Samsung P560-54G 15.4-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 Centrino 2 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Vista Business)

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.4 x 14.1 x 10.5 inches ; 5.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001I45XM2
• Item model number: P560-54G
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 14, 2008

Product Description

Model: P560-54G

Amazon.com Product Description

Sure, you want a laptop that’s all business. But a little style can go a long way. Introducing the new P-Series from Samsung. Its sturdy design and uncompromising performance sets the business professional standard for laptops. Perfect for your go-anywhere, do-everything lifestyle, it delivers all the features you want—fast Intel processors for today’s most demanding business applications, ample memory and graphics performance for all your work files, and a load of innovative features such as extended battery life, enhanced system ruggedness and data security for life on the road.

Key features include:

Intel Centrino 2 processor technology:
State-of-the-art Intel Centrino 2 processor technology delivers unrivalled system performance, enhanced energy efficiency and advanced connectivity to keep you working, longer.

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and fingerprint authentication:



TPM and secure biometric fingerprint authentication ensure your valuable information will remain safe from prying eyes— and you may never need to remember another password.

Intel Active Management Technology 4.0:
Offers system upgrades and asset tracking via a secured network, helping enable better asset management, reduced downtime and fewer desk-side visits.

Long Battery Life:



Maximize your productivity and work on a single batter charge. The high capacity 6-cell Lithium Ion battery provides revolutionary battery
life with up to 6 hours of continuous use.

Energy-saving LCD display

Get more out of your SAMSUNG laptop. SAMSUNG LCD displays automatically adjust their brightness. With an integrated ambient light
sensor(ALS), the P560 maximizes system battery life.

Product Description

The P560 by Samsung meets the needs of the most demanding of business professionals by offering a comprehensive performance set of system features capable of handling the most strenuous of workloads. Some of the key features and benefits include: unique ¿Protect-o-SoftGrip¿ durable and rubber-feeling chassis with a carbon fiber stiffener used to enhance overall system strength significantly enhances system durability, protecting your system for the long term; high capacity 5200 mAh Lithium Ion battery providing 5 to 6 hours of continuous run time enables one to achieve maximum productivity on a single battery charge; 15.4¿ wide non-glossy high resolution LCD display with 220nits of brightness means uncompromising display quality ¿ brightness and resolution ¿ or battery life regardless of what the application might be; Integrated Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) automatically adjusts LCD brightness when under battery power to maximize system battery life; Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and biometrics-based finger print reader Powerful security technology providing easy system, application and network log-on using one¿s fingerprint instead of using multiple, hard-to-remember passwords, as well as providing log-on and data encryption at the hardware level making it virtually impossible to access one¿s sensitive data; and Samsung Noise Reduction System (NRS) utilizes new NANOCELL¿ absorbs noises from Hard Disk Drive vibration and a new silent shroud system cooling fan significantly reduces the noise while reducing the fan rotation speed so annoying PC noises are significantly reduced, enabling it to operate at a very quiet 23dB.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very pleased., February 28, 2009

By 

A. Hochberg - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung P560-54P 15.4-Inch Laptop (2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 Centrino 2 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Vista Business) (Personal Computers)

I am very pleased with this laptop. I have researched laptop computers for some time as my pathetic Gateway desktop has been failing. I chose a laptop, clearly, because of its portability. Currently I have an Asus EEE PC 901, but it is just not powerful enough for my applications.

Everybody gets a computer for different personal reasons, so this computer fit my criteria. I need a computer that I can use for school, office, and entertainment.

The great thing about the computer is the minimalist design. I don't need bells and whistles, buttons and gadgets. The rubberized coating makes it feel more durable, and look elegant, less flashy. It is pretty light at a little over 5 pounds. It is very easy to adjust all of the settings using the function key (brightness, volume, etc.)

It has been a drag learning Vista and the new 2007 Office, but I got over it, and now I am happy with it.

The only concern I have is the battery life. The website states up to 6 hours. I am getting a maximum of 4. My brightness is set to the lowest setting, the processor is in power saving mode, and the wifi was turned off for two of the four hours. I think I was being conservative. I don't know how to expect `up to six hours'.

Still, I am very pleased, the LED backlit display is vibrant, the keyboard is a pleasure to type on, and it is so thin and light. The HDMI port is a huge plus for hooking it up to a TV/Surround Sound System. I did that this morning and the image was beautiful on my LCD 62 inch TV. Using Netflix "watch it now" service is fantastic with this laptop on the big screen. Very well deigned.

I would give 5 stars but the battery life is not as expected.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Impressed with Samsung P560-54G, November 14, 2008

By 

Ak Grizz "John" (Homer, Ak) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Samsung P560-54G 15.4-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 Centrino 2 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Vista Business) (Personal Computers)

I got this laptop computer a few days ago, I'm totaly impressed. Has a Vista rateing of 4.9, gameing rateing of 5.8. Very fast. After I took all the trial software M/S office, etc. and loaded Open Office and the new Norton 2009 suite it's even faster. After chargeing the batt. it ran for over 3 1/2 hours with some power left. Amazon had it at my house 2 days after I ordered, free shipping (Alaska)

1-18-09 I installed windows 7 64 bit on a new partion so I could duel boot it. No drivers for NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS w/ 512 MB so have to run it with out Areo but is very fast and will wait for a driver update.

12-10-09 Did a clean install windows 7 pro 32 bit. Laptop is very fast with M/S office 07 and Norton Internet Security, all hardware drivers are up to date and work fine, Windows 7 updated the drivers during the install. I'm still impressed.

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for me (Win 7 version), January 11, 2011

By 

Smiley Wolf "Mark" (U.K.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung P560-54G 15.4-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 Centrino 2 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Vista Business) (Personal Computers)

Being a bit of a laptop snob I wanted something that met my unique requirements but wouldn't break the budget, in particular:

- Reasonable weight (below 3kg)
- Reasonable OS (ie. not Vista)
- Suitable screen (15.4". 15.6" ones are too low for me)
- good graphics card (ie. GeForce or ATI)

The tough part was getting a new 15.4" laptop that was running Win 7 or XP and had a good graphics card. Seems that there aren't many 15.4" laptops left on the market and those that are use Vista. The P560 didn't seem that highly rated or popular compared to other laptops, but as it met pretty much all of my requirements, I went for it and got myself one that came with Win 7. First thing I did after my purchase was to double my memory to 4GB (2GB is quite enough but it's doesn't cost much to double it to cope with future applications and workload).

What a pleasant surprise this has been; it has exceeded my expectations.

Pros:

- all of the above requirements met (GeForce card ensures excellent performance and compatibility with games. I was also able to play the ones that did not work on my previous laptop)

- quiet operation. I can barely hear any HDD sound

- fast startup, especially if plugged into the mains. I can resume as quickly as on an iPad (about half a second)

- professional and sleek design (imo)

Also comes with a fingerprint ID thingie, but I don't use that

Cons:

- battery lasts me about 2 to 3 hours

- even if I put it on a laptop bag it does get a quite hot eventually

Overall, I'm very happy with it.

I give this 5 stars due to it's suitability to my personal requirements given that I went through reviews and specs of about 25 other, mostly highly rated, laptops. On a general level, and for it's time, I'd probably rate it 4 stars.

Thanks for reading and hope this review has helped

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