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Apple unveils major Mac upgrades

Looks like the rumors had it pretty closeIt is getting harder for Apple to really keep things secret before a new launch. I was still hoping that Blu-ray would make it in, at least as an option on the high-end, but as the rumors predicted, it is not available...

Tags: Mice, Desktops, eSATA, Apple Inc., mouse, display, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Transcend SSD18M solid-state drive (128GB)

The Transcend SSD18M is an external storage device that uses a solid-state hard drive SSD with no moving parts to keep data. The Intel X-25M internal drive came through the CNET labs last October and proved the benefits of SSD--faster access and boot times--but the Transcend SSD18M adds the extra...

Tags: Transcend Information Inc., Transcend SSD18M, eSATA

Product reviews 2009-06-11

USB 3.0 arriving - bring on the speed

USB 3.0 arriving - bring on the speedsweet!ntNice.Nice. No more slow external drives. I've always had a tendency to avoid external drives for that reason.eSATA is nice as well, but it was for drives only.why it took so long?USB3 has been in works for many years.Initially the big selling point...

Tags: USB3, FireWire, USB

Discussion threads 2009-01-13

Verbatim's new quad-interface 500GB/1TB external hard drives

Verbatim's new quad-interface 500GB/1TB external hard driveseSATA sucks REAL, REAL BAD with multi bridged interface enclosures...i got slower than USB 2 speeds over eSATA to a triple interface Seagate FreeAgent 1TB drive... got some good advice... got an OWC eSATA only enclosure (dual drives bays for $67), ripped the drive...

Tags: external hard drive, Verbatim, hard drive, eSATA, enclosure

Discussion threads 2009-01-04

CES 2009: Verbatim 500GB and 1TB Quad Interface desktop hard drives

Verbatim announced this week two new Quad Interface Desktop HDDs with capacities of 500GB and 1TB, positioning them as pro audio and video-grade storage and backup solutions for PC and Mac users via USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and eSATA II. The new quad-interface drives weigh...

Tags: Desktop, USB 2.0, Hard Drive, Backup, Cable, eSATA, USB, Verbatim, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-02

Man, have drive prices come down!

Man, have drive prices come down!I bought one of theseI picked one of these up to use for backups a few weeks ago. Good price, great device. Esata makes it a winner if you have esata ports availible, but it also works albeit slower on my older machines with...

Tags: Buy.com, eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-29

Man, have drive prices come down!

I've been hearing people mention 1TB drive mechanisms on NewEgg.com for around $99 on TWIP and the like, but haven't been in the market for new, internal drives. Currently NewEgg has a bunch of cheap 1TB options ranging from $100 WD Caviar GP to $120 Caviar Green. ...

Tags: USB 2.0, Newegg.com, eSATA, USB, Specs, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-29

Next-generation USB revealed

Next-generation USB revealedHo hum, Intel late to the party... againIt's hard to get enthused about USB 3 when eSATA has been around quite some time at 3Gb/s (say 300MB/s). The physical standard for SATA 6Gb/s was ratified back in July, the full standard should be available by the end...

Tags: Next-generation USB, USB, eSATA, FireWire, Lossless DVD-A, Fire Wire, hard drive

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Intel: Enough with the whining; We're not holding back USB 3.0

Intel: Enough with the whining; We're not holding back USB 3.0I'll believe it when I see itSATA and eSata is already at 3.0 Gb/s, which is way faster than most drives can use. FireWire 1600 and 3200 will be available by the end of the year, providing competition for...

