 768 or 1600 x 1200 screen at any time. As you move the mouse pointer toward the end of the 1024 x 600 piece of the screen another portion of the full screen is displayed. This results in much larger on-screen icons and windows. I adapted very quickly to this set up, though my eyes are good enough that I used the P1510D in its native 1024 x 600 resolution most of the time.

Measures of screen brightness, contrast and uniformity of brightness and contrast for the Fujitsu Lifebook P1510D follow.

The P1510D's 8.9" (22.6 cm) display's mean screen brightness is quite good at 148, which is three candelas per square meter higher than the Sony VAIO VGN-T670P's 11.1" (28.4 cm) display. Toshiba's Libretto U100-S213's 7.2" (18.29 cm) display does best in this comparison with a mean brightness of 161 candelas per square meter.