Stop me if you've heard it before : saunters A sleek new ultrabook onto the stage sporting a slim and lightweight chassis design while yielding decent benchmark scores . Sound familiar ? The Toshiba Satellite U845 - S406 ( $ 879.99 list ) is about as familiar as they come , comfortable Sport All ultrabook armor without doing much distinguish itself , unlike its contemporary , the Toshiba Satellite U845W - S410 , to the extra- wide display sets it apart from the pack . That said , the U845 - S406 is a decent ultrabook for everyday users looking for a well- designed , reasonably priced system .
Design and Features
The U845 - S406 with the size of 0.8 by 13.5 by 9.1 inches ( HWD ) . Its relatively light weight lbs 3.6 inches towards the heavier end of the ultrabook land , landing in an area between the Asus Zenbook Prime UX32VD - DB71 (£ 3.2) and the Dell Inspiron 14z ( Summer 2012) ( £ 4.08 ) . The chassis is constructed entirely out of brushed aluminum and handsomely decked out what Toshiba has dubbed a " Sky Silver " finish . The 14 - inch display has a resolution of 1366 by 768 , which is good enough for 720p HD video looks great , though not as sharp as the number of class - leading 1080p HD Asus UX32VD - DB71 's ( 1920 by 1080 ) resolution . The screen is bright and shiny , so not ideal for bright , sunny environment .
That said , backlit keyboard U845 - S406 allows anyone still trapped in dimly - lit settings to work comfortably . Moreover, the tiled keyboard is great for typing , exhibiting minimal flexing and , thankfully , there is also a cap - lock light , an otherwise ordinary unique feature absent in many Ultrabooks . The generously - sized palmrest offers plenty of space for your hands to comfortable lounge about, save for the occasional stray thumb accidentally grazing the clickpad . The clickpad itself is responsive , with a good amount of tactile feedback for two finger scrolling and pinch - zooming . And while the left button and right- click on a single integrated design , its elliptical identify markings on both sides , and so he took away any inadvertent clicking the wrong button .
Five speakers are located on the underside of the U845 - S406 , with two extension up left and right side of the system . Test them out with " Silent Shout " by The Knife yielded relatively strong playback by ultrabook standards , although the bass is a bit subdued . Typical of Ultrabooks , selecting port U845 - S406 is limited . Right side of the system has two USB 2.0 ports , a multi - card reader ( SDHC / SDXC / SD / MMC ) , and an Ethernet port . The left side sports a USB 3.0 port (with " Sleep and Charge " technology for charging USB peripheral when the system is asleep ) , headphone and microphone input , and a full - size HDMI port . The latter needs to harass good any dongles , so connecting U845 - S406 with a larger display is a straightforward affair . Alternatively, you can ditch the cables together and use the built - in Intel Wireless Display technology U845 - S406 's ( WiDi ) to beam its audio and video to an HDTV kitted out with an aftermarket adapter , like theNetgear Push2TV ( $ 99 list ) .
The U845 - S406 is equipped with a 500GB , 5,400 rpm hard drive and a 16GB flash cache , a 1-2 punch designed to deliver storage capacity without sacrificing fast boot time . The 16GB flash cache is invisible to the user , toiling behind the scenes during repetitive tasks and when the system is roused from sleep mode . The 500GB hard drive has plenty capacity , although it is stuffed with preloaded software . As is often the case , these programs range from useful apps ( Microsoft Office Starter 2010 , Microsoft Live Essentials ) to not need bloatware ( desktop links to Skype and Amazon ) , with a slew of ownership - software ( Toshiba BookPlace , Bulletin Board , Media Controller , and the like ) and trial version ( 30 - day trial of Norton Internet Security , QuickBooks Online Banking ) .
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