HP has launched today the first notebook PC based on the latest AMD Turion 64 mobile technology.

The HP Compaq nx6125 notebook PC, which is expected to be available worldwide starting this month, offers mobility, advanced security features, ease of use and real business value to the small to mid-size business professional.

"We have chosen to incorporate the latest AMD Turion 64 mobile technology in our new business notebook PC in order to offer our customers a true choice in high-performance mobile computing that delivers an outstanding business value without sacrificing security, reliability and ease of use.", said Dan Forlenza, vice president, worldwide commercial notebooks, Personal Systems Group, HP.

Turion is actually a mobile version of the Athlon 64 desktop processor, on the most significant changes being related to power consumption which in the case of the Turion is obviously smaller.

The standard version of nx6125 is fitted with ATI's Mobility Radeon X300, a 15 inch display, Turion ML-28 processor, 256MB of memory, a 40GB hard drive and an integrated 802.11b/g wireless chip from Broadcom. This version costs $999.

This notebook is also the first from HP to include a fingerprint reader. This novelty will improve the security of the system and of the data stored on it