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Integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics are good enough for mainstream gaming with graphics settings turned down to more basic levels; Street Fighter IV, an older game, ran at 25.9 frames per second at 1,366x768-pixel resolution. That's fair but not particularly great; newer games sometimes run better on Intel's latest integrated graphics.
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| Off (60%) | 0.37 |
| Sleep (10%) | 0.67 |
| Idle (25%) | 6.82 |
| Load (05%) | 28.58 |
| Raw kWh number | 29.99 |
| Annual power consumption cost | $3.40 |
So, here's the $879 question: how did the battery perform? We were able to pull 5 hours and 37 minutes out of this Toshiba while looping continuous video playback. That's a little worse than the ultra-wide-screen Satellite U845W and Asus Zenbook UX31A, but better than the Dell Inspiron 14z. I expect at least 6 hours from an ultrabook to consider it truly excellent battery life; this is good, but I've seen better.
Toshiba offers a standard one-year warranty with the Satellite U845. Extended warranty plans can be purchased from Toshiba Direct's Web site when ordering directly from the company, at $139 for an extended three-year warranty or $224 for three years plus accidental damage protection. LoJack is another optional upgrade.
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The Toshiba Satellite U845-S406 is a capable, innocuous-looking 14-inch ultrabook that's not quite thin and portable enough, nor affordable enough, nor well-featured enough to stand out in a crowded room of ultrathins this season. If you can snag one in the $700-to-$800 range, you'll have yourself a decent deal, but there are plenty of alternatives that can perform equally well -- including Toshiba's own Portege Z series of ultrabooks, which, while a little more expensive, are frequently offered on discounts (and are far slimmer). As it currently stands, the Satellite U845 is, well, forgettable.
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System configurations:
Toshiba Satellite U845-S406
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz; 64MB (Dedicated) Intel HD 4000; 500GB Hitachi 5,400rpm
Acer Aspire Timeline U M5-481TG-6814
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT 640M LE / 128MB (Dedicated) Intel HD 4000; 500GB Western Digital 5,400rpm
Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C (13-inch, 2012)
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 64MB (Dedicated) Intel HD 4000; 128GB SanDisk SSD
Dell Inspiron 14z-5423
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U; 8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 1GB (Dedicated) AMD Radeon HD V18 + Intel HD 4000; 500GB Hitachi 5,400rpm
Asus Zenbook UX31A
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz; 64MB (Dedicated) Intel HD 4000; 128GB Adata XM11 SSD
Toshiba Satellite U845W-S410
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U; 6GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz; 64MB (Dedicated) Intel HD 4000; 500GB Hitachi 5,400rpm
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