Samsung announced the P580 business laptop

The new Samsung P580 is targeted towards business people on the move and delivers high-performance, an overall appealing design and much portability.

Samsung P580

Overview

The Korean conglomerate Samsung has just added a new member to its P-Series of notebooks. The P580 portable PC will reportedly sport a 2010 Intel Core processor, NVIDIA graphics and advanced security features.

Configuration

This new laptop will be powered by either a Core i3 or a Core i5 central processing unit. These CPUs sport Intel’s Turbo Boost technology, which speeds up the core when necessary and the Intel Hyper-Threading technology that keeps the system stable even if several demanding application are running at the same time. Furthermore, the Samsung P580 will be equipped with a 15.6-inch anti-glare widescreen display with a maximum resolution of 1366-by-768 pixels and will support HD (720p) video playback.

The notebook will ship with 2-to 4GB of internal DDR3 memory and an NVIDIA GeForce GT330 M graphics controller (ranked 57 in our GPU Benchmark List) with 1GB of GDDR3 VRAM. Customers will also be provided with Trusted Platform Module security and four USB 2.0 ports (chargeable/ one is USB/eSATA combo).

Networking

You can stay connected thanks to the integrated Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 adapters. A built-in web camera is also available for web conferencing.

Other specs

The Samsung P580 allegedly weighs 2.51kg (5.51 lbs) and will ship with a Microsoft Windows 7 Professional operating system.

Price is yet to be disclosed.