5. Testing

All of our tests show that the Fujitsu Lifebook B6110 and the Toshiba Portege R200 are well suited to running office applications. In a pinch they can be used for 3D graphics applications, but performance will be mediocre.

We use three test suites to benchmark mobile computer battery life and performance, BAPCo's MobileMark 2005 and SYSmark 2004 SE and FutureMark's PCMark05. We also test the screens of laptops for brightness, uniformity of brightness and contrast.

For details on the tests see How We Test Laptop and Notebook Computers for Home and Office .

MobileMark 2005 Battery Benchmarks

The MobileMark 2005 benchmarks test how a mobile computer does when running on battery. There are four battery life tests: office productivity, research and reading, DVD playback and wireless Web browsing. Each test uses real world applications and runs from the time the computer's battery reaches full charge and the power plug is pulled until the battery is totally discharged. Test results are reported in minutes. In addition MobileMark 2005 calculates two performance values while doing the office productivity test: an overall performance score and the average response time for completion of all the tasks in the office productivity test. The overall performance score is based on average response time and is scaled against the performance of a modestly powered reference system, which received a score of 100.

The following charts present the MobileMark 2005 tests for the Fujitsu Lifebook B6110D and the Toshiba Portege R200. Charts also include test results for our reference computer, Acer's TravelMate 2304CLi notebook Our conclusions follow the charts.