Fujitsu laptop for limited photo editing

I am planning on buying a laptop for travel to use to view photos and do initial edits on it. All final editing will be done at home with ips monitor. I still want the best screen in my budger- $1300. Right now I am leaning towards the Dell XPS1530. I've heard good things about screen quality on Fujitsu's and figured I would give a inquiry on this forum to see if anyone could recommend a particular model within my budger that would be good for my needs. I would really like to view in person before buying, but I am not sure if that is going to be possible (hence of the reasons I was leaning to XPS1530). Thanks for any advise.

 

I saw a A3130 with the optional 450 nit screen. The screen itself was gorgeous. The battery life wasn't great with the screen so bright, about an hour and a half as I recall. I believe it's offered on the newer A6120 and A3210.

I believe they offering some Fujitsu notebooks at Costco, if you're on the fence. You'll probably pay a bit more, but Costco offers a 90 day no questions asked return policy, should it not work out. Plus a years extension of the warranty. You won't find this elsewhere. I don't know if any of the screens at Costco are the 450 nit ones. Fujitsu does have a 15 day return policy, but only for pre-configured models. If you customize, it's yours.

Fujitsus have always been hard to see unless you live near a Frys.

 

another option for a nice screen is the sony fz. sony is also known for good quality displays.

 

Thanks for the responses. I'll check out the models.
In regrards to the Sony FZ, I did see sore models and was not more impressed with the screen than with the XPS1530, which was why I was considering that.

 

XPS1530's screen is crap... you really can't tell the difference between a Sony screen and a Dell screen? Believe me there is a lot..actually really hard for me to fathom anyone not being able to see it.. but as long as you're going to do any important final editing on the external display.. just go with whatever laptop screen you like I guess..


Fujitsu A6120 with the 450nit screen is what I finally decided on for myself.. but I do see the difference in the Dell.. so maybe you won't notice any difference in Fujitsu either.. Also should note this laptop doesn't have a dedicated card so it's not going to be holding onto profiles if you want to calibrate it. I also do important editing on an external monitor and just wanted something easy on my eyes.

 

I went to the store today just to compare the FZ to the 1530 and stoll do not see much of a difference. Both have poor viewing angles when moving up and down, although there not as bad as most. But to see a difference in the two screens- wasn't able to do it. Now, I did see the Mac Book Pro, and that was awesome- had such a wide viewing angle. Unforutnately it was bit out of my budger and I have all PC software. What in the SOny FZ that stands out? It's not that I dont believe you, and a few people have commeneted on their screens, its just that I am not seeing it- perhaps I am missing something.
Thanks.

 

Sharpness, brightness and contrast, range of color spectrum seen. There is some light bleed though so it's not my personal favorite. If you just judge a screen based on its viewing angles that's a totally different story.. but for photoshop that's not really important unless you have a lot of people leaning over your shoulder :\ At least I don't much care about it..

True both the mb and mbp have amazing viewing angles. I had to work alongside someone this weekend who just had a mb and i was really impressed at how good it looked from where I sat.

 

sony actually uses different screens. i don't know which type of screen they have on their prebuilt models, but it is probably the lower quality screen. eco is their lower quality screen while xbrite-hicolor is supposed to be better.

 

Thanks for the input. I think I will inquire more about the eco and hi-color screens on the Sony Forum. Thanks!

 

If you care about viewing angles, you may wish to look at a ThinkPad T60. The 15" SXGA+ and UXGA screen ThinkPads are offered with IPS screens. They are not particularly bright(200 nits I think), nor are they glossy, but they offer the best viewing angles of notebook screen and are very color consistent from one corner to the other. It looks very good at almost any angle. I had a SXGA+ one on my T42. It remains the best notebook screen I've seen. The T60 was offered with the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo which still offer very good performance.

Due to supply issues the screens are no longer being produced, but you can get used T60s on eBay and the forums on ThinkPads.com is another good place to look for them. The SXGA+ ones usually go in the $800-1,000 range while the UXGA go for around $1,000-1,200 depending on condition and such. Many of the T60s that came with the FlexView screen were sold with three year warranties so many of them will still be under warranty which is good since you can extend the warranty of any ThinkPad as long as it is still under warranty.