Review Samsung P530 Pro Notebook

Feng-Shui. Who needs a graphic card, Bluetooth or ExpressCard when typing? Ergonomics and display, thats what its all about! The Pro Pitts focuses on the essentials and cuts quite a figure in doing so.
Samsung P530 Pro i3-330M Pitts: Office-Notebook without unnecessary details.
Samsung's P series represent the manufacturer's range of business laptops.  The 15.6 (P530, P580) and 14 inchers (P480) come in configurations starting with a Core i3-330Mprocessor without dedicated graphics.  The most expensive variation has a  GeForce GT 330M and a Core i5-520M  (only P580 Pro Pikaso, P480 Pro).
For our test, we picked up the lowest priced P model costing 729 Euro (market price of620 Euro).  The P530 Pro Pitts works with the smallest Arrandale processor from Intel, the Core i3-330M (2.13 GHz).  It is a 15.6 incher which focuses on the basics since at this price it has few connections, no Bluetooth, no internal UMTS module and also no graphic card.  On the Consumer notebooks (up to 600 Euro), we already find entry-level graphic cards a la ATI HD5470 (ex. Acer Aspire 5741G) for the price.
Whether the P530 Pro can prove itself a capable office notebook even without a graphic card, and whether or not it is worth the money will be shown in this review.



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