We feel for engineers who have to build budget machines. After all, with a limited component budget, do you splash out on a long battery or a better keyboard? Toshiba's Satellite U845 was designed to navigate those pitfalls, doing "just enough" to combine a reasonable battery life with decent performance and unspectacular build quality. The results is a dependable and solid device for a cash-strapped back to school type, but was it the one for you? Did you think that Toshiba made the right calls here? Welcome to How Would You Change, where you get to lob suggestions over the company's garden wall and see if they listen.
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