Tags: Intel Corp., USB, FireWire, USB 2.0, eSATA, USB 3

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to grow

The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to growHate to give them too much credit, butOLPC has a lot to do with this. They largely caught the public's imagination with their little XO, despite some ongoing problems with deployment and infighting. They also helped drive some cost savings. At...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

FirmTek targets MacBook Air owners with hub for FireWire, eSATA

Announced on Monday at the NAB expo, the SeriTek/SpyderHUB is a small 4-ounce storage hub for FireWire and eSATA drives. Based on its spec sheet, the device will provide a wide range of capabilities including eSATA booting for Mac OS X, and hardware-based striping. While the price has yet to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, RAID, Hardware, eSATA, SpyderHUB, FirmTek eSATA, Spyder, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-04-14

eSATA ExpressCard driver buggy in Leopard

eSATA ExpressCard driver buggy in LeopardI know what you did wrong[i]After installing the Silicon Image 3132 driver[/i]That was your mistake, you installed a driver. It must have been a Windows driver because Apple tells us in their ads that you don't have to install any drivers when you use OS...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, eSATA, Leopard, eSATA ExpressCard driver, eSATA ExpressCard

Discussion threads 2007-11-21

eSATA ExpressCard driver buggy in Leopard

The Silicon Image 3132 eSATA ExpressCard driver is pure evil with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard. After installing the Silicon Image 3132 driver to connect to my WiebeTech ToughTech XE mini eSATA enclosure I couldn't print, copy and paste or connect to file servers. The only fix was...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Driver, eSATA, Silicon Image, Silicon Image 3132 eSATA ExpressCard Driver

Blog posts 2007-11-21

LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive (500GB)

LaCie's new d2 Quadra drive is a compact, 500GB drive designed for people who need high data transfer speeds over an eSATA connection or FireWire 800. Slower connection options--in the form of USB 2.0 and FireWire 400--are also available, so you can use it with a variety of PCs. The...

Tags: Backups, hard drive, FireWire, eSata, LaCie, FireWire 800, software

Product reviews 2007-02-03

Faster external drives arriving--slowly

Faster external drives arriving--slowlygood stuffAlready have one and it's fast. It came with a bracket to connect the drive to an internal sata port. It's a hell of a lot faster than usb and it has it's own power so it doesn't draw power from my pc's powerunit. That was...

Tags: NCQ, USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire

Discussion threads 2006-12-19

Additional Resources

Synology Disk Station DS409slim - NAS server

Synology Disk Station DS409slim is a true miniature powerhouse in the network-attached storage device market. It's the first 2.5-inch hard drive-based NAS server we've reviewed that offers hot-swappable capability. However, that is its least impressive feature. The server did well in our performance tests and, like other Synology products we've...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, disk, DS409Slim, NAS, NAS server, hard drive, server, RAID

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Alienware M15x (Intel Core i7 720QM, 250GB HDD, 3GB)

Keeping the same revised look and feel as the recent 17-inch M17x version, the Alienware M15x is an imposing black slab of computing power that's thicker and heavier than most 17-inch laptops. We love having high-end options such as Intel's uberpowerful Core i7-920XM CPU, and it's a plus that...

Tags: Alienware, Alienware M15x

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Dell Inspiron i545s-1476N

The $480 Inspiron 545s-1476 is the third Dell desktop we've reviewed with the company's current slim tower chassis, and we can't say our opinion has changed since the last time we saw it. We're still satisfied with its design, but we remain disappointed with the features Dell seems to have...

Tags: Notebooks, DVD, Consumer electronics, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., dual-layer DVD burner, DVD burner, Gateway Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-06

AVADirect Nano Cube

AVADirect's $2,266 Nano Cube tries to take on Shuttle's XPC H7 5800 at its own small form factor game. Both systems come with smaller-than-normal SFF cases, and each requires sacrifices, even more than with a standard SFF PC, in exchange for its tiny dimensions. Therein lies our problem with this...

Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Games, Shuttle XPC, SFF, small form factor, Cube, Shuttle, Nano, DVD burner, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., AVADirect, game

Product reviews 2009-11-04

Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980

You can't argue with a large-screen, value-priced laptop when it delivers good performance, and looks nice to boot. We appreciated the Toshiba Satellite A505-S6960 when we reviewed it in our 2009 back-to-school retail roundup, liking its affordability, large screen, strong battery life, and excellent-sounding speakers. Just a few months later,...

Tags: Keyboards, Microsoft Windows 7, Notebooks, Processors, Toshiba Corp., keyboard, laptop computer, Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2009-11-04