Toshiba Satellite P305-S8823 Intel-Based 17″ Notebook Available

Toshiba has announced the Satellite P305-S8823 17-inch notebook, the company’s first Intel-based model in the newly designed P300/P305 series.

Unlike the AMD Turion 64 X2 powered Satellite P305D, the P305-S8823 features the Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 processor at 1.83GHz. It has the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 video card with 256MB of discrete graphics memory, 3GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive at 5,400rpm, DVD burner, built-in web camera with face-recognition function, and Harman Kardon stereo speakers. The 17″ display in the laptop provides a resolution of 1440-by-900 pixels.

The Satellite P305-S8823 incorporates the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (802.11a/b/g) module, an Ethernet LAN connection, 56k modem, four USB ports with Sleep-and-Charge functionality, an ExpressCard slot, 5-in-1 media card reader, Firewire port, shared S/P DIF/headphone port, as well as Regza Link (HDMI-CEC), VGA, and S-video outputs.

This 7.7-pound entertainment notebook PC has a full sized keyboard with 10-key num pad, the new Fusion finish with Horizon pattern, and touch-sensitive multimedia control buttons.

Toshiba’s Satellite P305-S8823 comes with Windows Vista Home Premium preinstalled and can be ordered through the company’s official website for $1,009.99.